Watch "The lasting impact of the baby tooth project in St. Louis", featuring the work of the MEMCARE-SRC Project 1 research team. The study investigates how levels of metals in baby teeth are related to cognition and health in later life. The 9+ minute story ran on February 28 on Fox 2 in St. Louis and will play on 2/29 on KPLR at 7 p.m central time., and 3/3 on Fox 2 at 10 p.m. central time. Read more about the study here.
Kathy James of our CEC Colorado group is working with local communites to study how drought is intensifying the levels of heavy metals, especially arsenic, in drinking water from private wells in Colorado and the west. Read the story on NPR.org.
Project 4's latest work on filtering arsenic from drinking water is featured in NIEHS's Environmental Factor newsletter. See Culinary-inspired technique removes arsenic from water. The study, pubished in Environmental Science and Technology, was conducted in Paul Westerhoff's lab at Arizona State University. Authors include MEMCARE trainees Alireza Farsad and Mariana Marcos...