EAGER: PPER: Empowering Citizen Scientists to Reduce Sources of Emerging Contaminants

EAGER：PPER：授权公民科学家减少新兴污染物的来源

基本信息

批准号：
1743981
负责人：
Heather Preisendanz
金额：
$ 10万
依托单位：
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743981&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
EAGER PPER Empowering Citizen Scientists

项目摘要

Endocrine disrupting compounds are introduced into the environment during various stages of the life cycle of certain personal care products including manufacturing, use, and disposal. Although wastewaters must be treated to meet permit requirements, endocrine disrupting compounds are currently not regulated and therefore the extent to which sewage treatment plants remove them prior to discharge varies widely. Citizen scientists have the potential to play a significant role in the scientific discovery process, and they can participate in identifying potential courses of action and desired legislation. The goal of this project is to involve citizen scientists in collecting and reporting data concerning the levels of endocrine-disrupting compounds in the water. This study eventually could lead to a reduction in the amount of endocrine disrupting compounds in the Susquehanna River Basin. The methods used in this project have the potential to be transformative and to be applied to other watersheds across the United States that are coping with fish population declines and increasing contaminant concentrations. The project researchers are recruiting approximately 50-60 volunteer citizen scientists to participate in data generation and focus groups meetings to ultimately identify ways to reduce endocrine disrupting compounds in the environment. In this research project, citizen scientists: 1) employ an endocrine disrupting compound footprint tool developed by the researchers to estimate the mass of endocrine disrupting compounds in their personal care, household cleaning, and laundry products; 2) collect water samples from locations across the Susquehanna River Basin to be be analyzed for more than 50 endocrine disrupting compounds from pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and pesticides; 3) participate in focus group meetings to identify research needs and priorities, potential course of action, and desired legislation related to reducing endocrine disrupting compounds in the Susquehanna River Basin. Data generated by the citizen scientists from the endocrine disrupting compound footprint tool and the water quality data provides a potentially powerful insight to enable the citizen scientists to link their usage of common endocrine disrupting compound-containing products to the presence of endocrine disrupting compounds in surface water. This knowledge will empower the citizen scientists to actively make personal decisions to reduce endocrine disrupting compound sources. The inclusion of the Penn State Survey Research Center brings unique focus group expertise to the team. The analytical chemistry expertise through Penn State's water quality laboratory facilities and the USDA ensures that high quality endocrine disrupting compound data is generated. The methodologies used in this proposal have the potential to be transformative and to be applied to other watersheds across the United States that are coping with fish population declines and endocrine disrupting compound concerns.

内分泌干扰化合物在某些个人护理产品生命周期的各个阶段（包括制造、使用和处置）被引入到环境中，尽管必须对废水进行处理以满足许可证要求，但内分泌干扰化合物目前尚未受到监管，因此其程度可能会受到影响。哪些污水处理厂在排放前将其去除，差异很大。公民科学家有潜力在科学发现过程中发挥重要作用，他们可以参与确定潜在的行动方案和所需的立法。该项目的目标是让公民科学家参与收集并报告有关水中内分泌干扰化合物水平的数据。这项研究最终可能会减少萨斯奎哈纳河流域的内分泌干扰化合物的数量。该项目使用的方法具有变革性和潜力。该项目研究人员正在招募大约 50-60 名志愿公民科学家参加数据生成和焦点小组会议，以最终确定解决方法。减少环境中的内分泌干扰化合物。在该研究项目中，公民科学家：1) 采用研究人员开发的内分泌干扰化合物足迹工具来估计个人护理、家庭清洁和洗衣产品中内分泌干扰化合物的质量2) 从萨斯奎哈纳河流域各地收集水样，分析来自药品、个人护理产品和农药的 50 多种内分泌干扰化合物；3) 参加焦点小组会议以确定研究成果；公民科学家通过内分泌干扰化合物足迹工具和水质数据生成的数据为减少萨斯奎哈纳河流域的内分泌干扰化合物提供了潜在的强大见解。公民科学家将他们对常见的含有内分泌干扰化合物的产品的使用与地表水中存在的内分泌干扰化合物联系起来，这将使公民科学家能够积极做出个人决定，以减少内分泌干扰化合物的来源。宾夕法尼亚州立大学调查研究中心的专家通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学的水质实验室设施和美国农业部的分析化学专业知识为团队带来了独特的焦点小组专业知识，确保生成高质量的内分泌干扰化合物数据。该提案中使用的方法具有潜力。具有变革性，适用于美国其他正在应对鱼类种群减少和内分泌干扰化合物问题的流域。