Science & Technology
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EPA’s ENTACT Study Breaks New Ground with Non-Targeted Research
EPA scientists are leading a multi-phase project to evaluate the ability of non-targeted analysis laboratory methods to consistently and correctly identify unknown chemicals in samples.
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EPA Scientists Develop Method for Estimating Recreational Visitors and Value of Cape Cod Estuaries
EPA researchers have developed a new method to study the number of visitors to Cape Cod’s estuaries.
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EPA Grantees Advance Use and Applications of Air Monitoring Sensors to Protect Public Health
EPA grantees developed a toolkit to help California communities select, use, and maintain low-cost air sensors and interpret the collected data.
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EPA Tool Helps Guide Coastal Communities to Consider Consequences of Complex Environmental Challenges
EPA scientists help community plan for rising sea levels
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To Leave or Not to Leave: The Heart Cockle and Green Macroalgae Blooms
EPA is working to understand the effects of nutrient pollution on important fishery species, like the heart cockle.
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Meet EPA Biological Science Technician Emily Wheaton
Emily Wheaton is a lab technician working primarily on microbial genomics in various water matrices. Recently, she has been dedicated to detecting SARS-CoV- 2 in wastewater.
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EPA’s SARS-CoV-2 Research: Assessing Virus Levels in Sewage for Community Level Screening
EPA researchers are developing and applying methods for detecting different forms of the virus, including live, or infectious, virus and the genetic marker of the virus, its RNA, in wastewater.
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How Do Pesticides Affect Frogs? EPA Researchers Conduct Uptake and Toxicity Studies to Find Out
Frogs have unique contamination routes and can be directly and indirectly exposed to pesticides throughout different stages of their life cycles. EPA scientists have conducted multiple studies over a 10-year period to better understand this problem.
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Meet EPA Ecologist Jana Compton, Ph.D.
As an ecologist with the Western Ecology Division of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Dr. Jana Compton investigates the sources and effects of nitrogen pollution.
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EPANET 2.2.0: An EPA and Water Community Collaboration
EPANET 2.2.0 provides an updated and expanded open source water distribution system modeling tool to meet the vastly important needs of water utilities and the water community.
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Testing the Waters: EPA Researchers Study the Changing Nitrogen Landscape in Streams
EPA researchers and collaborators used data from the National Aquatic Resource Survey and the National Nutrient Inventory to analyze streams in the contiguous U.S. and explore the relationship between air quality improvements and stream chemistry.
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EPA Researchers Test Effectiveness of Face Masks, Disinfection Methods Against COVID-19
EPA scientists are applying their expertise in aerosol and decontamination research to better understand mask effectiveness, as well as methods for disinfecting personal protective equipment for the public, healthcare workers, and other essential workers.
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Using New Approaches to Screen Chemicals for Potential Thyroid Effects
With cutting-edge research, the agency is leading the charge to test chemicals for their potential to disrupt the thyroid system. EPA scientists are finding innovative ways to identify hazardous chemicals to protect human health and the environment.
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Greener Cleanup Tool Reduces Environmental Footprint and Provides Comparable Measures
Cleaning up sites can be viewed as "green" from the perspective of the cleanup improving environmental and public health conditions. However, cleanup activities use energy, water and materials resources to achieve cleanup objectives.
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Baseball Bats, Bunnies, and Christmas Trees: Exploring the Benefits of Ecosystems
EPA scientist Tara Greaver and colleagues explored the cascade of impacts of reduced white ash and balsam fir trees on forest ecosystems and human well-being.
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EPA Researchers Develop Strategies and Methods to Help Predict Harmful Algal Blooms in Kansas
EPA researchers are working with the state of Kansas and other partners to determine ways to monitor, prevent, and predict harmful algal blooms.
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Meet EPA Researcher S. Ryan Fulgham, Ph.D.
EPA researcher Dr. Ryan Fulgham focuses on measuring the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen and sub-micron particulate matter at Duke Forest in North Carolina.
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EPA Researchers Collaborate with States to Assess the Health of the Coastal Waters of the Great Lakes
This summer, EPA researchers are helping conduct the National Coastal Condition Assessment of the nearshore waters of the Great Lakes.
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Meet EPA Scientist Levi Haupert, Ph.D.
Dr. Levi Haupert is a physical scientist that studies the movement of chemicals such as benzene and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) inside plastic drinking water pipes and porous particles such as granular activated carbons and ion exchange resi
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Vacant Lots as Green Infrastructure in Buffalo, NY
EPA researchers are working with the Buffalo Sewer Authority, the University of Buffalo SUNY, and EPA’s Office of Water to tackle CSOs with the help of an unlikely resource: vacant lots.