Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$406,131.00

Award Date

5/08/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Inorganic arsenic is a natural drinking water contaminant and a known hepatotoxin. However, the exposure levels of arsenic required to cause overt liver damage may be higher than found in the US water supply. In preliminary studies, it was shown that chro