Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area Site) - Aberdeen, Maryland
- Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Atlantic Wood Industries - Portsmouth, Virginia
- Project: Michigan State University: Geochemical Controls on the Adsorption, Bioavailability, Formation, and Long-term Environmental Fate of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs)
Project Investigator: Stephen A Boyd, Cliff Johnson
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Atlantic Wood Site, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia
- Project: Duke University: Analytical Chemistry Core
Project Investigator: P. Lee Ferguson, Heather M Stapleton
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Neurobehavioral Toxicity Core
Project Investigator: Edward D. Levin
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Persistent Mitochondrial and Epigenetic Effects of Early Life Toxicant Exposure
Project Investigator: Joel N Meyer
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Charlotte Clark
Research Types: Communication Activities, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Impact of Groundwater-Surface Water Dynamics on in situ Remediation Efficacy and Bioavailability of NAPL Contaminants
Project Investigator: Michael Unger, Aaron Beck
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
BoRit Asbestos Site - Ambler, Pennsylvania
- Project: University of Pennsylvania: Asbestos Fate, Exposure, Remediation, and Adverse Health Effects
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Communication Activities
Research/Outreach: On-going
Clearview Landfill Portion of the Lower Darby Creek Area (LDCA) of Superfund Site - Darby, Pennsylvania
- Project: University of Pennsylvania: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Richard Pepino, Marilyn Howarth
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
Invista Inc. (Formerly DuPont Waynesboro) - Waynesboro, Virginia
- Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going
Money Point, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia
- Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Impact of Groundwater-Surface Water Dynamics on in situ Remediation Efficacy and Bioavailability of NAPL Contaminants
Project Investigator: Michael Unger, Aaron Beck
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Republic Creosoting, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia
- Project: Duke University: Engineering the Physico-Chemical Environment to Enhance the Bioremediation of Developmental Toxicants in Sediment Fungal-Bacterial Biofilms
Project Investigator: Claudia Gunsch
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc - New Castle, Delaware
- Project: Johns Hopkins University: Dual-Biofilm Reactive Barrier for Treatment of Chlorinated Benzenes at Anaerobic-Aerobic Interfaces in Contaminated Groundwater and Sediments
Project Investigator: Edward J. Bouwer
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Atlantic Wood Industries - Portsmouth, Virginia
- 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, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Atlantic Wood Site, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia
- 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, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
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: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
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: Duke University: Nanoparticle Based Strategies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediments: Implications, Synergies, and Antagonistic Effects with Associated Nano-Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Baltimore Harbor - Baltimore, Maryland
- Project: Medical University of South Carolina: Integrating Microbial Biostimulation and Electrolytic Aeration to Degrade POPs
Project Investigator: Harold D May
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Ciba-Giegy Corp. Site - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Biomarkers of Exposure versus Effect: Improving the Scientific Basis for Risk Assessment
Project Investigator: James A Swenberg
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Drake Chemical (pesticides) - Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Frankford Inlet - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Pilot-scale Research of Novel Amendment Delivery for in situ Sediment Remediation
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed
Iacavazzi Landfill (mixed industrial) - Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
U.S. Army Site - Newport News, Virginia
- Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Pilot-scale Research of Novel Amendment Delivery for in situ Sediment Remediation
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed