Puerto Rico Exposure Research Projects

This page provides links to exposure research that was done in or directly relates to this state.

Helping Green Turtles Through Water Quality Assessment of Their Critical Habitat - In the summer of 2005, Dr. Marirosa Molina, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecosystems Research Division in Athens, Georgia, joined forces with researchers from the University of Georgia's (UGA) School of Veterinary Medicine to investigate the spread of the disease in the green turtles of Puerto del Manglar Bay in the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. The project is locally sponsored by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (PRDNR) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. While the UGA researchers study the pathology of the disease itself, Dr. Molina is evaluating the quality of the bay water, because water pollution might be promoting the spread of the disease in the turtles.

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