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PROTECT Study finds that among metals, maternal blood lead concentrations were strongly associated with increased risk of preterm birth
PROTECT explores how environmental exposures during pregnancy may impact preterm birth risk, specifically studying a Puerto Rican cohort due to higher levels of preterm birth compared to the U.S. mainland. In this instance, pregnant women in this cohort had relatively...
PROTECT Study Exposes How Severe Hurricanes Can Lead to Adverse Birth Outcomes
In a recent study published in Population and Environment, PROTECT researchers found that women in Northern Puerto Rico who were pregnant during Hurricane Maria were exposed to higher levels of phthalates, chemicals shown to be related to preterm birth, after Maria...
PROTECT Study Uses Computational Modeling of Bubbles to Improve Electrochemical Removal of Chemical Pollutants in Water
A recent Project 4 study reveals efficient ways of exploiting the generated hydrogen and oxygen bubbles by electrochemical methods to enhance the removal of contaminants from water. Access to clean water is a global challenge. One method for cleaning contaminated...
Trainee Spotlight – Yuwei Zhao
Yuwei Zhao is a senior PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, where she works in Prof. Akram Alshawabkeh’s lab (Project 4). Since 2015, she has worked on the development of an in-situ groundwater remediation device, including...
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