By Eileen Thorsos At a university like Duke, we have access to a wealth of information in journal articles – information that literally costs an incredible amount of money if you as an individual were to pay for it yourself. Sometimes – frequently – those journal articles aren’t easily […]
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By Hunter Bradshaw It’s a dirty world out there, and it turns out some dirt is dirtier than others. The question is, how does one clean up this dirty dirt? Polluted soil can be somewhat rinsed or transported to a containment area to be sealed away. However, these approaches […]
By Margaret Morales In my last post I wrote about some of the health risks of pesticide exposure. The risk of exposure is particularly high for agricultural workers and others who work directly with pesticides. In 1992 the EPA published the existing Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Agricultural Pesticides […]
By Margaret Morales How does a contaminated property become a Superfund Site? As of June of this year, there were 1,322 Superfund Sites across the United States. What sets these places apart, and makes them worthy of federal attention and funds for cleanup and remediation? To become a Superfund Site […]
By Eileen Thorsos In my hotel room in Atlanta, the tag under the desk chair told me that my chair met California’s old TB 117. In order to meet that flammability standard, the foam inside the chair I sat on as I drafted this blog post must have had flame […]
By Alexandra Valladares , 2014 Superfund Trainee When I first arrived to the City of Medicine, it felt like a desolate place in comparison to the colorful vibrancy of Miami. Now that I’ve lived in Durham for half my life, it feels like a blossoming place full of hidden […]
By Gretchen Kroeger (glk@duke.edu) If you’re old enough, you may remember the US Forest Service’s campaign from the 70’s and 80’s employing Woodsy Owl and his iconic “Give a hoot! Don’t pollute” mantra. The purpose of the campaign was to encourage the public to think about their responsibility in […]
By Savannah Volkoff Most people refer to you by your full name, spoken like one word (i.e., DanBrown). However, I often hear you refer to yourself as “Daniel”. How do you prefer people address you? I prefer “Daniel” because that’s what my mom calls me. So, a lot of it […]
By Savannah Volkoff I can’t really think of a better way to spend Earth Day 2014 than by collecting sediment and killifish at the Elizabeth River in Virginia for experiments in the Duke Superfund Research Center. Today, over 192 countries recognize and celebrate Earth Day, which has occurred annually on […]