Grant: NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Primary Recipient
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Amount
$144,000.00
Award Date
11/10/2009
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
Perfluorinated hydrocarbon compounds such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are emerging contaminants of concern. Concentrations of PFOS have been detected in water, house dust and in human serum. PFOS is persistent, bioaccumulative, and highly toxic. C