Science & Technology
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Gold King Mine Spill local waterways/sediment sampling
Environmental sampling and assessment of local waterways and sediments following Gold King Mine Spill
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Effects of climate change on contaminated sites and waste facilities
Community vulnerability to contaminated sites and waste facilities due to climate change and extreme events
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Determining extent of contaminant impacts
Defining the extent and nature of contaminant impact to groundwater and a recreational lake from a landfill at the Former Fort Devens; providing technical analysis of viable alternatives to stop contaminant impacts to off-site public and private properties
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Contaminated groundwater from former battery demolition site entering neighborhood creek
Contaminated groundwater from former battery demolition site entering neighborhood creek
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Heavy metal soil contamination from past mining activity
Legacy heavy metal soil contamination from past mining activity, prescription for soil amendments to enhance revegetation
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Arsenic bioavailability in contaminated creek sediment
Assess the fraction of arsenic that is bioavailable in contaminated creek sediment, validation of EPA method to assess arsenic bioavailability in aquatic environments and investigation of bacterial communities in sediment as potential indicators
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Assessing conditions at Bristol Landfill to determine the potential source of local odors
Assessing conditions at Bristol Landfill to determine the potential source of local odors
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Decontaminant testing to effectively degrade fentanyl and its analogs
Decontaminant testing to effectively degrade fentanyl and its analogs
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Water-On-Wheels Mobile Emergency Water Treatment System
Providing clean, safe water following natural disasters with the Water-On-Wheels Mobile Emergency Water Treatment System (WOW Cart)
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization (R2R2R) to improve Pickle Pond
The contamination of Pickle Pond by runoff and invasive plants, EPA’s Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization (R2R2R) approach to improve Pickle Pond for the benefit of the local community
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Identifying cold water refuge areas for trout and salmon
Identifying cold water refuge areas for brook trout and Atlantic salmon in the Meduxnekeag subwatershed on the Maine/New Brunswick border, as well as potential restoration actions to improve coldwater habitat
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Evaluating the use of the flocculant, chitosan, on Hawaiian stony corals
Evaluating the use of the flocculant, chitosan, on Hawaiian stony corals
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Environmental DNA (eDNA) for species inventory
Accurate and sensitive methods to detect hard-to-find endangered species, environmental DNA (eDNA) for inventory and monitoring of imperiled species in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Pennsylvania Field Office
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Coastal acidification effects on fisheries
Acidification in estuaries threatening shellfish fisheries
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Potential hazards to bees associated with the consumption of pesticide contaminated pollen
Protecting New England bees from potential impacts of exposures to pesticides used in plant nurseries
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Monitoring the health of the Perdido Bays Estuary
Monitoring the health of the estuary with technical support for the development and implementation of a probabilistic monitoring framework
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Evaluating effects of microplastics on Atlantic stony corals
Evaluating effects of microplastics on Atlantic stony corals
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Evaluating filtering and disinfection efficiency of various face coverings
Urgent shortage of respirators caused by the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating performance evaluation of sub-optimal and alternative respirators
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Monitoring levels of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage to assess community infection rate
Understanding community infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 by monitoring levels of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education
Preparing the future environmental health workforce by providing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, especially in K-12 schools with low-income populations