Science & Technology
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From Brownfield to Breadbasket: Health Impact Assessments Help Communities Make Healthy Decisions
PA is helping officials in Dover, Delaware, make decisions about the site by conducting a rapid Health Impact Assessment, an approach for identifying how a proposed policy or project might impact the health of a community.
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Meet EPA Environmental Engineer Terra Haxton, Ph.D.
EPA Environmental Engineer Terra Haxton, Ph.D., uses computer simulation models to protect drinking water. She investigates approaches to help water utilities be better prepared to respond to contamination incidents in their distribution systems.
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Meet EPA Research Physical Scientist Vasu Kilaru
EPA's Vasu Kilaru works to safeguard the public’s health from the negative effects of air pollution.
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Meet EPA Research Chemist Angela Batt, Ph.D.
EPA Chemist Angela Batt describes her background, when she first wanted to be a scientist, what super power she would want, and more in this researchers at work profile!
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Meet EPA Researcher Vito Ilacqua, Ph.D.
This is the researchers at work profile for Dr. Vito Ilacqua. Learn about his background, current research, and advice for students in this profile.
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Coast-to-Crest Monitoring Network – Data in Demand
EPA researchers are working with partners to investigate causes of tree mortality in the Pacific Northwest over time.
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Nitrogen Footprint Tool: Reducing Nitrogen at the Institutional Level
Science Matters article about the nitrogen footprint tool
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Meet EPA Genetic Toxicologist Catherine Gibbons, Ph.D.
EPA genetic toxicologist Catherine Gibbons, Ph.D., investigates the impact of chemicals on genetic material for EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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EPA Researchers use AI to Mimic Human Behaviors that Could Affect our Exposure to Chemicals
Where and how we spend our time plays a major role in the types of chemicals we’re exposed to each day. EPA scientists need to understand these exposures before assessing a chemical’s potential risk to human health.
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EPA Tools Help Local Decision-Makers Deal with Waste Resulting from Major Natural Disasters
Following a natural disaster, communities can face an unexpected challenge: what to do with the tons of waste and debris left behind.
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New EPA Citizen Science Quality Assurance Handbook Provides Best Practices for Citizen Science Projects
To help citizen scientists improve data quality, EPA has created a new Quality Assurance handbook to be used with accompanying templates and examples for citizen science.
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Scaling Back: EPA Researchers Help Communities Protect Drinking Water Systems from Lead
EPA researchers are leading research to better understand the dynamics of water chemistry, treatment, and infrastructure to help facility managers and local communities keep lead out of drinking water.
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EPA Science at 50: Progress for a Stronger Future
This year marks EPA’s 50th Anniversary. Science has played an integral part in the agency’s many successes in advancing its mission to protect public health and safeguard the natural environment.
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EPA Researchers Help Water Systems Keep Lead out of Drinking Water
If you have lead service lines, limiting corrosion is a necessary step to reduce lead exposure from drinking water.
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The Species Sensitivity Distribution Toolbox: A New Tool to Identify and Protect Vulnerable Species
EPA scientists have developed the Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) Toolbox to help risk assessors determine safe limits of chemical exposure.
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Researchers Assess Roadside Vegetation Barriers with a Suite of Air Monitors
EPA researchers are using innovative air monitoring approaches to learn more about how solid and vegetation barriers reduce exposure to harmful roadside air pollution.
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Celebrating Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month! To celebrate, learn about some of the women working in EPA’s Office of Research and Development to protect human health and the environment.
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EPA Researchers Share Scientific Progress at Society of Toxicology 2021 Annual Meeting
Annually, EPA researchers participate in the Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting and will continue sharing EPA science in SOT’s 2021 virtual environment
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EPA Deploys Mobile Labs to Work with Texas to Restore Drinking Water Systems
EPA relies on a substantial network of high-quality, in-house, scientific expertise and laboratory capabilities across its regions, programs, and offices to fulfill its mission.
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Advancing EPA’s Understanding of the Next Generation of Pesticides
To help the Agency evaluate nanopesticides, an EPA research team conducted an exhaustive search for patents and published literature related to nanopesticides to understand the state-of-the-science.