Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Berry's Creek - Wood-Ridge Borough, New Jersey
- Project: Dartmouth College: Methylmercury Production and Fate in Response to Multiple Environmental Factors
Project Investigator: Celia Y Chen
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Project Investigator: Heileen Hsu-Kim
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: On-going
Corozal Well - Corozal, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Diamond Alkali Co. - Newark, New Jersey
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Dioxin Degradation by Microbes and Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: Gerben J Zylstra
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Pesticide Warehouse I - Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Pesticide Warehouse III - Manati, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Scorpio Recycling - Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Upjohn - Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Others, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Vega Alta Public Supply Wells - Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Vega Baja SWD - Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Aluminum Company Of America - Massena, New York
- Project: Medical University of South Carolina: Integrating Microbial Biostimulation and Electrolytic Aeration to Degrade POPs
Project Investigator: Harold D May
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
American Cyanamid - Bound Brook, New Jersey
- Project: Michigan State University: Processes Influencing the Natural Attenuation of Organic Contaminant Plumes: Transport, Enzymatic Regulation and Microbial Transformation Rates in Flowing Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Jerome J. Kukor
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Ciba Chemicals - Toms River, New Jersey
- Project: Michigan State University: Processes Influencing the Natural Attenuation of Organic Contaminant Plumes: Transport, Enzymatic Regulation and Microbial Transformation Rates in Flowing Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Jerome J. Kukor
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Diamond Alkali Co. - Newark, New Jersey
- Project: New York University School of Medicine: Mechanisms of Resistance of Aquatic Vertebrate Populations to Mixtures of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metal Contaminants
Project Investigator: Isaac I Wirgin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: Completed
GE Moreau Superfund Site - SOUTH GLENS FALLS, New York
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn, New York
- Project: Columbia University: Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur and Organic Carbon Speciation and Their Impact on Groundwater Arsenic
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Training, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
HS7 and HS28 - Hudson River, New York
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Polyaromatic Toxicant Degradation by Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: James M Tiedje
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed
Hudson River PCBs - Hudson River, New York
- Project: Michigan State University: Remediation Product Toxicity Evaluation Core
Project Investigator: Stephen A Boyd
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: New York University School of Medicine: Mechanisms of Resistance of Aquatic Vertebrate Populations to Mixtures
Project Investigator: Isaac I Wirgin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Stony Brook University - SUNY: Sources, Fate, and Identification of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in the Hudson
Project Investigator: Bruce Brownawell
Research/Outreach: Completed
Jamaica Water Supply Company - Queens, New York
- Project: Columbia University: Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur and Organic Carbon Speciation and Their Impact on Groundwater Arsenic
Project Investigator: Benjamin C Bostick
Research Types: Training, Testing or application of new GIS tools, Research Translation, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Naval Security Group - Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Others, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Newark Yacht Club - Newark, New Jersey
- Project: Boston University: Mechanisms and Impacts of PCB Resistance in Fish
Project Investigator: Mark E Hahn
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Onondaga Lake - Syracuse, New York
- Project: New York University School of Medicine: Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic and of Chromium Coupled to the Biodegradation of Aromatic Contaminant Compounds
Project Investigator: L. Y. Young
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Merced: Sequestration and Immobilization of Metal and Metalloid Contaminants in Sediments
Project Investigator: Peggy A O'Day
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Picatinny Arsenal (USARMY) - Rockaway Township, New Jersey
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Polyaromatic Toxicant Degradation by Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: James M Tiedje
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed
RCA del Caribe - Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
V&M Albaladejo - Monserrate, Puerto Rico
- Project: Northeastern University: Molecular Epidemiology Study of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth in Puerto Rico
Project Investigator: John D Meeker
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Data Management and Modeling Core
Project Investigator: David Kaeli
Research Types: Others, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Discovery of Xenobiotics Associated with Preterm Birth
Project Investigator: Roger W Giese
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Contaminants in Karst Groundwater Systems
Project Investigator: Ingrid Y Padilla
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Northeastern University: Human Subjects and Sampling Core
Project Investigator: Jose F Cordero
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Vineland Chemical Co., Inc. - Vineland, New Jersey
- Project: Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites
Project Investigator: Steven N Chillrud
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed