Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Graduate Student and PDF Opportunities in Novel Remediation of Contaminated Sediments in the Great LakesProject Description: Sediments in the Great Lakes are widely contaminated with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), among other persistent contaminants. In this project, we will evaluate a promising new advanced technology for in situ remediation of contaminated sites. The technology will be tested with sediments from three Areas of Concern: Hamilton...

Project Description.The pELAstic Project is an interdisciplinary collaboration of scientists and students from across Canada and the US who have been investigating the fate and effects of microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. Since 2019, our team has conducted large-scale limnocorral and whole-lake manipulation experiments in boreal lakes at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area, Ontario. To date, our team has published 15 scientific papers, appeared in national and international media, and trained...