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National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program Norbert E. Kaminski, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology Director, Institute for Integrative Toxicology Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination

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National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program

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Norbert E. Kaminski, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology Director, Institute for Integrative Toxicology

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Created within NIEHS in 1986 under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) SRP has a broad mandate:

1. The development of methods and resources to detect hazardous

substances in the environment.

2. The improvement of techniques of assessing the effects of

hazardous substances on human health.

3. The development of methods of assessing the risks hazardous

substances pose to human health.

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Superfund Research Program

4. The development of biological, chemical, and physical methods of

decreasing hazardous substances and their toxicity

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Superfund Research Program (SRP)

SRP research is thematic, multidisciplinary and basic as well as applied Research funded through the NIEHS Superfund Research Program is restricted to a select list

f environmental contaminants

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Theme of the MSU SRP Program is focused

n Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds

4 Biomedical Projects 6 Core Facilities Research Support, RTC and CEC 2 Remediation Engineering Projects

Administered and Coordinated by MSU IIT

Rutgers Purdue US EPA 25 Investigators

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Texas A&M Emory

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Paracelsus (1493-1591) German –Swiss philosopher, scientist

“What is there that is not poison? All things are poison and nothing without poison. Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison”.

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