ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS (NUTRIENT COMPETITORS)

The Foundation is interested in projects that evaluate the effects of environmental hazards on infants and young children. Applied research projects that document the impact of, or ameliorate effects of, environmental hazards on the growth and development of infants and young children are the focus of this area of interest.

Typical projects funded in this area of interest are:

University of Texas, Arlington

$50,000

 

Study of low iodine/high perchlorate intake effects on infants

 

 

 

University of Maryland

$99,741

 

Study of mercury levels in donor blood used for transfusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning." -Native American