The presence of chemicals and pathogens in the environment is of great concern to both ecosystem and human health, yet the source, fates, and effects of these contaminants are often not well known. In collaboration with each other and with colleagues in the Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cornell's Veterinary School, SoMAS faculty are actively investigating these and other environmental health issues:

Impact of groundwater discharges on coastal water quality

Bioavailability, food chain transfer and effects of contaminants in marine invertebrates and fish

Participating Faculty:

Allam, Baines, Brownawell, Cochran, Fast, Fisher, Gobler, Lopez, McElroy, Swanson, Taylor

Collaborating Facilities and Centers

Marine Animal Disease Laboratory, Waste Reduction and Management Institute, Trace Element Laboratory, Trace Organic Chemical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Long Island Groundwater Institute, Living Marine Resources Institute