Program Overview
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Larry
Robertson, Program Director |
The
Superfund research program at The University of Iowa (isrp) is
a joint endeavor involving basic, mechanistic and applied projects in
biomedical and non-biomedical research areas. The program's overall theme
is the consequences of atmospheric sources and exposures to semi-volatile
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), and it deals with volatilization, transport
and exposure of lower halogenated PCBs, especially those PCBs that are
associated with contaminated waters, former industrial sites, other atmospheric
sources, and the consequences of exposure to them.
The isrp brings together 15 scientists representing four colleges in
Iowa, Illinois and Kentucky. Working together, they will measure s
ources,
transport and environmental exposure of PCBs; their distribution, metabolism
and toxicity in animals and humans; and novel methods of phytoremediation.
Studies include a community-based participatory research project—an
assessment of exposures to citizens who live or work in the vicinity of
sources of lower chlorinated PCBs in the Chicago Metropolitan area. Our
research projects are supported by seven cores—Administration,
Synthesis, Analytical,
Inhalation Toxicology, Training,
Research Translation and
Community Outreach —through
which program and project administrators will oversee coordination, information
transfer, design and analysis of experiments, and assessment of research.
This multidisciplinary program brings a broad range of expertise to bear
on problems associated with Superfund chemicals that are critical to the
Midwest and the nation.
