National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program Norbert E. Kaminski, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology Director, Institute for Integrative Toxicology Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
Superfund Research Program Created within NIEHS in 1986 under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) SRP has a broad mandate: 1. The development of methods and resources to detect hazardous substances in the environment. 2. The improvement of techniques of assessing the effects of hazardous substances on human health. 3. The development of methods of assessing the risks hazardous substances pose to human health. 4. The development of biological, chemical, and physical methods of decreasing hazardous substances and their toxicity Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
Superfund Research Program (SRP) Research funded through the NIEHS Superfund Research Program is restricted to a select list of environmental contaminants SRP research is thematic, multidisciplinary and basic as well as applied Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
Theme of the MSU SRP Program is focused on Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds Administered and Coordinated by MSU IIT Rutgers 4 Biomedical 2 Remediation Projects Engineering Purdue Projects US EPA Texas A&M Emory 6 Core Facilities 25 Investigators Research Support, RTC and CEC Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
“What is there that is not poison? All things are poison and nothing without poison. Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison”. Paracelsus (1493-1591) German –Swiss philosopher, scientist Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group May 15,2017
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