SRP: The National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences' Superfund Research Program (SRP) provides funding for research programs that support the work of the EPA's Superfund.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/srp/

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National Priorities List (NPL): The NPL is a list of the locations that are of most concern for either known or suspected pollution in the United States. There are currently 12 National Priorities List sites in Rhode Island.

map of Superfund sites in RI

Superfund: Superfund is a federal program that was created to rehabilitate properties that have been contaminated with hazardous waste.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund

News Highlights
SRP Research Brief 174: Gene-Environment Interactions: PCB Exposures and Adverse Effects on Pregnancy
Surendra Sharma, Brown SRP researcher, leads a team working to identify pathways and targets related to adverse effects on pregnancy following maternal PCB exposure. The group is studying the effects of PCB exposures on the immune and hormonal responses during pregnancy that control the anti-inflammatory intrauterine environment, which is crucial to fetal development and pregnancy success.  http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/srp/researchbriefs/view.cfm?Brief_ID=174
Bill boosting fines for industrial pollution makes progress
Phil Brown, Brown SRP Community Outreach Leader, helps Rhode Island environmentalists push bill to increase fines for Rhode Island industrial polluters. Read on.
Calendar Events

Saturday,
August 8, 2009
2:30pm - 4:10pm
Hilton, San Francisco
 Author Meets Critics Session
Phil Brown, Leader of the Community Outreach Core, will discuss his book Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement (Columbia University Press, 2007)

Session organizer: Clarence Y.H. Lo (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Critics: Kelly Moore (Loyola University-Chicago), David Pellow (University of Minnesota), Scott Frickel (Washington State University) Author: Phil Brown (Brown University)
November 2009
 RISNA's Environmental Health Conference
Please check back for details. Rhode Island State Nurses Association (NISNA)


Reuse In Rhode Island: a state-based approach to complex exposures
Director: Kim Boekelheide, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director: Eric Suuberg, Sc.D., P.E.

The Superfund Research Program (SRP) at Brown University, titled "REUSE IN RI: A State-Based Approach To Complex Exposures"” embodies the key elements that guide us — the focus is on MIXED EXPOSURES, taking a state-based approach to environmental health research, technology development, and contaminated land re-use with RHODE ISLAND as our laboratory. Our SRP brings together scientists from different backgrounds to work together in building an interdisciplinary, cooperative and synergistic enterprise. Our biomedical researchers aim to develop new approaches to evaluating toxicant responses that can be applied to real world exposure scenarios involving complex mixtures. Our engineering researchers extend their laboratory-based research to modeling and remediation of complex polluted sites using novel materials and strategies. Our research translation activities provide knowledge and services to government, business, the legal community, and the medical profession. Our community outreach activities aid contaminated communities in remediation planning, public education, and community capacity-building. Together with our team members from the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), we work to expand the understanding of the human health consequences and management of contaminated sites in Rhode Island and other post-industrial states.