Engineers and scientists at the Johns Hopkins University will lead a new research center in creating new tools to gauge risks associated with hazardous waste sites and to develop new ways to clean up pollutants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a five-year $5.2 million grant to launch the Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments. The funds will support research and allow participants, which include to provide technical help to community groups, environmental regulators and industry representatives in the Northeast.
Other participating institutions are the University of Maryland, Morgan State University, the University of Connecticut and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
For more information:
Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments
Johns Hopkins Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant announcement
