Biomonitoring Legacy and Emerging Great Lakes Contaminants in Susceptible Great Lakes Populations

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-TS16-1601 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.161Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Feb 01, 2016Award Ceiling: $895,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Oct 16, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The purposes of this FOA is for the awardee to conduct a biomonitoring program to assess body burden of legacy contaminants and chemicals of emerging concern in susceptible Great Lakes populations in areas not monitored previously under CDC-RFA-TS10-1001 and CDC-RFA-TS13-1302 cooperative agreement programs. Determining which contaminants are getting into human populations informs public health officials and guides environmental public health action throughout the Great Lakes restoration process. Awardee will conduct the following activities during the project period: 1) conduct a biomonitoring program to assess exposure to legacy and emerging contaminants in a susceptible population(s) in the Great Lakes basin, particularly in those who are at higher exposure risk, 2) use the biomonitoring results to develop a plan guiding and advancing public health actions and safeguarding the people in their jurisdiction from harmful exposure, 3) conduct multi-level communication and outreaches to high-r...
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