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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jabari Gibbs

Emory gets $15M to establish first center to research toxic Superfund sites’ health effects

Superfund Sites Health Study - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

After decades of pollution, Brunswick residents have a new resource for researching the link between area Superfund sites and their health.

A five-year, $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Environmental Health (NIH) has been awarded to Emory University to examine how environmental contaminants affect human health, following a 2023 pilot study involving approximately 100 Glynn County residents, according to the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.

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