Articles from March 2017

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Researchers urge support for the Superfund Research Program

Thursday, March 16, 2017
Researchers from three Superfund Research Programs (SRPs) argued for continued funding for the programs in an op-ed piece in The Hill on March 14, 2017.
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Buettner discovers promising method to assist vitamin C in killing cancer cells

Thursday, March 16, 2017
Dr. Garry Buettner, Co-Leader of Project 1 of the Iowa Superfund Research Program, published a report in the December 2016 edition of Redox Biology that demonstrated that high doses of Vitamin C given intravenously are much more effective in killing cancer cells than oral medications of Vitamin C.
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Researchers show airborne PCBs coming from New Bedford Harbor

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Researchers from the University of Iowa Superfund Research Program and the Boston University Research Program published a report demonstrating that release of PCBs from New Bedford Harbor contribute to elevated concentrations in the surrounding air.