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Research Briefs By Category: Epidemiology

Superfund Research Program

  • 348 - Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals, PAHs Interact to Increase Toxicity of Particulate Mixtures -- Lomnicki
    Release Date: 12/13/2023

    Toxic air pollutants called environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) may react with certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the surface of airborne particles to form more toxic chemicals, according to researchers funded by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP). The study, led by Slawomir Lomnicki, Ph.D., of the Louisiana State University SRP Center, demonstrated that interactions between components of fine particulate matter mixtures may enhance their overall toxicity.

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