Environmental Pollution and Ecotoxicology in North Carolina
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What is the Environmental Contaminants Program?
Pollution is one of the American public's greatest environmental concerns. Environmental toxicology, or ecotoxicology, is the science of studying and predicting the harmful effects of pollutants on plants, animals and their habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of Environmental Quality is dedicated to protecting wildlife and habitat from pollution's harmful effects.
What's New? Recent additions to this site and highlighted current topics of the Environmental Contaminants Program in North Carolina.
In North Carolina, the Service’s Environmental Contaminants Program investigates and evaluates the effects of contaminants with the goals of pollution prevention and environmental restoration. Actions include project review relative to pollution issues (hazardous waste sites, surface water discharges, etc.), environmental sampling (water, sediment, fish and wildlife sampling in investigations associated with National Wildlife Refuges, migratory birds and endangered species), spill response planning, and environmental risk assessment. Areas of emphasis in North Carolina are water quality and endangered species, and refuge support.
Other Ongoing Activities and Resources:
Pollution Prevention
Environmental Restoration
Refuge Support
Water Quality and Endangered Species
Investigations
Publications
Reports
Presentations
Links to Contaminant Information
Program Contacts
Tom Augspurger, Ecologist, 919-856-4520 ext. 21
Sara Ward, Ecologist, 919-856-4520 ext. 30
