OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Environmental Health and Assessment
Environmental health and assessment research has been conducted on a variety of environmental health issues. Research includes chromium, dioxin, asbestos, MBTE, metals in soils, and public health tracking.
- Synthetic/Artificial Turf
- PFAS in Artificial Turf Technical Memorandum (2023)
- Synthetic turf impacts on storm water and flood resilience, and potential for heat island and heat-stress effects Technical Memorandum (2022)
- The Safety of Artificial Turf Fields Technical Memorandum (2020)
- An Evaluation of Potential Exposures to Lead and Other Metals as the Result of Aerosolized Particulate Matter from Artificial Turf Playing Fields
Full Report | Research Project Summary (2011) - Preliminary Assessment of the Toxicity from Exposure to Crumb Rubber: its use in Playgrounds and Artificial Turf Playing Fields
Research Project Summary (2007) | Full Report (2011)
- Geochemical and Mineralogical Investigation of Elevated Arsenic and Trace Elements in Soils and Sediments of New Jersey Inner Coastal Plain (2024)
- Potential Lead Exposure Mapping Tool (2021)
- A Review of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Occurrence in New Jersey Surface Water and Groundwater (2020)
- Statistical Analysis: Metal Concentrations in Soil (2020)
- Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in New Jersey Soils (2020)
- Reconnaissance of Surface Water Estrogenicity and the Prevalence of Intersex in Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) Inhabiting New Jersey (2020)
- A Reconnaissance of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater and Sludge from Three Publicly Owned Treatment Works in New Jersey (2018)
- NJ Risk: Implementing an Integrated Computational Tool to Support Prioritization of Chemicals of Emerging Concern
- Full Report (2014) | Year One (2015) | Year Two (2016) | Research Project Summary (2019)
- Guidance for the Development of Human Health Risk Assessment Documents (2017)
- Applying Innovative Diagnostic Tools at New Jersey Publicly Funded Sites (2016)
- Exposure of Infants to Endocrine Disruptors (2013)
- NJ Toxics Reduction Workplan for NY-NJ Harbor (NJTRWP)
- Study I-G Full Report (2008)
- Phase One POTW, SWO, and CSO Studies (2008)
- Ambient Monitoring of Water Quality within Major Tributaries & the Estuary (2007)
- Phase One Ambient Water Quality Studies (2007)
- Concentrations and Loads of Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in Tributaries to Newark and Raritan Bays, New Jersey (2007)
- Organic Compounds, Trace Elements, Suspended Sediment, and Field Characteristics at the Heads-of-Tide of the Raritan, Passaic, Hackensack, Rahway, and Elizabeth Rivers, New Jersey, 2000-03 (2006)
- The Hydrodynamics of the Newark Bay – Kills System-SIT Component (2006)
- Hydrodynamics of the Newark Bay/Kills System : The New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York-New Jersey Harbor (2006)
- The New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York – New Jersey Harbor: Study I-E – Hydrodynamic Studies in the Newark Bay Complex (2006)
- PCB TMDLs, Pollution Minimization Plans and Source Track down in Camden City (2008)
- Valuing New Jersey’s Natural Capital (2007)
- Endangered Plant Species Populations in NJ: Health & Threats (2006)
- Correlation of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC) Test Methods (2006)
- Microbial Source Tracking: Library Based Methods (2004)
- Assessment of Historical and Current Trends in Mercury Deposition to New Jersey Aquatic Systems through Analysis of Sediment/Soil Cores
- Full Report | Year One-Research Project Summary (2003) | Year Two-Research Project Summary (2004)
- Communicating Status and Trends in Environmental Quality: Reactions of Legislative Staff, Reporters, Activists, and Citizens (2003)
- Cultural Uses of Mercury in New Jersey
- Emergency Room Visits and Hospital Admissions of Asthmatics in NJ as an Indicator of Ozone Exposure (2003)
- Digital Land Dataset Comparison and Integration Analysis (2003)
- Full Report | Land Use/Cover Update (2000-2001)
- New Jersey Comparative Risk Project (2003)
- Environmental Endocrine Disruption and Its Potential Impacts on Public Health and the Environment in New Jersey (2003)
- Perceived Impacts of Fish Consumption Advisories on the Recreational Fishing Boat Industry in New Jersey (2003)
- Analysis and Interpretation of Measurements for the Determination of Asbestos in Core Samples Collected at the Southdown Quarry in Sparta, New Jersey (2003)
- Ambient Levels of Metals in New Jersey Soils (1997-2002)
- Estimate of Cancer Risk to Consumer of Crabs Caught in the Area of the Diamond Alkali Site and Other Areas of the Newark Bay Complex from 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDD Equivalents (2002)
- Sparta Township Environmental Asbestos Study: Final Report of the Results of Air and House Dust Sampling (2002)
- Microbial Degradation Kinetics of Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons: Effect Of BTEX Concentration And Environment (2002)
- MTBE in New Jersey’s Environment (2001)
- Baseline Concentrations of Arsenic, Beryllium and Associated Elements in Glauconite and Glauconitic Soils in the New Jersey Coastal Plain (2001)
- Modeling Vapor Transport through Underground Utilities from Contaminant Spill Sources to the Interior of Buildings (2000)
- Pfiesteria
- Background and Contingency Plan (2000) | Presentation (2007) | Full Report (2007)
- Assessment of Total Mercury Concentrations in Fish from Rivers, Lakes & Reservoirs in NJ
- Full Report (1999) | Research Project Summary (2002)
- Assessment of PCBs, Selected Organic Pesticides and Mercury in Fishes from New Jersey: 1998-1999 Monitoring Program
- Full Report (2000) | Supplemental Study (2002)
- Adsorption\Desorption and Transport of Mercury and Arsenic in New Jersey Soils
- Year One (1993) | Year Two (1994) | Year Three-Part One-Mercury & Part Two-Arsenic (1997)
- Soil Contamination as a Groundwater Contamination Indicator (1994)
- Model for Evaluation of the Impact of Contaminated Soil on Groundwater
- Phase One (1991) | Phase Two (1994) | Phase Three (1996)
- A Summary of Selected Soil Constituents and Contaminants at Background Locations in New Jersey (1993)
- Water-quality data for the Millstone River at Weston, New Jersey, and the Shark River at Remsen Mill, New Jersey (1993)
- The Fate and Transport of Inorganic Contamination in New Jersey Soils
- Year One (1991) | Year Two (1992) | Year Three (1994)
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Furan (TCDF) in Blue Crabs and American Lobsters from the New York Bight (1988)
- A Study of Dioxin in Aquatic Animals and Sediments (1985)
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- Risk Communication Studies
- What NJDEP Managers and Staff Think About Communicating with the Public, and Improving Agency Infrastructure for Supporting Program Communications (2006)
- Establishing Dialogue: Planning for Success : A Guide to Effective Communication Planning (1992)
- Outrage and Technical Detail: The Impact of Agency Behavior on Community Risk Perception (1992)
- Risk Communication Studies
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- Governing with the Future in Mind Reports
- Governing with the Future in Mind (2001)
- NJ Environmental Indicators Technical Report (2001)
- Living with the Future in Mind: Sustainable State (2000)
- New Jersey’s Environment
- Governing with the Future in Mind Reports
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