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Topic: Contaminants

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Nil Basu, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 764-9490 E-mail: niladri@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Environmental toxicologist, interested in the risk assessment of aquatic pollutants (focus on mercury), development of neurochemical biomarkers and environmental neurotoxicology, and the use of fish and wildlife as sentinels of human and environmental health hazards.      MORE

Stuart Batterman, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 763-2417 E-mail: stuartb@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Research and teaching interests address environmental impact assessment, human exposure and health risk assessment, and environmental management.     MORE

Alfred Franzblau, MD
Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 936-0758 E-mail: afranz@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Research focuses on work-related musculoskeletal disorders, biological monitoring of chemical exposures, occupational neurological disease, and occupational respiratory disease.      MORE

Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
Professor and Chair in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 764-3188 E-mail: howardhu@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Co-directs the Michigan-Harvard Metals Epidemiology Research Group, which studies the contribution of metals exposure and genetics to the causation of chronic diseases in adults and impaired development in children.      MORE

Gerald Keeler, PhD
Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 936-1836 E-mail: jkeeler@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Ongoing research measures and analyzes pollutants and trace elements such as mercury in air and water, to help assess impact on human health and the environment.      MORE

John Meeker, Sc.D., M.S., B.S.
Assistant Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 764-7184 E-mail: meekerj@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Focuses on defining sources, magnitudes, and consequences of human exposure to environmental and occupational contaminants, as well as identifying and evaluating strategies to control harmful exposures.      MORE

Jerome Nriagu, PhD, DSc
Professor in Environmental Health Services
Phone: (734) 936-0706 E-mail: jnriagu@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Specializes in the study of toxic metals and lead poisoning from smelting and lead products, resulting in food and environmental contamination.     MORE

Rudy Richardson, ScD, DABT
Professor of Toxicology in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: (734) 936-0769 E-mail: rjrich@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Board-certified toxicologist who specializes in chemically induced neurological diseases.     MORE

Basic Scientist

Safety Matters

inFOCUS: Calcium &Pregnancy & Lead

inFOCUS: Arctic Pollution

Troubled Waters: How they were navigated by the Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study

Future Findings--What's in the Water We Drink?

Future Findings-- Research Steers South Africa Toward Environmental Change (PDF, page 44)

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