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Media Mentions: January 2023

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  1. Firefighters’ union mounts legal push against ‘forever chemicals’: ‘It stops now’

    January 31, 2023

    Diane Cotter eventually sent samples of the gear to Graham Peaslee of the University of Notre Dame, who was able to test the items for PFAS content.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  2. What to know about PFAS after Thinx underwear settles class-action lawsuit

    January 30, 2023

    An article published in 2020 by Sierra magazine first brought attention to the ingredients in Thinx products. The article's author, Jessian Choy, had Thinx menstrual underwear and a similar product from another brand tested by Dr. Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame, whose research focuses on PFAS.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Rapid plant evolution may make coastal regions more susceptible to flooding and sea level rise, study shows

    January 26, 2023

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have demonstrated this in a recent publication in Science.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. South Bend Fire Department makes updates to procedures to reduce Cancer risks

    January 21, 2023

    The smoke firefighters are up against today is more toxic than ever, according to Graham Peaslee, a Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  5. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms

    January 17, 2023

    The proposal, which federal officials expect to finalize in June, reflects a “fundamental shift in the way we think of species protection and conservation,” said University of Notre Dame biologist Jason McLachlan.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  6. How do rocky planets really form?

    January 12, 2023

    Over the past five years, the story has gotten even weirder as scientists—including a team led by Andrew Howard, professor of astronomy at Caltech; Lauren Weiss, assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame; and Erik Petigura, formerly a Sagan Postdoctoral Scholar in Astronomy at Caltech and now a professor at UCLA—have studied these exoplanets and made an unusual discovery: while there exists a wide variety of types of super-Earths, all of the super-Earths within a single planetary system tend to be similar in terms of orbital spacing, size, mass, and other key features. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. The moon beckons once again, and this time NASA wants to stay

    January 09, 2023

    “The time is now right to take a giant leap by using the moon to learn how to live off the land, thus enabling sustained human presence on Earth while stimulating a new sector of our economy,” Clive Neal, a professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, told the National Space Council in 2019. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.