![[logo] US EPA](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090507215746im_/http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/logo_epaseal.gif){kind=logo}
Exposure Research Recent Additions and News
NERL Highlights
- Upcoming Presentations by EPA's Exposure Researchers
- Recent Publications from EPA's Exposure Researchers
- Subscribe to the Nerlscience ListServe for the latest in exposure research information. This publication comes out bimonthly and includes the lastest publications, reports, upcoming conferences and web sites by EPA exposure researchers.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
May 6, 2009
- Exposure Framework Document Provides Foundation for Addressing NERL's Research Mission and Advances Field of Exposure Science. - A Conceptual Framework for the U.S. EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory provides a foundation for addressing NERL's research mission and its scientific leadership goals.
May 5, 2009
- Updated Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) literature references. - Listing of literature references to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the environment.
May 5, 2009
- NERL Researchers Recognized for Contributions Toward Understanding Children’s Exposure to Chemicals in Everyday Environments. Scientists from the EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory were honored recently with Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards for research contributions focused on understanding children’s exposure to chemicals in everyday environments.
April 23, 2009
- New job opening in NERL. A position is open for a Research Ecologist in the Ecosystems Research Division in Athens. The position closes on 4/30/2009.
March 26, 2009
- New job opening in NERL. Another position is available for a Biologist/Microbiologist in the Microbiological & Chemical Exposure Research Division in Cincinnati. The position closes on 4/27/2009.
March 26, 2009
- New job openings in NERL. Positions are available for Research Physical Scientists in the Human Exposure & Atmospheric Sciences Division. Positions close on 4/06/2009 and 4/15/09.
March 26, 2009
- Science in Action: Particulate Matter. A video has been posted to the EPA site. This video summarizes the work being done on particulate matter (PM) in the Exposure Research Laboratory.
March 10, 2009
- Upcoming Presentations by EPA’s Exposure Researchers. - March, 2009 to June, 2009
- Recent Exposure Research Publications. - December 1, 2008 to March 2, 2009
February 19, 2009
- Updated Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) literature references. - Listing of literature references to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the environment.
February 4, 2009
- EPA and NatGeo: Putting a Price on Paradise. Singer Joni Mitchell crooned, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” Today the presence of thousands of parking lots in the United States illustrates just one example of how human-induced change can negatively affect the benefits — or ecosystem services — provided by the environment that we have come to rely upon to live.
January 12, 2009
- Updated Organization Chart. The NERL organization chart has been updated to reflect new assignments within the Laboratory.
January 9, 2009
- CHAD Explorer. An update to the Consolidated Human Activity Database (CHAD) is now live.
December 10, 2008
- Post-Doctoral Research Program application period has closed. (January 30 update)
December 9, 2008
- Updated Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) literature references. - Listing of literature references to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the environment.
December 5, 2008
- Upcoming Presentations by EPA’s Exposure Researchers. - December, 2008 to March, 2009
- Recent Exposure Research Publications. - September 1, 2008 to December 2, 2008
December 1, 2008
- Detroit Exposure and Aerosol Research Study. - A number of updates - including a new informational video, related publications, and study findings were added to the DEARS web site.
November 26, 2008
- NERL Scientist Earns Early Career Distinction Award. - Annmarie Carlton will receive the Rutgers University Alumni Award for Early Career Distinction at a special awards ceremony on March 9, 2009. The University will bestow this special honor on Carlton to acknowledge her many contributions to atmospheric science since her graduation - specifically in the field of secondary organic aerosol modeling.
October 26, 2008
- EPA teams with National Geographic Society and World Resources Institute to Map Ecosystem Services, Develop Enhanced Decision-Making Tools. - NERL Researchers are collaborating with the National Geographic Society and the World Resources Institute to develop tools to help community, state and regional decision makers understand the total costs and benefits of proposed land uses.
October 24, 2008
- Updated information about the NCET. - The Network for Cincinnati EPA Trainees.
September 11, 2008
- Upcoming Presentations by EPA’s Exposure Researchers. - September to December, 2008
- Recent Exposure Research Publications. - June 1, 2008 to September 10, 2008
September 9, 2008
- Title 42 Positions - Application Date Extended - Division Director positions in Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division, and Environmental Sciences Division. Date extended to October 31.
September 8, 2008
- Updated information concerning SEAOES - Scientific and Ethical Approaches for Observational Exposure Studies.
- Assistance Opportunity Cancelled (amendment 3) - Observational Studies to Characterize the Determinants of Exposure to Chemicals in the Environment for Early-Lifestage Age Groups.
August 28, 2008
- Updated Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) literature references. - Listing of literature references to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the environment.
August 1, 2008
July 10, 2008
July 10, 2008
July 7, 2008
- EPA report on Scientific and Ethical Approaches for Observational Exposure Studies. - NERL has produced this document to assist researchers as they plan and implement observational exposure studies.
July 2, 2008
- Updated PPCP literature references. - Listing of literature references to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the environment.
June 25, 2008
June 17, 2008
- Year 2008 added to NERL Publications and Presentations. - Database for NERL citations in all divisions.
May 29, 2008
- Assistance Opportunity - Request for Application. - Observational Studies to Characterize the Determinants of Exposure to Chemicals in the Environment for Early-Lifestage Age Groups.
May 29, 2008
- A Conceptual Framework for U.S. EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory (draft) (PDF, draft document, 34 pp., 450 KB)
May 7, 2008
- Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Program
- W.G. Kepner and D.F. Bradford, Plant Communities, Land Ownership, and Topography in Nevada (PDF, poster, 1 pp., 718KB), Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project.
May 2, 2008
- What’s Coming Out of the Tap? - EPA scientist Susan Richardson has received the "Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology" for her work exploring disinfection byproducts in the water supply.
April 10, 2008
- Andrew H. Grange and G. Wayne Sovocool. Identification of Compounds in Water above a Pollutant Plume by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (PDF) (37 pp, 783KB) Environmental Forensics, 2007, 8, 391-404.
- Andrew H. Grange, Rapid Spatial Mapping of Chemicals Dispersed Across Surfaces using an Autosampler /DART/TOFMS (PDF) (4 pp., 642KB), 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Indianapolis, IN, June 3-7, 2007.
- Interim Guidance for Developing GPS Data Collection Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Project Plans - a Geospatial Quality Council Product
March 21, 2008
March 19, 2008
March 17, 2008
- Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator (BASS) (Version 2.2) -
a model that simulates the population and bioaccumulation dynamics of age-structured fish communities. Although BASS was specifically developed to investigate the bioaccumulation of chemical pollutants within a community or ecosystem context, it can also be used to explore population and community dynamics of fish assemblages that are exposed to a variety of nonchemical stressors such as altered thermal regimes associated with hydrological alterations or industrial activities, commercial or sports fisheries, and introductions of non native or exotic fish species.
- BASS User Manual (PDF) (128pp, 2MB)
- SERAFM - Spreadsheet-based Ecological Risk Assessment for the Fate of Mercury (Version 1.0.4) - SERAFM Conceptual Model - SERAFM is a process-based, steady-state modeling system based in a spreadsheet framework incorporating a series of process modules. SERAFM predicts speciated mercury concentrations (Hg0, HgII, MeHg, HgT) in water (filtered and unfiltered) and sediments, and total mercury concentrations in fish tissue.
February 28, 2008
January 30, 2008
- Detroit Exposure and Aerosol Research Study (DEARS) Updates
January 10, 2008
- Office of Water Methods for Emerging Contaminants
- 1694 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Water, Soil, Sediment, and Biosolids by HPLC/MS/MS
- 1698 Steroids and Hormones in Water, Soil, Sediment, and Biosolids by HRGC/HRMS
- 1699 Pesticides in Water, Soil, Sediment, Biosolids, and Tissue by HRGC/HRMS