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Exposure Research Recent Additions and News
2004 Conferences and Workshops
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November 2, 2004
- NERL's Computational Toxicology Research
- Collaboration with the Canaan Valley Institute - Watershed health assessment tools.
- Philadelphia Forum on Laboratory Accreditation - January 29 - February 4, 2005. The Institute for National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation (INELA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are pleased to announce the Philadelphia Forum on Laboratory Accreditation. This is a week long event consisting of the Tenth Interim Meeting of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC 10i), a meeting of the Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB), seminars and training courses, INELA’s semi-annual Meeting, and other events. All meetings are fully open to anyone who wishes to participate.
October 22, 2004
- Recent Exposure Research Accomplishments for Clean/Safe Water:
- Recent Exposure Research Accomplishments for Healthy Communities and Ecosystems:
October 19, 2004
October 18, 2004
- Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS)
- EPA Partners With American Chemistry Council to Study Young Children's Exposures to Household Chemicals [PDF, 2 pp., 110 KB]- October 12, 2004, News Release
- Longitudinal Study of Young Children's Exposures in their Homes to Selected Pesticides, Phthalates, Brominated Flame Retardants, and Perfluorinated Chemicals [PDF, 2 pp., 89 KB]- nontechnical questions and answers about the study
- CHEERS Brochure [PDF, 2 pp., 549 KB] - color brochure that provides details of the study
- CHEERS flyer [PDF, 1 pp., 164 KB] - flyer with contact information and participant requirements
October 8, 2004
September 30, 2004
September 27, 2004
September 13, 2004
- Particulate Matter Research Program: Five Years of Progress - this report highlights early results of EPA's substantial investment in particulate matter research by EPA scientists and grantees from universities and other research institutions across the country. The report also includes an in-depth examination of the health effects, exposure and prevention or mitigation of PM2.5.
September 10, 2004
- Potential Environmental Impacts of Dust Suppressants: "Avoiding Another Times Beach" [PDF, 97 pp., 1.6 MB] -
An expert panel summary. The purpose of this report is to summarize the current state of knowledge on the potential
environmental impacts of chemical dust suppressants. Dust suppressants abate dust by changing the physical properties of the soil surface
and are typically used on construction sites, unpaved roads, and mining activities.
September 7, 2004
- EPA-NOAA Scientist to Scientist Meeting - On March 2-3, 2004, more than 100 EPA and NOAA scientists and managers met in Research Triangle Park, NC to discuss "Air Quality Research to Guide National Policy and Programs." This was the first in a series of meetings to be held under the EPA-NOAA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Air Quality Research and the parallel Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Air Quality Forecasting signed by the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and EPA Administrator on May 6, 2003.
The material presented reflects various subjects such as: Atmospheric Process Research, Atmospheric Model Evaluation Research,
Air Quality Forecasting, Source Characterization and Source Emissions, and Special Issues in Air Quality Including Homeland Security.
- An amendment for the Performance Verification Testing of Monitoring Systems for Air, Water and Soil assistance opportunity has been added.
September 2, 2004
- Safe Food Exposure Research - this page gives an overview of safe food exposure research, links to current research, recent accomplishments, and related web sites.
- Recent Exposure Research Accomplishments for Safe Communities:
- Recent Exposure Research Accomplishments for Sound Science:
August 31, 2004
August 30, 2004
- Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) - EPA Research and Development is conducting a Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) to better understand how young children come into contact with pesticides and other chemicals in their homes.
- Recent Exposure Research Accomplishments for Clean/Safe Water:
August 24, 2004
August 19, 2004
August 18, 2004
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems
(GEOSS) - In July 2003, the United States hosted the Earth Observation
Summit. The summit brought together 33 nations plus the European
Commission to adopt a declaration that signified a political commitment
toward the
development of a comprehensive, coordinated and sustained Earth Observation
System to collect and disseminate improved data, information, and
models to stakeholders and decision makers. As part of that effort,
EPA has provided
state fact sheets detailing how Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS) could be beneficial to each state (Global
Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)).
July 21, 2004
July 19, 2004
- Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project: The Nevada Ecoregional Component - The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is a national program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Biological Resources Division that maps the distribution of plant communities and selected animal species and compares these distributions with land stewardship to identify biotic elements at potential risk of endangerment. GAP is embarking on a second-generation effort to conduct the program at a regional scale, using a vegetation classification scheme applicable across the U.S., and using ecoregional units as the basis for classifying imagery. The program’s first formalized multi-state regional effort includes the five states (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah) comprising the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP).
July 13, 2004
July 8, 2004
July 6, 2004
- NERL Postdocs - The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is seeking candidates to fill approximately 9 federal, four-year post-doctoral research positions. NERL conducts research and development related to the exposure of people and ecosystems to a wide range of pollutants in the air, water, and soil, and to other environmental changes resulting from human activities at a wide range of scales including landscape alterations.
- Updated Brewer spectrophotometer data for Everglades National Park, FL has been added to the UV NET site.
June 29, 2004
- Detroit Exposure Aerosol Research Study (DEARS) - This site provides information about a research study that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting in Detroit, Michigan. The study will help develop data that improves our understanding of human exposure to various air pollutants in our environment.
- EPA Method 200.5 (PDF, 36 pp, 304 KB)- Determination of Trace Elements in Drinking Water by Axially Viewed Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometery.
- Ecosytem Research Division's abstracts for upcoming and recent presentations.
- Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, August 1-6, 2004.
- Interactive habitat models for Mid-Atlantic Highland stream fishes. Abstract
B. Rashleigh, R. Parmar, and J. Johnston.
- Decision tool for riparian ecosystem managment in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands. Abstract
J.M. Johnston, R. Parmar, K. Wolfe, P. Kinder, J. Newland, T. DeMoss, and D. Kemlage.
- ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, August 1-4, 2004
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Development and validation of a mechanistic ground sprayer model. Abstract
M.E. Teske, N.J. Ewing, N.B. Birchfield, and S.L. Bird.
June 18, 2004
- Henry’s Law Calculations:
The Henry’s law estimator has been enhanced to include more chemicals and an alternate method of calculation. The alternate method was developed by EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) for use in vapor intrusion assessment. Where required input data exist, both calculation methods give similar results. The OSWER method contains data for 97 chemicals, including many that are new to the calculators.
- Vapor Intrusion Model
Two versions of the Johnson-Ettinger (JE) model for vapor intrusion (VI) have been added to the calculator collection. These implement the approach taken in the OSWER VI guidance. Given a indoor air risk level, the first model back-calculates target soil gas and ground water concentrations. The second reverses the process by presuming a measured soil gas or ground water concentration and determines the associated risk. Both models implement a limited uncertainty analysis, because most of the parameters of the models are not measured in typical applications. Future work will include expanding the uncertainty analysis to include additional parameters.
June 17, 2004
June 16, 2004
- NERL Science Forum 2004 poster abstracts and posters - these posters focus on Science and Innovation to Protect Health and the Environment but also include posters for Delivering Science-Based Information to Decision Makers and Using Science to Make a Difference.
June 8, 2004
- EPA Technology for Mold Identification and Enumeration - the Primers and Probes for Target Species section has been updated.
- Environmental Simulation and Modeling - a list of models currently under development, or in current use, by scientists at NERL's Environmental Research Division (ERD).
- Nitrogen and Redox Speciation in Fresh-Water Systems - this page contains information about the collaboration between ERD and United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS)at the J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resource Conservation Center near Watkinsville, GA.
This work is being conducted in support of ERD’s goal to develop predictive models for the transformation and fate of nutrients in the environment.
June 7, 2004
Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
January 29 - February 4, 2005
Recent Conferences
October 18 - 20, 2004
Models-3 Conference  -
The Carolina Environmental Program and the Community Modeling and Analysis System Center invites you to attend the Models-3 Users’ Workshop at the Friday Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The workshop provides a forum for users to view the latest research results, and to learn about the latest applications and developments of Models-3.
The workshop will be held on October 18-20, 2004, and is preceded and followed by 1/2-to 2 1/2-day tutorials on the new Models-3 Framework (MIMS), SMOKE, and CMAQ.
June 21 - 25, 2004
Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP6.1) Workshop (PDF, 5 pp., 912 KB) - WASP6 is used routinely throughout the United States in the development of TMDLs
and waste load allocations. The model contains algorithms for conducting: 1) Eutrophication/Conventional Pollutants, 2) Organic Chemicals/Simple Metals, 3) Mercury, 4) Temperature, Fecal Coliforms, Conservative Pollutants.
December 2 - 5, 2003
NATO - CCMS and Science Committee Workshop on Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. Valencia, Spain.
The specific purpose of the workshop is to establish an expert working group of NATO member and partner Nations in
combination with representative members from the Mediterranean Dialogue countries (i.e. Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania,
Morocco, and Tunisia) to exchange information about the issue of desertification in the Mediterranean region. The challenge to the working
group is to identify regional causes of desertification and examine the consequences of past and future land use and physical processes.
Workshop Announcement (PDF)
October 27-29, 2003
The Models-3/CMAQ workshop was held October 27-29, 2003 at Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park, NC for details visit Community Modeling and Analysis Systems (CMAS) website.
October 14-17, 2003
NARSTO Emissions Workshop Presentations - NARSTO Workshop on Innovative Methods for Emission-Inventory Development and Evaluation University of Texas, Austin; October 14-17, 2003.
March 12 - 14, 2003
Spectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Conference -
is to be held at the U.S. EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory's Environmental Sciences
Division in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting has been rescheduled for March 12 - 14, 2003. The focus of this conference is on the
application to vegetation research utilizing techniques that leverage the spectral information obtained
from passive and active sensors using imaging and non-imaging remote sensing systems. Studies
from the lab bench and/or field-based, scaling on up to airborne and spaceborne platforms, are invited.
This conference seeks to gather together important members of the research community to present
and discuss this important and timely topic.
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