Grantee Research Project Results

Associated Project Details for Research Category: Heavy Metal Contamination of Soil/Water

68HERC20C0002	Green Process for Plastic Chrome	SBIR	November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021
68HERC20C0003	Greener Plastics with High Heat Tolerance for Additive Manufacturing	SBIR	November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021
68HERC20C0006	Development of Innovative Broad-Spectrum Analysis Methods for PFAS	SBIR	November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021
68HERC21C0016	Open Path Analyzer for Accurate, ppt-level Quantification of EtO via Mid-Infrared Cavity Enhanced Spectrometry	SBIR	March 1, 2021 through August 31, 2021
68HERC22C0038	Hydrothermal Treatment of PFAS-Contaminated Groundwater	SBIR	January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023
68HERC23C0002	Sorbent Traps for Continuous Measurement of Metal HAP Emissions - Phase II	SBIR	October 21, 2022 through October 20, 2025
CR840428	Multimedia Measurement of PFAS in the Residential Environment: Evaluating Human Exposure Pathways	Grant	July 1, 2022 through May 9, 2025
CR840429	Multimedia measurement and dose reconstruction of PFAS in an Atlanta African American birth cohort	Grant	July 1, 2022 through May 9, 2025
CR840430	Characterizing Residential PFAS Exposure Pathways among Children and Adults using Multimedia Measurements and Questionnaires	Grant	July 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
F07B20465	Mercury Stable Isotope Fractionation to Elucidate Biogeochemical Transformations in the Environment	Fellow	September 1, 2007 through June 1, 2010
F07B20467	Impacts of Land Use on Mercury in Urban Stormwater Runoff	Fellow	January 1, 2007 through January 1, 2010
F6A20041	The Effects of Sediment Capping on Mercury Methylation	Fellow	September 1, 2006 through September 1, 2009
F6A20648	Mercury Isotope Fractionation During Transport and Transformation Processes	Fellow	August 22, 2006 through August 21, 2009
F6B10067	Direct Kinetic Studies of the Gas Phase Transformation of Elemental Mercury by Hydroxyl and Halogen Radicals	Fellow	August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2008
F6B10699	A Global Model of Atmospheric Mercury Chemistry, Emissions, and Deposition: Improvements Through Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric Observations	Fellow	September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2009
F6C20816	Evaluation, Assessment, and Determination of Risk to High Trophic Level Piscivores in the Mid-Atlantic: A Spatial, Biological, and Comparative Case Study of Mercury in Virginia and New England Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Populations	Fellow	September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2009
F6C80505	A Probabilistic Assessment of Mercury Exposure to African Americans Consuming Seafood	Fellow	September 1, 2006 through September 1, 2008
R827629	Watershed Influences on Transport, Fate, and Bioavailability of Mercury in Lake Superior	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827630	Methylmercury Sources to Lakes in Forested Watersheds: Has Enhanced Methylation Increased Mercury in Fish Relative to Atmospheric Deposition?	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827631	Response of Methylmercury Production and Accumulation to Changes in Hg Loading: A Whole-ecosystem Mercury Loading Study	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827632	Photo Induced Reduction of Mercury in Lakes, Wetlands, and Soils	Grant	September 1, 1999 through August 31, 2002
R827633	Chemical and Biological Control of Mercury Cycling in Upland, Wetland and Lake Ecosystems in the Northeastern U.S.	Grant	November 1, 1999 through October 31, 2002
R827634	Processes Controlling the Chemical/Isotopic Speciation and Distribution of Mercury from Contaminated Mine Sites	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827635	Microbiological and Physicochemical Aspects of Mercury Cycling in the Coastal/Estuarine Waters of Long Island Sound and Its River-Seawater Mixing Zones	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827653	Understanding the Role of Sulfur in the Production and Fate of Methylmercury in Watersheds	Grant	October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2002
R827915	The Redox Cycle of Mercury in Natural Waters	Grant	October 11, 1999 through October 10, 2002
R829795	Laser Based Studies of Atmospheric Mercury Transformation: Laboratory Kinetics and Ultrasensitive Detection of Elemental and Reactive Gaseous Mercury	Grant	January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006
R829796	Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Mercury to the Atmosphere: Global and Regional Contributions	Grant	January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005
R829797	Inflow, Chemistry and Deposition of Mercury to the West Coast of the United States	Grant	June 1, 2002 through June 1, 2005
R829798	Speciated Atmospheric Mercury: Gas/Particle Partitioning, Transformations, and Source Characterization	Grant	January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005
R829799	Models and Measurements for Investigating Atmospheric Transport and Photochemistry of Hg	Grant	November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2005
R829800	Assessment of Natural Source (Geologic and Vegetation) Mercury Emissions: Speciation, Mechanisms and Significance	Grant	January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005
R830603	Natural Mercury Isotopes as Tracers of Sources, Cycling, and Deposition of Atmospheric Mercury	Grant	October 2, 2002 through December 31, 2006
R835872C005	Project 5: Projecting and Quantifying Future Changes in Socioeconomic Drivers of Air Pollution and its Health-Related Impacts	Centers	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R840451	Assessment of neurotoxicity of mixtures of PFAS and other neuroactive organic pollutants through integrated in silico, in vitro cellular and in vivo models	Grant	October 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
R840453	Development of a quantitative adverse outcome pathway (qAOP) network to assess neurodevelopmental toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) mixture in C. elegans	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 13, 2025
R840454	Innovative approach to assess the effect of metal mixtures from infant meconium associated with adverse infant outcomes by identifying methylation loci in mothers and infants	Grant	October 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
R840456	Protein Binding Affinity as the Driver for Studying PFAS Mixture Toxicity	Grant	September 1, 2022 through May 12, 2025
R840945	Novel, bio-enabled strategies to prevent per- and polyfluoralkyl substances accumulation in crops and food webs	Grant	September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2028
R840949	Developing Integrated Mitigation Strategies to Help Farmers Reduce PFAS Risks in Forage and Livestock Systems	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
R840950	PFAS in land-applied biosolids in agricultural settings: a mechanistic understanding on fate and mitigation	Grant	October 1, 2024 through April 24, 2025
R840951	PFAS Accumulation in Finfish and Shellfish Species within the Coastal and Inland Waters of the Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) Homelands.	Grant	December 1, 2024 through May 12, 2025
R840952	Plant Uptake and Mitigation of PFAS Associated with Sewage Effluent and Biosolids Application in Tile-Drained Fields	Grant	October 1, 2024 through May 13, 2025
R840954	Investigating the Effects of Irrigation Water, Compost and Biosolid Qualities on PFAS Uptake by Edible Crops in Urban Gardens and Farms	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 13, 2025
R840955	Evaluating and mitigating bioaccumulation of PFAS in plant, mammalian, and aquaculture systems	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 2, 2025
R840956	Comprehensive evaluation of fate, transport, bioaccumulation and management solution of PFAS on a crop and livestock farm that received biosolids	Grant	October 1, 2024 through May 8, 2025
R840957	PFAS-MAPS: PFAS Mitigation and Monitoring in Amended Plant Systems	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 7, 2025
R840958	Practical Management of PFAS contaminated agricultural soil using an innovative platform developed through integrated experimental research and machine learning approaches	Grant	September 1, 2024 through April 24, 2025
SU839462	Modeling Straight Pipe Prevalence in Rural Alabama	Grant	November 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019
SU839900	Biochar-Geomedia Water Filter for the Colonias, South Texas	Grant	October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020
SU839961	Green and Sustainable Water Purification Membranes	Grant	October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020
SU840407	Using stationary and mobile low-cost sensors to assess air quality	Grant	July 1, 2022 through May 9, 2025
SU840410	An experimental study to develop affordable non-invasive radon mitigation system For single-family dwellings	Grant	July 1, 2022 through May 9, 2025
SU840415	Open source, networked sensors for lead monitoring	Grant	July 1, 2022 through April 24, 2025
SU840573	Physicochemical degradation of microplastics	Grant	August 1, 2023 through April 23, 2025
SU840578	Enhanced detection and removal of GenX from water supplies	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 10, 2025
SU840582	Three-way removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from high-strength landfill leachate utilizing simultaneous foaming and humic acid precipitation during pH adjustment	Grant	August 1, 2023 through April 25, 2025
SU840679	Production of lithium carbonate from geothermal brine by selective extraction of lithium using a novel ion sieve method	Grant	January 1, 2024 through May 13, 2025
SU840864	3D-Printed Floating Photocatalyst Structures that Mimic Natural Objects to Combat Harmful Algal Blooms	Grant	February 1, 2024 through May 12, 2025
SU840866	Zirconium-modified mica coupled with nanobubble for enhanced phosphorus removal, recovery, and reuse	Grant	January 1, 2024 through April 25, 2025
SU840867	Solar-driven photodegradation of MC-LR using a novel Au-decorated Ni metal-organic framework (Au/Ni-MOF)	Grant	January 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SU840868	Open-Source Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) System for the Rapid and Accurate Detection of Bacteria from Environmental Water Samples	Grant	January 1, 2024 through April 25, 2025
SU840871	Cellulose-Metal Organic Frameworks Hybrid Adsorbent for PFAS Removal from Water	Grant	January 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SU840873	Biochar-Enabled Platform for Enhanced Destruction and Defluorination of Short-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water	Grant	January 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SU841130	Nanobubble-Enhanced Soil Remediation: A Green And Efficient Strategy For Oil Contamination Cleanup	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
SU841132	Bioelectrochemical Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage forSimultaneous Energy and Mineral Recovery and Ecosystem Restoration	Grant	April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027
SU841134	Development of a Simple Enzyme Inhibition Biosensor for Lead in Drinking Water	Grant	March 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025
SV840385	Low-cost Household Water Filter for PFAS Removal	Grant	August 1, 2023 through May 9, 2025
SV840823	Optimization and Deployment of Biofilters with Ultra-High Surface Media for Highly Efficient Stormwater Remediation	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SV840830	A Smartphone-based Colorimetric Lead Sensor for Household Lead Detection	Grant	September 1, 2024 through April 23, 2025
SV840831	Hybrid Filtration/Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) Membrane Process for Point of Use PFAS Removal from Drinking Water	Grant	September 1, 2024 through May 10, 2025
SV840832	Removal of Microplastics from a Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant	Grant	September 1, 2024 through April 22, 2025

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