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Global warming clouds our future. Pollution degrades our air, soil and water. Environmental toxins compromise the health of our children. Misuse threatens the sustainability of our forests, fisheries, wetlands and coasts, and the health of species that live there.

But there is reason for hope.

Through sound science and policy research, we're finding answers to these problems. Airborne lead and acid rain have been dramatically reduced. Industrial water pollution has decreased. Habitats are being preserved.

Faculty members from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University are part of the effort to help find these answers and establish new environmental practices and policies to safeguard our natural resources for generations to come.

To contact our experts or learn more about what we're doing in states across the nation, click on the state you're interested in.

Wisconsin
Environmental Toxins & Public Health
More than 414,000 Louisianans live in areas where the cancer risk from hazardous air pollutants and toxic chemical releases exceeds 1 in 1,000. People living in Ascension, Point Coupee, Iberville and Calcasieu parishes face the highest risks. Lead also poses risks to the state’s citizens, particularly its children. More than 48,000 homes in the Pelican State have high risks of lead contamination. Louisiana’s 16 active Superfund waste sites heighten concerns about toxins contaminating soil and groundwater in 14 parishes, especially East Baton Rouge and St. Tammany.

 

 

Contact Information

Lori Snyder Bennear is an environmental economist who specializes in evaluating the effectiveness of environmental regulations.
tel: (919) 613-8083 e: lori.bennear@duke.edu