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SUPERFUND RESEARCH PROGRAM The
LSU Superfund Research Program brings together researchers from Louisiana State
University and the LSU Health Sciences Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport
to investigate the health effects of combustion by-products. The research goal is to understand the
relationships between the origin, mechanisms of formation, nature of emissions,
biological availability, and biological activity of toxic combustion
by-products so that improved, health effect engineered, thermal treatment
technologies can be developed and intelligent risk-based decisions can be
made concerning on-site vs. off-site treatment and thermal vs. non-thermal
treatment options of Superfund Wastes.
The Program consists of: three biomedical projects, three
non-biomedical projects, four research support cores, as well as an administrative
core, a research translation core, a community outreach core, and a training
core. The
communication of research findings and their implications is a critical
component of the project. Information
will be disseminated widely to technical professionals in the medical and
emergency response professions, regulating and regulated communities, and the
general public, including communities affected by hazardous wastes and
thermal treatment of wastes, academia and the new media. Intellectual property transfer, making
inventions and technologies resulting from the Program’s research available
to business, industry and the public via licenses, will be facilitated by LSU Office
of Intellectual Property and the LSU System Research Technology
Foundation. The program is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Basic Research Program and led by Dr. Barry Dellinger, LSU Professor and Patrick F. Taylor Chair of Chemistry. |
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