The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) awarded a $1,198,578 Project Grant under the State Capacity Building Program (CFDA 93.240) to Karolinska Institutet, a prestigious medical university in Sweden. The grant supports a 3-year study to investigate ambient air pollution as a potential risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using a multiomics approach in a high-quality epidemiologic study. The project aims to identify and mitigate health risks associated with...
This Project Grant award of $1,986,332.00 was provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) under the State Capacity Building program (CFDA 93.240). The goal of the project is to investigate a panel of persistent environmental toxicant exposures in the central nervous system (CNS) tissue of military veterans to identify etiological factors contributing to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The primary work includes developing and applying...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $107,614, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). The grant supports the Connecticut Department of Public Health in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate risks to health and the environment associated with asbestos. Key activities under this award include conducting 20 asbestos inspections at...
This federal Project Grant award of $126,667, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701), supports the New York State Department of Labor's efforts to protect public health from exposure to asbestos in schools. The key activities under this grant include conducting asbestos inspections at charter schools, public schools, private non-profit schools, and religious schools to ensure...
This $135,135 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) provides support to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to develop and maintain its Asbestos Program. The grant will fund NHDES to conduct approximately 60 asbestos inspections and compliance monitoring activities at charter schools, public schools, private non-profit schools, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $105,336 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant will fund asbestos inspection activities and regulatory compliance monitoring programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Rhode Island Department of Health will conduct 40 asbestos inspections at schools and provide technical...
This $112,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.701) program supports the Texas Department of State Health Services (TXDSHS) in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with chemical substances or mixtures. Specifically, TXDSHS will conduct asbestos inspections at both public and...
This $2,700,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283), supports a project by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to expand biomonitoring surveillance in the Four Corners states. The key objectives are to: I) expand heavy metals exposure monitoring in rural communities near mining sites, and II) characterize exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Department of State Health Services a $106,667 Project Grant under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant funds will support the recipient in conducting asbestos inspections at charter, public, private non-profit, and religious schools to ensure compliance with asbestos regulations. Inspections may also be performed to meet requirements under the Model...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $125,873 Project Grant under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The funding will support LDEQ's efforts to reduce public exposure to asbestos hazards in Louisiana's public and non-public elementary and secondary schools. Key activities include conducting 67 asbestos management plan (AMP) inspections, investigating...
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease, Inc. was awarded a $11,715,624 Project Grant from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) under the State Capacity Building program (CFDA 93.240). The grant funding will enable the Center to provide medical screening and health education services to individuals in Lincoln County, Montana who were potentially exposed to asbestos from historical vermiculite mining and processing operations in the Libby area. Key program objectives include increasing awareness of screening services and Medicare eligibility, improving disease management, and reducing asbestos exposure and smoking rates among the target population. The five-year grant period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, continuing the Center's efforts to monitor and address the long-term public health impacts of the environmental asbestos contamination in Libby.