Research conducted by Dr. Martin Shafer and Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) scientists “… have discovered key factors in predicting how and at what levels (copper and cadmium) harm the shoreline environment of the Great Lakes and what protective measures coastal organisms adopt in response. That’s allowed regulatory agencies … to refine tools to protect Great Lakes coastal regions from the metals.”
Most of the analyses for this research project were performed at the WSLH. The metals were analyzed in the Trace Elements Clean Laboratory and the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) assays were performed in the Environmental Toxicology Laboratory.
Read all about the project in the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center’s Chronicle.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also posted the story (4/4/14).