Dec 15, 2021 | Project 3 (Fate & Transport)
PROTECT Researchers Participate in a Pilot-Scale Assessment of Puerto Rico Tap Water Contamination and Human-Health Impacts PROTECT studies health outcomes in pregnant women in the Puerto Rico birth cohort. The home of PROTECT’s cohort is in the northern karst region...
Apr 20, 2021 | Project 3 (Fate & Transport)
On March 17th, Dr. Ingrid Padilla, lead investigator on PROTECT Project 3, gave a one-hour virtual talk on “Contaminant Distribution and Potential Exposure of Contaminants in Karst Water.” The Facebook Live event, which was hosted by the University of Puerto Rico –...
Mar 10, 2021 | Project 3 (Fate & Transport)
Dr. Dorothy Vesper, co-investigator for PROTECT Project 3, recently provided expert testimony to the West Virginia House Energy and Manufacturing Committee, during discussion on a new bill that would provide additional exemptions to certain sites covered by the 2014...
Aug 3, 2020 | Project 3 (Fate & Transport), PROTECT Events and Presentations, PROTECT Trainees
Project 3 Trainee Luisa Feliciano gives outstanding presentation on “Visual Design Consideration when Preparing Media” at recent Trainee Coffee Hour On Wednesday, June 17th Project 3 Trainee and 2019 PROTECT Trainee Development Award Winner Luisa Feliciano gave fellow...
Nov 22, 2019 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, News on Environmental Health, Project 3 (Fate & Transport), PROTECT Research, PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees
PROTECT Study evaluates how CVOC chemicals are distributed and travel through the Karst System of Northern Puerto Rico Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds (CVOCs) are a type of chlorinated solvent that are commonly used in industrial, business, and home settings....
Oct 15, 2019 | Project 3 (Fate & Transport), PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees, Trainee Spotlight
Trainee Spotlight: Jill Riddell Jill Riddell is a PROTECT trainee from West Virginia University currently pursuing her PhD in Geology under the mentorship of Dr. Dorothy Vesper. For the last two years, she has been supporting PROTECT’s Project 4 research on sediment...
