• Air Pollution
• Asthma
• Bioaccumulation
• Community-based
• Estrogenic Contaminants

• Fish Consumption Study
• Marcellus Shale
• Metal Contaminants
• Public Education

• Risk Communication
• Toxicology
• Water Management
• Water Pollution

Air Pollution

Title

• Air Toxics in Allegheny County: Sources, Airborne
  Concentrations, & Human Exposure
  - Submitted to the Allegheny County Health Department, PA in 2009

Asthma

Title

• Assessing Effectiveness of Educational Interventions on Subpopulations of Primary Caretakers from Pittsburgh Environmental Asthma Study Based on KAB Survey Scores

• Implementation Evaluation of Pittsburgh-Based In-Home Asthma Triggers Reduction Pilot Program: Overcoming Recruitment Barriers & Active Community Capacity Building

• Healthy Homes Resources AT HOME

Bioaccumulation of Metals in Southwestern PA Fishes, Fish Contamination

Title

• Mercury, Arsenic & Selenium in Channel Catfish from the Allegheny, Monongahela & Ohio Rivers near Pittsburgh PA: Implications for metallotoxin source identification & fish consumption by local anglers 

• Mercury, Arsenic & Selenium in Channel Catfish Caught in Southwestern PA; Implications for Coal-Fired Power Plant Emission Source Identification & Fish Consumption Safety 

Community-Based Participatory Research & Outreach Programs

Title

• The Application of Community Based Participatory Environmental Research (CBPR) on the Study of the Quality of a Major Regional Water Source 

• Results of semi-subsistence & recreational angler focus groups: Reports of combined sewer overflows, chemical releases & associated water-related illnesses in the Three Rivers area of Pittsburgh 

• The Application of Community Based Participatory Environmental Research (CBPR) to the Study of the Quality of a Major Regional Water Source

Estrogenic Contaminants, Pharmaceutical Estrogens & Xenoestrogens

Title

• Are tissues of Channel Catfish more estrogenic in areas with high densities of Combined Sewage Overflows?

• Channel Catfish Estrogenicity & combined sewer overflows; Xenoestrogen Exposure via Drinking Water 

• Channel Catfish estrogenicity is associated with the density of sewer overflows; Implications for population exposure to pharmaceutical estrogens & xenoestrogens

• Estrogenicity of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Tissue is Associated with High Densities of Combined Sewer Overflows in Pittsburgh, PA; Implications for Human Population Exposure to Xenoestrogens from Drinking Water in the Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area

• Estrogenicity of tissue extracts from white bass & channel catfish caught along the Three Rivers of Pittsburgh, PA

• Environmental concentrations of Pharmaceutical Estrogens & Xenoestrogens in municipal wastewater; Implications for health of wildlife & humans

• Exposure of aquatic receptors to Bisphenol A: Evidence that current risk models may not be sufficiently protective 

• Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical & Xeno- estrogens: Wildlife & Human Health Implications

• Use of a human breast cancer cell proliferation assay as an exposure assessment tool for total bioaccumulated xenoestrogens in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) caught in various locations on the Allegheny, Monongahela & Ohio Rivers near Pittsburgh PA: Implications for consumption of river-caught fish 

Metal Contamination

Title

• Are You Gonna Eat That? Arsenic & Mercury Levels in Allegheny River Catfish & Implications for Human Consumption

• Mercury, Arsenic & Selenium in White Bass fillet caught in the Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers near Pittsburgh PA; Comparisons with store-bought fish from Canadian Lake Erie 

Risk Communication

Title

• Cooperation between Civilian & Military Organizations during an Emergency: A Case Study Evaluation of the 2008 Reentry of an Uncontrolled U.S. Government Satellite Contaminated with Hydrazine 

• Environmental Health Information on the Internet: Development of an Appropriate Website Evaluation Tool

Toxicology

Title

• NQO1, MPO, CYP2E1, GSTT1 & GSTM1 polymorphisms & biological effects of benzene exposure - A literature review

Water Management & Water Policy

Title

• Regional Water Management in Southwestern PA: Moving Toward a Solution

• Southwestern PA ’s Water Quality Problems & How to Address Them Regionally

Water Pollution & Legacy Pollution Problems

Title

• Community driven research: Historical exposure assessment & results of media sampling along the Allegheny River associated with legacy contamination at the former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Inc. Cadogan waste disposal site

• A comparison of water quality variables & concentrations of selected toxic & nuisance elements at various distances & depths downstream from Allegheny River gravel mining operations during periods of activity & inactivity

• Exposure Assessment of Regional Communities Contaminated by Legacy Iron & Steel Industry (ISI) Waste & Sustainable End State Land Use Alternatives

Subsection: Marcellus Shale

• "Marcellus Shale extraction for natural gas supplies uses chemicals that are known to present a hazard to humans and aquatic receptors"
  
  The documents in the right hand column list these chemicals, address their toxicity, & give scholarly references for stated health effects.
  
  CHEC has no data on the concentration of these chemicals in the fracing gel or recovered fracing water; additionally, these tables do not address concentrations of toxic elements or heavy metals contained in the formation itself that may become soluble in the fracing process. More research is needed into the concentrations of elements from the formation that may become soluble in fracing water & disposed of in water bodies. More info»

• 2004 — Study to Evaluate the Impacts to USDWs by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

Fish Consumption Study

• Focus Group to Discover Fish Consumption Patterns

• Focus Group Guidelines

• Implementation Plan

Public Education

• Issue Brief Water Quality

• Winter Wellness

• New Kind of Canary in Coal Mine? (WPXI news)