URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years

URI News | October 6, 2022

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"Against the backdrop of a new federal undertaking to address PFAS pollution, a University of Rhode Island-based PFAS research-and-outreach program has been renewed by the government for another five years. The STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl Contaminants) program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners.

Rhode Island elected officials and University leaders joined scientists today at the Providence headquarters of Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management to announce the $8.1 million, 5-year grant renewal by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health.

URI Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Angela Slitt talks about the dangers of PFAS chemicals during a press conference. URI photo by Michael Salerno Photography."