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@IowaSRP

@SRP_NIEHS center @uiowa studying polychlorinated biphenyl (#PCBs) sources, exposures, metabolism, toxicities, remediation, policy.

 University of Iowa
iowasuperfund.uiowa.edu
Joined September 2014
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The Oregon Environmental Restoration Council will help invest and dole out nearly $700 million in funds the state received from a settlement with Monsanto over PCB contamination
Governor Tina Kotek (@GovTinaKotek) profile pictureGovernor Tina Kotek
@GovTinaKotek5 Jun 2025
On this World Environment Day, let’s remember that to have the healthy, prosperous communities we want, we must protect and restore our environment. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Group formed to invest, grant money from state’s largest environmental damages settlement • Oregon...

Group formed to invest, grant money from state’s largest environmental damages settlement • Oregon...

The Oregon Environmental Restoration Council will invest and dole out nearly $700 million the state received from a settlement with Monsanto.

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Federal health investigation into NC State’s Poe Hall to resume, chancellor says @newsobserver newsobserver.com/news/local/…
Federal health investigation into NC State’s Poe Hall to resume, chancellor says

Federal health investigation into NC State’s Poe Hall to resume, chancellor says

The evaluation was previously halted due to cuts to the federal workforce.

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WV Governor announces $2 million for cleanup at Minden Superfund site in Fayette County @TheRealWVmedia therealwv.com/2025/05/20/mor…
Morrisey announces $2 million for cleanup in Minden, a superfund site in Fayette County – The Real...

Morrisey announces $2 million for cleanup in Minden, a superfund site in Fayette County – The Real...

By Stephen Baldwin, RealWV After three previous attempts to remove PCBs from the soil in the town of Minden, WV, over the past five decades, a new cleanup

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State has no money to assist with PCB testing in Vermont schools this year @VNewsUV @vtdigger vtdigger.org/2025/05/15/stat…
State has no money to assist with PCB testing in Vermont schools this year - VTDigger

State has no money to assist with PCB testing in Vermont schools this year - VTDigger

When the state mandated PCB testing in 2021, it said air testing was expected to cost about $20,000 per school. Mountain Views Supervisory Union has two schools on the state’s schedule for this...

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Hartford VT pauses plans to demolish school buildings to allow for further study of chemical contamination @vtdigger vtdigger.org/2025/05/27/hart…
Hartford pauses plans to demolish school buildings to allow for further study of chemical contami...

Hartford pauses plans to demolish school buildings to allow for further study of chemical contami...

There are no plans to relocate students to other areas of the school for the 2025-26 school year.

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Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools @VNewsUV vnews.com/Hartford-School-Bo…
Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools - Valley News

Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools - Valley News

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As Hartford school officials consider the drastic step of tearing down and rebuilding major portions of the town’s high school in order to address chemical contamination, other...

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While lawmakers promised to pay for all testing and remediation when they enacted the nation's first PCB testing mandate, the state has already burned through nearly all available funding — with less than half of Vermont’s schools tested so far. vermontpublic.org/local-news…

Vermont has paused PCB testing in schools, but cleanup costs keep piling up

Statewide, Vermont has already invested $37.5 million into PCB testing and remediation, and just a little over $3 million is left. More than half of all schools that fall under the state's mandate...

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The EPA will hold a public meeting on the future of New Bedford Harbor’s Superfund Site. Community opinions and input on wanted on the work done in 2024 and the plans for 2025. You can attend virtually or in person. newbedfordguide.com/epa-new-…
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Translating Silicone Wristbands to a Personal Exposure Estimate for Dermal Absorption: A Case Study with PCBs | Environmental Science & Technology Letters @EnvSciTech pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Translating Silicone Wristbands to a Personal Exposure Estimate for Dermal Absorption: A Case Study...

Translating Silicone Wristbands to a Personal Exposure Estimate for Dermal Absorption: A Case Study...

Abstract. Dermal absorption is an exposure pathway frequently underestimated due to challenges in quantifying how exogenous chemicals pass through skin. Si

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Hartford likely to demolish large portions of high school because of PCB contamination @vtdigger vtdigger.org/2025/05/06/hart…
Hartford likely to demolish large portions of high school because of PCB contamination - VTDigger

Hartford likely to demolish large portions of high school because of PCB contamination - VTDigger

“We are going to tear down 60% of the high school in all likelihood and have to rebuild it in record time. These are areas we have to demolish. There’s no way around it,” the district’s facilities...

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Kyleakin Helm-Kwasny Thesis Seminar this Thursday 4/17 at 10:30 AM CDT. 2189 MERF and Zoom: uiowa.zoom.us/j/98565731348?…
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PNAS Nexus@PNASNexus11 Apr 2025
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the environment have been linked to increased risks of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. A study traces how PCB exposure shifts adipose tissue macrophage cells into an inflammatory phenotype. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/UNP750VyZ7V
A warning sign explains that fish caught in portions of the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia could contain toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

ALT A warning sign explains that fish caught in portions of the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia could contain toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

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EPA dredging PCBs from the Kalamazoo River @DredgingToday dredgingtoday.com/2025/04/10…

EPA dredging PCBs from the Kalamazoo River

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will this week start cleaning up soil and sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls – or PCBs – along the Kalamazoo River near the Trowbridge...

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The dredged materials management facility by Jones Island is being built; that's where legacy contaminants will go as the MKE AOC is cleaned up. jsonline.com/story/news/loca… It'll be 40+ acres of public land once filled. Read our public trust doctrine research: uwm.edu/centerforwaterpolicy…

Ice breakers, barges and cranes: What's happening in Lake Michigan off Jones Island?

The facility in Lake Michigan will hold nearly 2 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment.

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Learn about the Dredged Materials Management Facility in Milwaukee, part of the largest cleanup project in the history of the #GreatLakes. This facility will safely store PCBs and other contaminants from the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. @MMSD_MKE ow.ly/xjro50VbWLq

Ice breakers, barges and cranes: What's happening in Lake Michigan off Jones Island?

The facility in Lake Michigan will hold nearly 2 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment.

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ISRP Synthesis Core in Chemical Research in Toxicology: Deconjugation of polychlorinated biphenyl sulfates to hydroxylated PCBs by anaerobically cultured mouse and human gut microbiota @ACSPublications pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Deconjugation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Sulfates to Hydroxylated PCBs by Anaerobically Cultured...

Abstract. The role of the gut microbiome in metabolizing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxic environmental contaminants, and their metabolites remains

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Michigan Attorney General seeking proposals from attorneys and law firms to serve as special attorney generals and seek damages from PCB manufacturers.
Dana Nessel (@dananessel) profile pictureDana Nessel@dananessel8 Apr 2025
While PCBs are thankfully no longer manufactured in the United States, their harmful effects continue to contaminate our natural resources, wildlife, and communities. michiganadvance.com/briefs/a…

Attorney general seeking attorneys to hold PCB manufacturers accountable • Michigan Advance

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday announced her office is seeking proposals from attorneys and law firms to serve as special attorney generals and seek damages from polychlorinated...

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James Ankrum@JamesAnkrum7 Apr 2025
Very happy to share our latest paper out now in @PNASNexus ! This paper led by @rileybehanbush shows the profound impacts of PCBs on macrophage plasticity. Thanks @SRP_NIEHS @NIH_NIEHS for supporting this important work. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/a…
Polychlorinated biphenyls induce immunometabolic switch of antiinflammatory macrophages toward an...

Polychlorinated biphenyls induce immunometabolic switch of antiinflammatory macrophages toward an...

Abstract. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of environmental toxicants associated with increased risk of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndro

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Project 5 in @EnvSciTech Engineering: Development of a novel PCB-degrading biofilm enriched biochar encapsulated with Sol–Gel: a protective layer to sustain biodegradation activity @ACSPublications pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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A recent Journal of @TheEndoSociety paper found that early-life exposure to a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls may lead to behavioral problems later in life: endocrinenews.endocrine.org/…
Mind Bending: How Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Could Affect Brain Development - Endocrine News

Mind Bending: How Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Could Affect Brain Development - Endocrine News

Andrea C. Gore, PhD, of the University of Texas in Austin, discusses her recent Journal of the Endocrine Society paper, which found that early-life exposure to a class of endocrine-disrupting...

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