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STEEP researchers during a project in the Faroe Islands include, from left, Philippe Grandjean, URI College of Pharmacy and STEEP co-lead; Rainer Lohmann, URI Graduate School of Oceanography and STEEP director; and Elsie Sunderland, Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science and STEEP Project 1 lead.
A University of Rhode Island researcher leads a study that confirms a direct link between certain chemicals in drinking water and human obesity — specifically that increased PFAS content in blood promotes weight gain and makes it harder to keep a lower body weight after weight...