The nation’s environmental health research agency is pouring $15 million into a new center focused on the industrial pollution in one coastal county.
Scientists from six universities and other partnerships announced they received a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to open Georgia’s first Superfund Research Center.
“By combining cutting-edge exposure science and health research with direct community partnerships, the center will translate complex environmental data into practical information that can support healthier decisions for families, clinicians, and policymakers,” Dana Barr, director of the new center and professor of environmental health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, said in a statement. “It can provide a model for addressing environmental contamination and protecting public health in vulnerable communities nationwide.”
It’s the first new center announced since President Donald Trump took office, canceling billions of dollars’ worth of research grants deemed to not fit his agenda. It’s an example of federal research dollars being directed toward new investigations.
