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.
Over the Halloween weekend, the Superfund CEC participated in the annual New England Franklin Park Zoo Howl. Our booth provided handouts designed by members of our team adapted from Boston’s Annual Water Quality Report.
The Community Engagement Core participated in the Boston Franklin Park Zoo’s Spring into Action: Earth Day Event on Saturday April 22. The CEC team had a demonstration that showed community members how Boston gets its tap water.... Read more about CEC participates in Franklin Park Zoo's Earth Day Event
Mariana Marcos-Hernandez and lab-mate Alireza Farsad reached out to a community in Florence, AZ, where reports from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (AZDEQ) indicated arsenic levels in well water above the MCL of 10 ppb.... Read more about Novel water filter device deployed in Florence, AZ
More than 70 trainees, professors, community advocates, and folks with a variety of backgrounds came together on August 15th and 16th for an in-depth online boot camp on the theories and methods to study environmental health disparities and environmental justice (EJ).
Community Engagement Core Trainee, Marissa Chan, spoke at the Harvard Environmental Justice Student Organization's Student & Postdoc Spotlight Speaker Series. Her presentation was entitled "Community Engaged Research on Place and Product-Based Environmental Hazards:... Read more about Marissa Chan speaks on Community Engaged Research