Risk Management Research
Research Highlights and Podcasts
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| Crystal Ball Technology: Visualizing Land-Use Futures -
EPA land management researchers are helping to generate virtual landscape scenarios that will enable residents to ‘see’ the consequences of current land use practices, projected over the next 20 years. Podcast (MP3) (6:13 min, 5.7 MB) |
| Harnessing Water, Waste and Energy Systems for Sustainability - Drinking water, wastewater, and energy are three interrelated systems in municipal life. EPA is evaluating the three systems and their potential links to create sustainable green buildings. Podcast (MP3) (6:24 min, 5.9 MB) |
| From Source to Tap: Three Drinking Water Research Challenges -
Most Americans take safe drinking water for granted, without giving much thought to the research effort required to keep it that way. For nearly 100 years, biologists, chemists, engineers and other scientists have been meeting the challenges posed by natural and man-made threats to our drinking water. Podcast (MP3) (5:32 min, 5.1 MB) |
| Researchers Develop Innovative Tools In Drinking Water Treatment Studies - EPA drinking water researchers are addressing a long-standing issue in the treatment of drinking water. It’s inability to test treatment technologies against standardized water sources to benchmark the improvements in new technologies. Podcast (MP3) (4:55 min, 4.5 MB) |
| New DNA Sequencing Technology Aids Fecal Pollution Management - EPA scientists are using DNA sequencing technologies to research fecal bacteria that have the potential to affect the U.S. beef and dairy industry, as well as future recreational water quality. Results of this study show promise for pinpointing and managing sources of fecal pollution not only in the U.S. but worldwide. Podcast (MP3) (3:51 min, 3.5 MB) |
| A Life Cycle Assessment to Compare Paper and Electronic U.C. Annual Reports -
The University of Cincinnati partnered with EPA researchers to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of the college's new electronic annual report compared to the previous printed version. Using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, the study found significant reductions in costs and environmental. Podcast (MP3) (4:40 min, 4.3 MB) |
| SHEM: Safety and Health Team at Work -
EPA researchers, whether in the laboratory or in the field, are potentially at risk from the hazardous pollutants they measure and monitor. To ensure the safety of scientists, EPA’s SHEM program administers a broad range of risk management activities. Podcast (MP3) (5:29 min, 5.0 MB) |
| Risk Management Researchers Support State Cleanup Projects -
EPA regional and state offices often call upon risk management researchers whenever scientific or engineering assistance is needed for state remediation projects. Podcast (MP3) (5:57 min, 5.5 MB) |
| Earth Day 2011–Looking Back, Looking Forward - The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. In the years since then, the United States and its frontline environmental agent—the Environmental Protection Agency—have come a very long way toward preserving our finite resources of clean air, water, and land. |
| Aerostat Emissions Sampling of Gulf Oil In Situ Burning - Risk Management researchers employed aerostat (balloon) sampling technology to measure emissions from in situ burning of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Anchored to an oil rig ship, the sampling package was carried aloft by a balloon and maneuvered into plumes emitted from purposely burned surface oil. Podcast (MP3) (5:48 min, 5.3 MB) |
| Safe Drinking Water Technology—A Century of Innovation – The early decades of the 20th century marked the birth of legislative protection of U.S. drinking water. It included new federal laws to protect forest lands as public water resources and the funding of public health research on “human diseases related to sewage and the pollution of streams and lakes." Podcast (MP3) (7:50 min, 7.2 MB) |
| Vegetative Barriers—Seeking to Reduce Roadside Air Pollutants -
Whether they are called wind breaks or hedge rows or shelterbelts, vegetative barriers of trees and other plants are widely used for their ability to moderate wind speed and to filter noise, odors, and blowing snow. Air quality researchers are studying the potential of roadside vegetative barriers for moderating concentrations of airborne pollutants emitted by vehicular traffic. Podcast (MP3) (5:58 min, 5.5 MB) |