For this week's discussion please use our library to find a unique, relevant peer-reviewed primary research paper about pollution/hazardous materials of any sort! This can be air or water or soil based and can be research on the contaminant itself or on efficacy of policies. The paper must have been published in a scientific journal from the last 5 years and you must provide a link or attach a pdf of the paper to your post. Give an overview of the paper and explain why you selected this particular one. Be sure to touch upon policies & regulations that are either directly or indirectly implicated in this work. Provide any background the rest of us might need to understand the paper you picked.

Our goal is to see the depth and breadth of work being done in the area of hazardous materials and have a robust discussion about how this relates to policy.