Research Projects

The multidisciplinary connections of the Research Projects are shown in Figure II. Overall, the exchange of expertise, samples and data among the six Research Projects of the isbrp as well as the thematic connections will help us to answer several questions, such as: Where are sources of airborne PCBs? What are the levels of human exposures to these types of PCBs? What are the potential roles of metabolism in biological responses to semi-volatile PCBs? What are the human health effects? How can we remediate PCB contaminated sites?



Project 1: PCBs: Metabolism, Genotoxicity and Gene Expression in Vivo
Larry Robertson, Gabriele Ludewig, Garry Buettner, Howard Glauert, Wanda Haschek-Hock

Project 2: Oxidative Stress and PCB Exposure in Mammalian Cells
Douglas Spitz, Prabhat Goswami, Larry Robertson

Project 3: PCBs and Hydroxysteroid (Alcohol) SuIfotransferases
Michael Duffel, Larry Robertson, Hans-Joachim Lehmler

Project 4: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Keri Hornbuckle, Vicky Persky

Project 5: Phytoremediation to Degrade Airborne PCB Congeners from Soil and Groundwater Sources
Jerry Schnoor, Benoit Van Aken

Project 6: AESOP Study: Airborne Exposure to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants
Peter Thorne, Vicky Persky, Keri Hornbuckle, Kai Wang