Institute for Environmental Toxicology
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| Ask a scientist: Are human-derived hormones like estrogen harming fish in Puget Sound? | Hormones such as estrogens that humans create in their own bodies are entering Puget Sound through wastewater, raising concerns about their effects on fish and other wildlife. We spoke with Puget Sound Institute scientist Maya Faber about how environmental exposure to human-derived estrogen… |
2024-04-09 | |
| Anacortes derailment once again raises concerns of environmental damage to Western Washington | 2023-03-17 | ||
| Scientists try to keep up with chemical blizzard entering Puget Sound | The plants sterilize sewage and remove solids and organic materials from it. But they were never designed to remove things like antibiotics, cosmetics, hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other consumer products that wash down household drains. “The latest estimate of the number of chemicals… |
2023-02-06 | |
| Chemicals 'of concern' flowing into Puget Sound, affecting marine life, scientists say | "I would say the number of chemicals that are in the environment are of concern," said Ruth Sofield, a professor of environmental toxicology at Western Washington University. The Puget Sound is too often a dumping ground for hundreds of chemicals, according to… |
2023-02-06 | |
| Western’s Wayne Landis Receives NSF Grant to Better Understand the Impacts of Microplastics on Aquatic Life | 2019-12-02 | ||
| Researchers to use $3.3 million grant to study impacts of tiny plastics on aquatic life | Oregon State University researchers will use a $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study tiny plastics and their potential impacts on aquatic life. Western Washington University will use a separate NSF grant to contribute to the project, Harper said. Wayne Landis,… |
2019-11-20 | |
| New EPA rules could allow for more polluted waters, and tribes and state officials are worried | Some researchers say the extent of possible changes to health risks based on the water quality standard adjustments are difficult to pin down. "Anytime a regulation is changed, there's actually a calculation that's supposed to be done. There are often assumptions made in… |
2019-10-07 | |
| Head in the Clouds: Huxley's Wayne Landis talks about his love of flying | 2018-08-03 | ||
| UComm, NSSFO staffers bring home four awards from CASE conference | 2018-02-26 | ||
| WWU alum first to finish grueling Race to Alaska on stand-up paddleboard | Karl Kruger stepped onto his paddleboard and began to paddle to Alaska. It was the start of the journey, but also the culmination of a lifetime of outdoor experience that made him ideally suited for the wild adventure. Just 15 days later, after covering 766 miles, Kruger stepped off his… |
2017-10-16 |