Fact sheets and policy briefs

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Project 1: Biochemical Mechanisms of Olfactory Injury in Salmon

Salmon rely on smell to find prey, avoid predators and navigate. Exposure to metals like cadmium impairs that sense, threatening salmon survival.

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Project 2: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Cadmium Neurotoxicity

Exposing mice to cadmium to generate blood levels similar to those found in the general human population results in cognitive impairment.

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Project 3: Role of Paraoxonases in Modulating Cadmium and Manganese Neurotoxicity

People respond to contaminant exposures differently, in part due to the levels of protective enzymes that they produce.

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Project 4: Arsenic in Shallow Unstratified and Seasonally Stratified Urban Lakes: Mobility, Bioaccumulation and Ecological Toxicity

Contaminated shallow lakes have more arsenic in their water meaning higher risk for humans.

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Reducing pesticide runoff into Puget Sound may increase orca survival

This fact sheet was created to communicate relevant results from Project 3 for members of Governor Inslee's Orca Recovery Task Force.

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Exposure to metals reduces salmon survival, threatening orcas

This fact sheet was created to communicate relevant results from Project 1 for members of Governor Inslee's Orca Recovery Task Force.

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How Washington Can Protect Children – and Orcas – from Harmful Toxins

A two-page policy brief for policymakers and advocacy groups outlining the ecological impacts of organophosphates.

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How Washington Can Protect Farm Workers – and Children – from Harmful Toxins

A two-page policy brief for policymakers and advocacy groups outlining the human health impacts of organophosphates.

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