Environmental Exposures in Underserved Southwest Populations (RFG1) News

This month, 49 speakers and 424 participants gathered at the 2026 National PFAS Conference held at the University of Arizona to discuss educational resources, connections and research-backed strategies relating to PFAS. Read more in this article.

The 2026 National PFAS Conference takes place June 8-10 at the University of Arizona, the fifth gathering in a series that began at Northeastern University in 2017. The conference, held every other year, is one of the few national conferences devoted entirely to PFAS, and one of the only ones designed around the people living with the contamination very closely.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center are conducting a clinical research trial with the Tucson Fire Department to evaluate whether an over-the-counter dietary supplement made from broccoli seed and sprout extracts can help the body detoxify and eliminate harmful chemical exposures that firefighters may encounter during their work.

People often come into contact with pesticides in everyday life without realizing it. Melissa Furlong talks about the long-term effects of pesticides and PFAS on human health.

As national debates intensify over bans on spreading biosolids on farmland, University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science researchers are leading a national effort to assess the true risk of PFAS contamination.

Ladd Keith was one of two people selected from the National Academy of Sciences to present at the annual Frontiers of Science Symposium, click to learn more.

More than 300 community leaders, organizers, researchers and engaged residents gathered on campus this month for a day of planning and action to mitigate and manage the negative impacts of extreme heat on a regional scale.

Airborne sensor shows that methane emissions from oil- and gas-producing areas can be five times higher than reported.