251872 US EPA's Bioremediation Pilot at Da Nang Airport

Monday, October 31, 2011: 5:00 PM

Kevin Y. Teichman, PhD , Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
This presentation will focus on the design and results from a jointly conducted pilot study of bioremediation of dioxin at the Da Nang Airport in Vietnam. Researchers from the U.S. EPA and the Government of Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology and Ministry of Defense tested biodegradative activity under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, both biostimulated by adding nutrients and co-substrate, and bioaugmented by seeding with lightly contaminated lake sediment. This presentation will share results from this joint research activity.

Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Describe current EPA efforts relating to the environment in Vietnam. Describe EPA efforts to help the Vietnamese develop chemical analytic techniques for chemical analysis, including dioxins.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I oversee all science related issues within the EPA Office of Research and Development.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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