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  1. ‘It’s Pretty Horrific but Fascinating Nonetheless.’ Inside the New Wave of Atomic Tourism.

    June 05, 2023

    “Whenever there is talk about nuking, people get interested in the atomic bomb,” said Michael Wiescher, a nuclear physicist at the University of Notre Dame who sees enrollment go up in his “Nuclear War” course when it’s in the news. His colleague Ani Aprahamian finds atomic tourism a curious phenomenon. “I’m a nuclear physicist and would find going to a test site fascinating in any case,” she said, “but perhaps it’s nostalgia or a desire to understand that drives others.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  2. Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster

    June 02, 2023

    Inhance late last year also began claiming that an April 2022 adjustment to its fluorination process reduced PFAS leaching to negligible levels. That was contradicted by a late 2022 peer-reviewed University of Notre Dame study of Inhance containers.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Six Institutions Invited To Join Association Of American Universities

    June 01, 2023

    University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., said, “our mission at Notre Dame is to be a preeminent research university, provide an unsurpassed undergraduate education and to have all we do informed by our Catholic mission. We are honored to be invited to join the AAU, heartened by the AAU board’s recognition of our progress as a research university, and we look forward to participating in this august organization.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. Marya Lieberman’s paper drug tests promote safety in low-resource settings

    April 30, 2023

    An estimated 10% of medical products in low- and middle-​income countries are either falsified or substandard, according to the World Health
    Organization. It’s particularly difficult in low-income regions to quickly and easily spot subpar medicines and identify their flaws.

    For years, chemist Marya Lieberman of the University of Notre Dame and her team have been developing analytical paper diagnostics

    Originally published in Chemical & Engineering News

  5. Mass. firefighters and their families are on the front lines of a battle with 'forever chemicals'

    April 19, 2023

    “I got one of the 6,000 emails she sent,” recalled Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame, who studies PFAS.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  6. Measures to spotlight health risks from PFAS in firefighter gear close to becoming Indiana law

    April 10, 2023

    But many firefighters and experts argue the standard set by that test is unreasonable. Among them is Graham Peaslee, a University of Notre Dame professor, who has used applied nuclear physics to measure and study PFAS in clothing, firefighter gear and various other materials.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. States Consider Banning Cosmetics Containing PFAS

    April 10, 2023

    A study by University of Notre Dame researchers released in 2021 found that more than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada were awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  8. Video on social media doesn’t show genetically modified mosquitoes

    March 21, 2023

    Nora Besansky, a biology professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in mosquitoes, notes mosquitoes only have one pair of wings while the insect in the video has two pairs.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  9. Going green with your self-care

    March 09, 2023

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame found PFAS, sometimes called "forever chemicals," in 52% of cosmetics. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  10. What to know about ‘forever chemicals,’ artificial turf, Phillies cancer deaths, and our story

    March 09, 2023

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame tested additional samples of the Vet’s turf, and also found the chemicals.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  11. Plastic containers may release forever chemicals into food

    March 09, 2023

    The University of Notre Dame has recently conducted a study to determine if products containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) could negatively impact human health. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  12. How we were able to test artificial turf from Veterans Stadium and what the tests showed

    March 09, 2023

    Reporters purchased these turf samples from four individual sellers on eBay, and had two pieces tested at the Lancaster, Pa., laboratory of Eurofins Scientific, an international group of 900 labs in 50 countries, and two samples at a lab at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  13. Food Is Being Contaminated by PFAS From Wrappers

    March 08, 2023

    “Not only did we measure significant concentrations of PFAS in these containers, we can estimate the PFAS that were leaching off creating a direct path of exposure,” said Graham Peaslee, professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Notre Dame and an author of the study.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  14. Field of Dread

    March 07, 2023

    “Once PFAS gets into [a person’s] blood, they circulate through all the organs,” said Graham Peaslee, a physicist at the University of Notre Dame who has spent years studying PFAS compounds.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  15. PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Turning Up in Menstrual Products. Here's What You Need to Know

    February 10, 2023

    “It assumes you have a lifetime of drinking water,” says Graham Peaslee, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, who is also active in PFAS research and whose lab conducts regular tests of products for the substances.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  16. Severe peanut allergy breakthrough by Indiana University and Notre Dame researchers

    February 10, 2023

    Professor Basar Bilgicer and his students have been hard at work on this project. It's one he's been invested in since 2008 and it's not a program that could've been rushed.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  17. The Power of Citizen Science

    February 02, 2023

    Choy decided to get the products tested herself. She sent samples of two brands to a lab at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana run by Graham Peaslee, PhD, a leading PFAS researcher.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  18. Experts and Advocates Testify in Support of Bill Protecting Marylanders from Dangerous PFAS in Common Pesticides

    February 02, 2023

    Two nationally renowned scientists are testifying and available for interviews before or after the hearing: Dr. Graham Peaslee, a nuclear chemist and a professor at Notre Dame who has been working on PFAS since 2014 and is now considered one of the world’s top experts.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.