The Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) in collaboration with their counterparts in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have begun a COVID-19 air quality…
Dr. Stephanie Richards received a $2,500 contract to perform mosquito identification services for the Albemarle Health Department. The primary funding source is NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). Congratulations!
Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been used for decades in the industrial practice of making certain plastics and resins [1]. The most common uses of these plastics are food and beverage containers, such as plastic food…
Dr. Charles Humphrey (Co-PI) and Dr. Guy Iverson (Co-PI) received news that their project titled "A Paired-Watershed Approach to Evaluate the Influence of Onsite Wastewater Nutrient Inputs to Falls Lake, NC" was funded by…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with state and local partners are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections which has been linked to Fresh…
MS Environmental Health student, Adam Vang, was selected as a 2020 Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) Student Research Competition (SRC) winner for his research titled "A Comparison of Commercial and Laboratory-Treated Permethrin…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted the world in many ways. This virus is generally transmitted from person-to-person via airborne droplets produced when an infectious person coughs and/or sneezes [1]. These droplets can…
Dr. Stephanie Richards (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Jo Anne Balanay (co-investigator) were notified this week that their pilot project titled "Risk Assessment of Forester and Logger Injuries and Deaths in North Carolina" was selected…