{"id":15275,"date":"2020-11-11T18:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T23:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/?p=15275"},"modified":"2021-08-27T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T00:33:45","slug":"assessment-of-pfas-contamination-from-a-local-plastics-plant-in-narragansett-ri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/assessment-of-pfas-contamination-from-a-local-plastics-plant-in-narragansett-ri\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment of PFAS contamination from a local plastics plant in Narragansett, RI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett-1-106x133.jpg 106w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett-1-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In response to community concerns about odors and potential PFAS contamination, STEEP scientists collected environmental samples (soil, air, water) from locations near the DeWAL-Rogers plastics plant in Narragansett, RI and in surrounding neighborhoods. Samples were tested for approximately 30 different PFAS chemicals in Dr. Rainer Lohmann\u2019s laboratory at the University of Rhode Island. Learn more about the study and findings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Assessment-of-PFAS-contamination-from-plastics-plant-Narragansett.pdf\">View the fact sheet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/south-ferry-data-supplement.pdf\">View the supplemental data report<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to community concerns about odors and potential PFAS contamination, STEEP scientists collected environmental samples (soil, air, water) from locations near the DeWAL-Rogers plastics plant in Narragansett, RI and in surrounding neighborhoods. Samples were tested for approximately 30 different PFAS chemicals in Dr. Rainer Lohmann\u2019s laboratory at the University of Rhode Island. Learn more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":15278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outreach"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15275"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16372,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15275\/revisions\/16372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}