Transcript PERCH_Symposium_Intro_Rao

The University of West Florida
PERCH Project
Center for Environmental
Diagnostics and Bioremediation
(CEDB)
http://uwf.edu/cedb/PERCH.cfm
http://uwf.edu/cedb
K. Ranga Rao
Professor Emeritus
Symposium Introduction
PERCH Project Outcomes
Oct. 26, 2009
PERCH
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Partnership for Environmental Research and
Community Health
 University of West Florida (UWF) Center for
Environmental Diagnostics and
Bioremediation (CEDB)
 Escambia County Health Department (ECHD)
 Santa Rosa County Health Department
(SRCHD)
Directed Source Funding to UWF
(Congressional Appropriations)
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FY 2002, 2006
 CDC grants (2002-2004; 2005-2007),
Environmental Health Studies in Escambia
and Santa Rosa Counties

FY 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
 EPA cooperative agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida
EPA cooperative agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida
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Construction of an Environmental Bibliography
for Northwest Florida
 Carl Mohrherr (UWF – CEDB ) &
Paul Williford (UWF-Library)
EPA cooperative agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida
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Air Quality Studies
 Michael Chang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Phase 1: Analysis of existing information
sources
• Phase 2: Collection of high temporal resolution
atmospheric chemical and physical data
• Phase 3: Modeling and analysis approach to
identify primary contributors to PM, ozone, and
air toxics pollution, and quantify their relative
contributions to local ambient concentrations
EPA Cooperative Agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida
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Human Health Outcomes Analysis
 Zip Code Level Studies (James Studnicki,
USF)
 Proximity Studies (Johan Liebens, UWF)
 Geospatial Statistical Analyses (Zhiyong Hu,
UWF)
EPA Cooperative Agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida

Atmospheric deposition
of mercury and trace
metals to the Pensacola
Bay watershed
 Jane Caffrey (UWFCEDB) & William
Landing (FSU)
EPA Cooperative Agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida

Pollution of surface soils
in Escambia and Santa
Rosa Counties.
 Johan Liebens (UWF)
EPA Cooperative Agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida

Pollutants in the
sediments of urban
bayous (Texar,
Chico, & Grande)
and Escambia
Bay/River
 Carl Mohrherr, Johan
Liebens, &
Joe
Lepo (UWF)
BAYOU CHICO
BAYOU GRANDE
NAS
EPA Cooperative Agreement (2002-2009),
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and
Community Health in Northwest Florida
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Accumulation
of Pollutants in
Fish and
Shellfish
 Richard Snyder
(UWF-CEDB)
and Natalie
Karouna-Renier
(UWF-CEDB,
currently at
USGS)
CDC Grants (2002-2004; 2005-2007),
Environmental Health Studies in Escambia and
Santa Rosa Counties
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Human Health Studies
Clinical Toxicology and Health Evaluations of
Communities Near Superfund Sites
Mercury Levels in Hair Samples from
Child-Bearing Age Women
Environmental Follow-Up Assessments For
Children With Elevated Blood Lead Levels
John Lanza (FDOH-ECHD) and
Natalie Karouna-Renier (UWF-CEDB, currently
at USGS)
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