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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