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The Revelator: What Happens to Wildlife Swimming in a Sea of Our Drug Residues? (2021)

What Happens to Wildlife Swimming in a Sea of Our Drug Residues? • The RevelatorWastewater exposes plants and wildlife to hundreds of chemical compounds. Researchers are learning about potential side effects and solutions.

UB Now: Aga named director of UB RENEW

Aga named director of UB RENEWThe UB faculty member is a globally recognized leader in environmental science and analytical chemistry.

UB Now: Can nanotech and microbes partner to destroy PFAS? (2021)

Can nanotech, microbes partner to destroy PFAS?Scientists will use analytical and computational methods to understand how PFAS degrade at each step of the proposed treatment process.

Technology Networks (2020)

Legacy Pollutants Still Turning Up in Migratory BirdsChemicals that haven't been manufactured in the U.S. for years or even decades are still turning up in the bodies of migratory terns in the Great Lakes region, a new study finds.

Environmental Health News (2020)

A warning for us all Pollution in the Great Lakes has significant implications for human health as well. According to the Great Lakes regional Water Use Database, 30 million people depend on the 40.4 billion gallons of water withdrawn from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin each day. The land around that area is a...

Great Lakes Now (2020)

Lingering Chemicals: Legacy pollutants continue to haunt the Great Lakes - Great Lakes NowPBDEs, PCBs and DDT were all found in the birds and fish tested by researchers.

Interview with Michigan Radio (2020)

Long-lasting pollutants harming some Great Lakes shorebirdsResearch shows chemicals banned years and even decades ago are showing up in some Great Lakes shorebirds. Scientists found P-C-Bs used as a coolant in

Living on Earth NPR Interview (2020)

Living on Earth: Making the Pill from Yams to Fish

USA Today Interview on PFAS (2020)

Toxic 'forever chemicals' found in drinking water throughout USThe report found that 20 cities and regions nationwide — including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami and Louisville — contained high PFAS levels.

Antibiotics in wastewater: UB chemist investigates a disturbing trend (2019)

Investigating antibiotics in wastewaterUB chemist Diana Aga works with partners including the WHO to understand how antimicrobial drugs are finding their way into rivers and lakes.

Remnants of antibiotics persist in treated farm waste, research finds (2018)

Antibiotics persist in treated farm wasteUB research raises new concerns about how agriculture may be contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance worldwide.

Antidepressants found in fish brains in Great Lakes region (2017)

Antidepressants found in fish brainsThe drugs are building up in the brains of fish common to the Great Lakes region, threatening aquatic life, scientists say.

Farm-to-food study aims to understand the effect of manure management practices on antibiotic resistance and residues (2016)

Study explores effect of manure management on antibiotic resistance, residuesUB and other university researchers partner with dairy farms across the Northeast on an innovative study.

Chemicals remain in dairy farm waste after advanced treatment (2016)

Chemicals remain despite treatmentUB chemists found that estrogen and antibiotics remained in dairy farm waste after advanced treatment.

Cleaning up breeding ground for antimicrobial resistance (2015)

Cleaning up breeding ground for antimicrobial resistanceUB researchers are part of a team targeting wastewater treatment plants as a haven where drug-resistant "superbugs" may thrive.

Shedding light on potential toxins lurking in blood, breast milk (2015)

Shedding light on toxinsUB faculty members have developed a new method to analyze toxic flame retardants that have made their way into our bodies — and even lurk in blood and breast milk.

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