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Communication and outreach to the general public is critical to research impact.  Here are a few select media stores about our research efforts:

2017 Toxic Tires and Salmon (Tian et al., and related studies)

Science: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/common-tire-chemical-implicated-mysterious-deaths-risk-salmon

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/climate/salmon-kill-washington.html

LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-03/coho-salmon-tire-chemical

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/us/microplastics-tire-rubber-chemicals-killing-coho-salmon-scn/index.html

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/coho-salmon-pollution-car-tires-die-off

Popular Science: https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/coho-salmon-toxic-chemical-car-tires/

The Guardian (July 2022): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/25/tyre-dust-the-stealth-pollutant-becoming-a-huge-threat-to-ocean-life

Congressional/EPA Outreach (Oct. 2022):  https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/center-urban-waters-work-highlighted-us-epa-announces-36m-puget-sound-funding

2017 Engineered Hyporheic Zone Treatment (Peter et al.)

Scientific American (March 2022 Feature Story):  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-revive-a-river-restore-its-hidden-gut1/

2013 Science, Trenbolone Reversible Photohydration Mechanism (Qu et al.)

Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6153/1441.full

Nature:  http://www.nature.com/news/hormone-disruptors-rise-from-the-dead-1.13831

Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hormone-disruptors-rise-from-the-dead-like-zombies

Radio, Audio, and Television Media:

Ocean Protect Podcast (05/30/22): https://play.acast.com/s/ocean-protect/tyres-coho-salmon-kills-with-dr-ed-kolodziej

Oregon Public Radio “Think Out Loud” (12/7/20): https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/07/scientists-have-discovered-a-chemical-from-tires-is-killing-coho-salmon-in-the-puget-sound/

Zero Waste Countdown Podcast: https://zerowastecountdown.podbean.com/e/122-urban-salmon/