Summary: GC-HARMS focuses on understanding the long-term health effects of the 2010 Gulf oil spill, resulting from the consumption of seafood contaminated by petrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). GC-HARMS partners include The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, the University of Pennsylvania, Texas A&M at Galveston, LSU, and impacted Gulf Coast communities: the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, the Center for Environmental and Economic Justice, the Vietnamese American Community Partner, the United Houma Nation, the AL Fisheries Cooperative, and Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing. Our goals are to 1) assess seafood contamination, 2) determine PAH toxicity, 3) evaluate exposure and health outcomes in a longitudinal cohort study, and 4) disseminate findings to stakeholders.
Project Dates: 2011 –
Lead Agency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Funding Source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Contact: Dr. Cornelis Elferink
Focus Area(s): Health
State(s): Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Project Website: https://www.utmb.edu/GCHARMS/
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