Duke Superfund Blog

Duke SRC Supports Sediment Remediation Project in the Elizabeth River

On November 3rd, the Duke Superfund Research Center (DUSRC) sponsored and attended the Elizabeth River Project Sediment Remediation Partnership (ERPSRP) ...

What Do Coal Ash, CAFOs, and CAPs Have in Common?

What do coal ash, confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and criteria air pollutants (CAPs) have in common? The answer is ...

Smoking Addiction and Climate Change: Denial, Resignation, and Responsibility

Image credit: Ad Council/Tim Shundo By Edward D. Levin, Ph.D., Duke University Cigarette smokers often show a maladaptive progression from ...

RTC participates in NC Environmental Justice Summit

This past Friday, October 21, three members of the Research Translation Core–Dr. Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, Bryan Luukinen, and Catherine Kastleman–traveled to ...

Superfund Trainee Casey Lindberg Awarded Research Fellowship

Superfund trainee Casey Lindberg has received a research fellowship from the North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research ...

Investigating Arsenic-Induced Mitochondrial Toxicity in C. elegans

By Tanner Waters In Dr. Joel Meyer’s laboratory, I’m studying the effects of arsenic on C. elegans with genetic deficiencies ...