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Superfund Basic Research Program
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"Health Effects and
Biodegradation of Complex
Mixtures"
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| On September 7th
2004, Scientists from the
University of Cincinnati
Superfund Basic
Research Program presented:
Environmental
Health Science 101:
The science
you need to be effective.
This workshop was sponsored
by The University of Cincinnati
Superfund Basic Research
Program, The Center for
Environmental Genetics, The
Environmental Policy Center, The
Molecular Epidemiology in
Children’s Environmental Health
Training Program, The Department
of Environmental Health and
Cincinnati Children’s
Environmental Health Center.
The goal of this workshop,
held on the UC campus, was
to help non-scientists
understand some of the science
involved in the UC Superfund
Basic Research Program.
Slideshows of the presentations
will open if you click on the
titles below. Following the
presentation, advocates attended
small group sessions with the
scientists to learn more about
the topics of greatest interest
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Scientific Presentations:
Dr. Dan Oerther
"How do microbes clean contaminated
soils?"
Microorganisms in soil form the
basis of the global biosphere. When
pollutants are dumped into the soil,
microorganisms are the first living
creatures to encounter and transform
these pollutants. The purpose of
this presentation is to introduce
how microorganisms transform
pollutants in soils.
Dr. Jodi Shann
"How do
plants clean up contaminated soil?"
In recent years, there has been a
"growing" interest in
phytoremediation, the use of plants
to cleanup soil contamination.
Plants have characteristics that
potentially allow them to deal with
both metal and organic
contamination. In this session, you
will be presented with the promise -
and some of the reality - of
phytoremediation.
Dr. Paul Bishop
"What Are
Biofilms and How Do They Clean Up
Soil?"
Improperly disposed hazardous
wastes, including those at Superfund
sites, cause both soil contamination
and groundwater pollution. Often,
the most effective cleanup procedure
is to use bioremediation, or the use
of soil bacteria to detoxify and
biodegrade the wastes. The bacteria
involved are almost always present
in the form of biofilms attached to
soil particles. This talk will
describe how soil biofilms can be
used to renovate contaminated soils
and groundwater.
Dr. Alvaro Puga
"What
does arsenic do to our health?"
Arsenic is a potentially toxic metal
that is generated in the Earth’s
crust and can contaminate our air
and drinking water. National and
international regulatory agencies
have set limits for the amount that
is safe for humans to come in
contact with. Breathing contaminated
air or drinking contaminated water
with unsafe levels of arsenic for
prolonged periods of time can cause
severe health problems, including
cancer and death.
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Funding for our Center has been
provided by:
National Institute for
Environmental Health Sciences,
Grant # P42 ES04890
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Superfund Basic Research
Program
Department of
Environmental Health,
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 670056
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
Phone: (513) 558-0155
Fax: (513) 558-3509
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This page is maintained by
Elizabeth Kopras
for the UC Superfund Basic
Research Program. Please
email us with any
questions or comments. Copyright
2004, University of Cincinnati.
Last update March 2, 2005.
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