Welcome
As director of the 海角社区 Superfund Research center, I would like to thank you for taking a few moments to visit our website.
The 海角社区 Superfund Research Center team includes scientists at 海角社区 in Baton Rouge and the 海角社区 Health Science Center in New Orleans.
Our center鈥檚 research focuses on newly-identified pollutant-particle systems, including environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) that may form from the combination of pollutants and particulate matter. EPFRs are very similar to radicals in cigarette smoke. These hazardous substances are frequently associated with particulate matter (PM), either in contaminated soils or sediments, emissions from treatment facilities or dust from remediation or containment activities. Our research goal is to understand how EPFRs form and the ways in which they can affect pulmonary and cardiac function so that strategies can be developed to protect human health.
We believe an important part of this process is communicating with the public, health care professionals and environmental researchers, regulators and policy makers. We have created this website to help us inform the public about what we鈥檙e doing to keep them safe from EPFRs and other hazardous substances found at Superfund sites. As our research continues and new information becomes available, we will update this website to reflect the most current and accurate knowledge about EPFRs.
I encourage you to contact the center if you have any questions or if you want to know more about what we鈥檙e doing.
Thank you,
Stephania A. Cormier, PhD
Wiener Chair and Professor, 海角社区 Department of Biological Sciences
Director, 海角社区 Superfund Research Program
Professor of Pulmonary Immunology & Toxicology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Honorary Professor Child Health Research Centre University of Queensland, Australia