An interdisciplinary research program studying the way arsenic and other toxic metals affect ecosystems and human health.
Our project is funded by Superfund Research Program of the National Institute of Environmental Health. The program's primary goals are to: acquire a better understanding of the human and ecological risks of hazardous substances; and advance the development of new technologies for the cleanup of contaminated sites.
The Research Translation Core (RTC), informs and educates federal and state environmental agencies, scientific colleagues, interest groups and the public about Dartmouth's toxic metals research findings. Creating responsive dialogue between investigators in the program and its stakeholders is a key component of the RTC, to ensure that research questions and results are used in the most effective ways possible.
The Community Engagement Core (CEC) ensures that the Program's research is meaningful to communities by creating opportunities for researchers to interact with communities, grass-roots organizations, and those impacted by hazardous waste. We aim to build trusted partnerships with diverse communities and community-serving organizations of Northern New England to enhance our mutual understanding of the human and environmental health risks posed by toxic metals.
During the last 15 years our Program has collaborated with various government Agencies and non-profit organizations to identify the adverse health effects of arsenic and mercury. The RTC spearheaded the release of two ten-minute movies about arsenic in private wells and mercury in fish:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/program-resources/research-translation/mercurymovie.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/InSmallDoses/index.html
