The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) is a national laboratory that conducts research and development to find improved methods, measurements, and models to assess and predict exposures of humans and ecosystems to pollutants and other conditions in air, water, soil, and food. It is one of three national laboratories that conduct research for EPA's Office of Research and Development. NERL is also responsible for testing and establishing new Federal Reference Methods (FRM) and Federal Equivalent Methods (FEM). NERL is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, and has locations in North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia and Nevada.
NERL's Niches
The NERL focuses its efforts on the following areas:
Analytical/Monitoring Methods Development Indicators/Indices of Exposure Exposure/Dose Process Characterization Decision Support Tools Predictive Modeling Source Apportionment/Environmental Forensics
Publication Topics
NERL published papers in the following areas NERL Publications Page
Air Exposure Measurement and Emissions Modeling Multipollutant Climate and Energy Energy Modeling Ecosystems Ecological Risk Assessment Ecosystems and Climate Change Human Health Risk Assessment
External links EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.
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References
National Exposure Research Laboratory; Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer website [link accessed on August 31, 2007]. National Exposure Research Laboratory; West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation [link accessed on August 31, 2007].