Environmental Factor – August 2020: Eleven outstanding scientists recognized by NIEHS grant awards

Eleven new researchers received competitive NIEHS Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) and Outstanding New Environmental Health Science (ONES) awards as of July 7.

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: PFAS should be managed as a single class of chemicals, experts say

Treating the thousands of potentially toxic chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a single class could reduce health risks and contamination, and improve

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Intramural Papers of the Month

IntramuralBy Nicholas Alagna, Mimi Huang, Sanya Mehta, Arif Rahman, Dahea You New NTP 5-day assay speeds toxicity screening of chemicals NTP scientists evaluated a high-throughput

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Extramural Papers of the Month

ExtramuralBy Adeline Lopez Correctional facilities’ drinking water may put inmate health at risk Arsenic concentrations in drinking water in Southwestern U.S. correctional facilities may be

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Ongoing Duwamish River recovery inspires video series, book

Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) Superfund study area (yellow), showing Boeing Field on the lower right and West Seattle on the left. (Photo courtesy of EPA)

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Teachers take virtual tour of NIEHS, brainstorm COVID-19 lesson plans

The NIEHS Office of Science Education and Diversity (OSED) welcomed 55 local teachers to a virtual workshop on July 15 as part of SummerSTEM, an

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: COVID-19 antibody study launched by NIEHS

Healthy, adult volunteers from the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina are sought for the new COVID-19 Antibody Detection Study. This important research will

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Water contamination on tribal lands focus of webinar series

Water contamination on tribal lands was the focus of a recent webinar series funded in part by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP). More than

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Global Environmental Health Day tackles big issues, showcases research

The fourth annual NIEHS Global Environmental Health Day (GEH Day) attracted more than 1,000 registrants from around the world. The July 1 virtual event doubled

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: National Academies forum links chemicals to brain disorders

“We’re now recognizing that the nervous system is highly vulnerable to [chemicals],” said Jensen. (Photo courtesy of Frances Jensen) More than 400 experts from academia,

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