# Airborne PCBs: Sources, Exposures, Toxicities, Remediation

> **NIH NIH P42** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2021 · $11,201

## Abstract

Project Description (Abstract)
 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are contaminants of emerging concern
which pose a direct threat to ecological and human health. Since 2019, the EPA Chemical
Pollutants Assessment Division (CPAD) has been conducting systematic literature reviews of
specific PFAS. The goal of these reviews is to compile the numerous sources of toxicological
data describing these compounds and make the data more widely available to other
government agencies, researchers, stakeholders, and the American public. The EPA is
currently working towards the ambitious goal of reviewing and reporting on over 9,000 PFAS by
2022. The EPA CPAD aims to achieve this goal using "Systematic Evidence Mapping" (SEM)
techniques. The proposed K.C. Donnelly externship project would involve the applicant's
participation in the screening, data extraction, and data visualization processes required to
construct the evidence maps posted on the EPA PFAS dashboard. Outcomes of the externship
project for the applicant would include an enhanced familiarity with PFAS' wide-ranging
physical-chemical properties and associated toxicological effects; intimate knowledge of the
EPA CPAD's SEM process, data management strategies, and data visualization techniques; as
well as a greater insight into the role of Federal government in protecting our natural
environment.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10381933
- **Project number:** 3P42ES013661-16S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** Keri C Hornbuckle
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $11,201
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2006-05-12 → 2025-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10381933

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10381933, Airborne PCBs: Sources, Exposures, Toxicities, Remediation (3P42ES013661-16S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10381933. Licensed CC0.

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