In the News
STEEP SRP Seminar with Dr. Joseph Braun: PFAS Exposure and Health Risks - The STEEP 2024-2025 Seminar Series kicks off with Dr. Joseph Braun, Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, presenting on the health impacts of PFAS exposure, its sources, and strategies for mitigation. Join us on November 20, 2024, to learn about the link between… ...Read more
STEEP Trainee Heidi Pickard honored as a 2024 Harvard Horizons Scholar - STEEP Trainee and PhD candidate Heidi Pickard (Harvard University) was honored as a 2024 Harvard Horizons Scholar. Harvard Horizons celebrates the ideas and innovations of PhD students at Harvard and helps them gain essential professional skills. “My work is trying to sound the… ...Read more
STEEP Collaborates with RI Dept. of Environmental Management - The State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Statewide PFAS Source Investigation Report, recently drafted, features a collaboration with former STEEP trainee, Matt Dunn (University of Rhode Island), around statewide PFAS source investigation, and how the data is being used… ...Read more
STEEP’s Izak Hill: Two Kinds of Fish Influencer - If you’ve been on social media recently you’ve likely heard the term “influencer” to describe popular content creators. Izak Hill, MS, is currently a STEEP trainee and University of Rhode Island (URI) doctoral student under the supervision of STEEP Director Rainer Lohmann, PhD, and Anna Robuck, PhD,… ...Read more
Bound and Unbound: Seeking to Understand PFAS in the Bloodstream - PFAS binds to blood serum proteins and impacts protein accumulation, circulatory distribution, and elimination. The unbound portion of PFAS, untouchable by biomolecules, can be transported to organs and recirculated in the bloodstream, and therefore more likely to elicit toxic effects. In… ...Read more
STEEP Researchers Find Small RI River May Pose a Big PFAS Problem - In research, textiles and PFAS have long been intertwined. Yet the public understanding of this connection is less obvious, even more so considering that river-side textile mills have existed far longer than our knowledge of PFAS. A recent study by STEEP researchers suggests that both active and shuttered textile mills… ...Read more
98%Americans with PFAS in blood
>2,200US PFAS-contaminated sites
>110 millionAmericans with contaminated drinking water supplies
50% decreaseof PFOS and PFOA in blood with water filtration
