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Oportunidad de fondos de la EPA para investigar impacto ambiental de PFAS en comunidades rurales y operaciones agrícolas

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National Priorities: Research on PFAS Impacts in Rural Communities and Agricultural Operations

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement
Office of Research and Development

National Priorities: Research on PFAS Impacts in Rural Communities and Agricultural Operations

This is the initial announcement of this funding opportunity

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EPA Adds Battery Smelter Facility in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to the Federal Superfund List

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(New York, N.Y. – July 31, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added a former battery recycling facility in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. As a result of previous operations, the site is contaminated with lead, arsenic and heavy metals. Before it temporarily stopped operating in the spring of 2014, The Battery Recycling Company, Inc.

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Students confirm the negative effects of using pesticides in agriculture

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A group of students from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey carried out a research project to examine the effect of excessive use of pesticides in agriculture. Their research confirmed the negative impact of these substances to health and the natural environment. 

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Puerto Rican Student recieved award at EPA Symposium

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Luis González (Universidad del Turabo) recieved 2nd place at the 2nd International Environmental Youth Symposium of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Atlanta, GA. The project name was Estimating Evapotranspiration using Pyranometer Sensor Data and Satellite Data.

Boricua will supervise the quality of the water for over 31 million people

Submitted on 30 August 2016 - 11:32am

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The executive director for the Program 'Estuario de la Bahía de San Juan', Dr. Javier Laureano, will now be the new Director in the Division of Clean Water at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the New York region.

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Environmental Overdraft in the Island

Submitted on 15 August 2016 - 9:53pm

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A recent study from the Global Footprint Network concluded that if global consumption continues at the current rate, we would need 1.6 planets Earth to satisfy the demands of humanity. Specifically, Puerto Rico would need a territorial extension 26 times its size in order to harvest the food needed to support its population and to be assimilate the contaminants generated by the 3.5 million inhabitants. 

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Premio para proyectos ambientales realizados por estudiantes K-12

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Aprovechen est oportunidad para reconocer a estudiantes de kinder a grado 12 que hayan realizado proyectos ambientales, ya sea de limpieza, conservación, reciclaje, siembra, concientización, restauración, etc.

 

http://www2.epa.gov/education/presidents-environmental-youth-award 

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Second Conference on Climate Change in the Caribbean

Submitted on 17 November 2015 - 6:45pm

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EPA, NOOA, USDA and Department of Interior joined efforts with the government of Puerto Rico and the government of the Vrigin Islands to host a conference on Climate Change in the Caribbean.

For more info http://www.regions.noaa.gov/secar/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NOAA-Caribbean-Strategy-Final-June-23-2014-FINAL.pdf.

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Valuable Contribution to Public Health from the FDA

Submitted on 1 September 2015 - 10:08am

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Allison A. Rodríguez Rosario, works as a microbiologist at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Student at the UPR-RP discovers an innovative way to purify water

Submitted on 22 May 2015 - 11:35am

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Jennifer Gil, student at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras discovered an innovative way to purify water using nanodiamonds. 

 

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