This $151,450 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, supports a collaborative research project led by The Pennsylvania State University, also known as Penn State, from September 2024 through August 2029.
The project aims to illuminate the "dark matter" of plastic additive waste and mitigate the impacts of this waste through a strategic multidisciplinary initiative. Key activities include: 1) characterizing the impacts of plastic additives on cells, organisms, and ecological communities; 2) assessing the regulatory landscape of plastic additives; 3) conducting community-level assessments of product use and potential additive exposures; 4) prioritizing additive combinations needing urgent mitigation; 5) modeling novel regulatory interventions; and 6) testing policies and creating action plans for convergence on plastic additive pollution. The project will engage external stakeholders to implement local-scale innovations to reduce plastic pollution and empower underrepresented STEM students to take action against environmental pollution in vulnerable communities.
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