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Jeff Yoder’s lab was highlighted as an extramural paper of the month
Jeffrey Yoder A recent publication from Jeff Yoder‘s lab (Project 2) was highlighted as an extramural paper of the month. The publication is entitled Automated, high-throughput quantification of...
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Detlef Knappe Discuss Results of PFAS in Local Tap Water Tests
Detlef Knappe Tests of home tap water were taken from several cities in central North Carolina. The tests results revealed several cities had higher than the proposed EPA limit of PFAS in their water...
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The United Nations Issued a Statement on PFAS Contamination In North Carolina
In a statement, a group from the U.N. special rapporteur on toxics and human rights, called out chemical companies DuPont and Chemours in North Carolina. “Even as DuPont and Chemours had information...
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How to avoid PFAS in water, food with ‘forever’ chemicals
Jamie DeWitt Washington Post – Jamie DeWitt (Project 2 and Admin Core) is quoted in this article on the phasing out of PFAS in food wrappers. Your risk of exposure to PFAS depends on the “contact...
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Being an Expert Witness as a Scientist is a Delicate Balance
Jane Hoppin (Project 1) and Jamie DeWitt (Project 2 and Admin Core) were interviewed about scientists potentially being expert witnesses. Jane Hoppin For some scientists, the rewards simply aren’t...
View ArticlePFAS Class Action Settlement for $1B is approved in Federal Court
A federal court in South Carolina approved a $1.18 billion settlement over drinking water contaminated by PFAS. The terms of the settlement includes Chemours and other manufactures of PFAS and seeks...
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Katy May Co-led Two Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Meeting...
The annual Partnerships for Environmental Public Health meeting took place February 19-21, hosted by NIEHS in Durham, North Carolina. The meeting drew environmental health scientists, social...
View ArticleSuperior Court Rules in Suite for PFAS Damages
In February 2024 a superior court judge issued an order to hold DuPont and it’s subsidiaries, including Chemours, liable for PFAS contamination caused by by the company(s) if deemed responsible for...
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Hannah Starnes Wins an Award at the SOT Meeting
Hannah Starnes Trainee Hannah Starnes (Project 3, Scott Belcher‘s lab), won the Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award from the Graduate Student Leadership Committee at the Society of...
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The Science of PCBs
A Follow Up to the Science of PCBs Q&A Session (February 26, 2024) The Superfund Research Program (SRP) is a federal program funded by the National institute of Environmental Health Sciences...
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NC Department of Environmental Quality said the EPA is expected to finalize...
Jamie DeWitt Jamie Dewitt, a pharmacology and toxicology professor from East Carolina University who has been researching the immunotoxicological effects of PFAS, is a member of the NCDEQ Secretaries’...
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Limits on PFAS in National Drinking Water
Strict limits on several so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water, will require utilities to reduce PFAS to the lowest level that can be reliably measured. The goal is to reduce exposure for...
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