Science & Technology
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Meet EPA Engineer Shawn Ryan, Ph.D.
Shawn Ryan, Ph.D. is a chemical engineer at EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center. He has worked at EPA for 12 years, nine of which have been devoted to leading research to support decontamination and consequence management.
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Onshore Crude Oil Decontamination Using a Water Security Test Bed
EPA researchers recently examined the effectiveness of flushing crude oil to remove any persistent oil in the pipeline, appliances, and premise plumbing at EPA’s water security test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory facility.
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Meet EPA Scientist Ana Rappold, Ph.D.
EPA Scientist Ana Rappold is a statistician in EPA's Environmental Public Health Division of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab. Her research is focused on the health effects of air pollution.
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EPA at 50: Celebrating A Rich History of State Partnership
EPA has made working directly with the states an explicit part of its strategic research planning through a partnership with the Environmental Council of the States.
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Water You Waiting For? Analyze Multiple Water Samples Simultaneously with a New Field Device!
While onsite at a water treatment plant, EPA engineer David Wahman’s team needed to measure free chlorine from parallel filters. To fill this need, Wahman created and patented the Sample Device for Mobile Water Analysis.
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EPA Grantees Develop Tool to Help Water Resources Managers Make Stormwater Infrastructure Decisions
EPA grantees recently released the Community-Enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC) tool to help water resource managers make decisions with regards to stormwater infrastructure.
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Reflecting on 50 Years of EPA Research: Dr. Jerry Blancato
EPA's Dr. Jerry Blancato is the Director of the Office of Science Information Management in EPA’s Office of Research and Development. In honor of EPA’s 50th anniversary, Jerry is reflecting on his career at EPA which began in 1985.
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New Updates to the CompTox Chemicals Dashboard and Generalized Read-Across (GenRA) Web-Application Tool
New versions of the CompTox Chemicals Dashboard and GenRA bring new features and more data to meet the evolving needs of chemical risk assessment.
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GLIMPSE – Modeling Tool for State Environmental and Energy Planning
The GCAM Long-term Interactive Multi-Pollutant Scenario Evaluator (GLIMPSE) is a modeling tool that helps states explore the impacts of energy technologies and policies on the environment.
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EPA Releases SeqAPASS Version 7.0
EPA has released the 7th version of Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS), a fast online screening tool that allows researchers to extrapolate toxicity information across species.
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Meet EPA Physical Scientist Lukas Oudejans
Lukas Oudejans, Ph.D. is a physical scientist working in EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center. His research focuses on preparing cleanup options for the agency following a disaster incident.
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EPA Researchers Evaluate In-Home Chemical Exposures
In a first-of-its-kind approach, EPA researchers are determining the combinations of chemicals we are most likely to be exposed to at home.
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Lead Exposure through Household Dust and Soil: EPA Researchers Looking for a Solution
EPA researchers are investigating the potential of soil additives, or amendments, in helping to reduce childhood exposure to lead.
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Kids in the Captain’s Seat: Summer Day Camp on the Lake Explorer II Research Vessel
This summer, students joined EPA scientists for a day on the Lake Explorer II research vessel. The group spent the day on Lake Superior learning about limnology, Great Lakes biology, and what it means to be a scientist.
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EPA Researchers Partner with WaterStep to Deliver Clean Water During Emergencies
EPA researchers partnered with WaterStep to develop a modular, mobile water treatment system known as the Water on Wheels – Mobile Emergency Water Treatment System, or the WOW cart. The WOW cart can quickly and cost-effectively provide safe drinking water
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Should You Exercise Outside in Air Pollution?
Science has shown the benefits of exercise or physical activity. But what about exercising outside when there is high air pollution, such as smoke from a wildfire or ozone during a hot and sunny day?
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EPA and USDA Leading Effort to Innovate the Next Generation of Industrial Fertilizers
EPA and partners recently ran two challenge competitions to accelerate development and use of new fertilizer technologies that can reduce environmental impacts.
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Meet EPA Engineer Darren Lytle, Ph.D.
Researcher at Work profile of Darren Lytle
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Teaming Up to Protect the Great Lakes
EPA works with organizations from the US and Canada to assess conditions in one of the five Great Lakes each year.
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EPA Researchers Develop Tool to Improve Water Quality
EPA developed the Watershed Management Optimization Tool (WMOST), a tool that helps water resource managers and planners identify cost-effective, environmental and economically sustainable decisions to improve water quality and quantity.