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University of Arizona

Superfund Research Program

Outreach to Mexico Core

Project Leader: Dean E. Carter
Grant Number: P42ES004940
Funding Period: 1995 - 2005

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Project Summary (2000-2005)

The Outreach Core strives to move research results out of the University laboratory and into the public and private sectors of the desert Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. The long-term objective is to serve as an information resource in this environmentally sensitive area. This requires a substantial component of education and training in Spanish to develop the necessary expertise in Mexico and to reach our Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. The long-term objective is addressed by taking a multi-activity approach.

  • The Core develops instructional materials on environmental health and a workbook on risk assessment and remediation technologies that are appropriate for advanced high school through college undergraduate students in the sciences. This is being done in cooperation with the NIEHS Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona and materials will be accessible via the Internet.

  • In order to establish relationships with Mexican academic colleagues, faculty from border state universities will be invited to spend 1-2 weeks in a combined teaching/research program in Tucson. Collaborating with the NIEHS Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, researchers will present principles of basic toxicology with special emphasis on a selected area, such as pulmonary toxicology. In addition to classroom work, the Mexican faculty will be offered a research experience in a laboratory of the visitor's choice.

  • To establish and maintain connections with representatives from government and industry, in addition to faculty and students from universities, the Outreach Core will interact with the University of Arizona Industrial/Governmental Advisory Board and will continue to organize bi-national meetings. Such meetings not only provide a forum for exchange of research results, but also help raise awareness about problems and solutions of hazardous waste disposal sites along the 2000-mile shared border.

  • The Core also helps to nurture the formation of a Mexican Society of Toxicology. Establishment of a Society will formalize toxicology as a distinct discipline for research and graduate education in Mexico.

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