CENTER FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

An EPA funded Hazardous Substance Research Center

Johns Hopkins University

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRC) Program to develop better, more cost-effective, faster, and safer methods to assess and clean-up environments contaminated with hazardous substances.  Johns Hopkins University has received an award from EPA as the lead institution for a new HSRC.

University of Maryland  School of Nursing

About 80 percent of the U.S. population live in metropolitan areas. These urban residents face a number of pressing environmental problems including exposure to toxic chemicals from contaminated sites, landfills, incinerators, abandoned industrial sites (Brownfields), industrial releases, lead, and pesticide use.  In this context, EPA Regions 1, 2, and 3 have identified “Urban Livability” as a strategic priority.  Focusing on the upper mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, the mission of this Center is two-fold:  (1) to promote a better understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes for detecting, assessing, and managing risks associated with the use and disposal of hazardous substances in urban environments and (2) to disseminate the results of the research and provide technical expertise to various stakeholders including community groups, municipal officials, regulators, academia, and industry.

University of Maryland 

University of Connecticut

The Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments (CHSUE) is a cooperative activity between Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Morgan State University, University of Connecticut, and New Jersey Institute of Technology.

New Jersey Institute of Technology

For more information please contact:

Dr. Edward Bouwer,
Director
CHSUE
Johns Hopkins University
810 Wyman Park Drive
Suite 100                           Baltimore, Maryland 21211 Phone: 410-516-7437
Fax: 410-516-0264
Email: bouwer@jhu.edu 

Dr. Hedy Alavi, 
Associate Director
CHSUE
Johns Hopkins University
810 Wyman Park Drive        Suite100
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 410-516-7091
Fax: 410-516-0264
Email: hedy.alavi@jhu.edu 

Morgan State University