We live in a soup of environmental pollution that has pervaded our tissues with a variety of toxic chemicals. Long-lasting lipophilic compounds have concentrated in our fat and heavy metals in ou...
Project 3 trainee Kate Morton was honored with a Young Investigator award at the 2023 Redox Biology and Medicine annual meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Ms. Morton presented a poster and gave ...
Duke Superfund Research Center Director Heather Stapleton was quoted multiple times in an Arizona Republic article concerning PFAS, whether the label of “forever chemicals” is too broad for t...
In response to a request from members of the Waccamaw Siouan tribe in southeastern North Carolina after tests of tribal member’s soil revealed that detectable levels of some PFAS compounds, the...
This Nicholas School press release was re-posted from: https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/next-frontier-forever-chemicals-environmental-implications-clean-energy — As the world endeavors to extrica...
In May 2023, The U.S. EPA proposed an amendment to its 2015 Coal Ash rule that would include restrictions on most “legacy” coal ask landfill sites that already apply to active landfill sites....
On August 1, the City of Burlington reached a settlement with the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Haw River Assembly to control PFAS contamination of the Haw River from the city’s was...
By Tamarr Moore, Summer Research Intern with the Community Engagement Core This summer, I worked with the Community Engagement and Research Translation Cores of the Duke University Superfund Rese...
By Anod Saba, Summer Research Intern in Dr. Joel Meyer’s Lab This summer, I had the privilege to be a part of the dynamic and accepting team at the Duke University Superfund Research Center. On...
By Sakina Shahid, Summer Research Intern in Dr. Nishad Jayasundara’s Lab I have always been terrified of encountering or touching fish. But, that’s beginning to change after spending a summer...