{"599312":{"#nid":"599312","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Chemists are uncovering how and why marine organisms synthesize flame-retardant-like molecules","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s another mystery provided by nature \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;chemical compounds found in the wild that\u0026nbsp;resemble man-made pollutants long banned by governments because of their toxicity to the environment. This story highlights the work done by scientists to discover how these compounds show up organically in oceans, and\u0026nbsp;what organisms might be involved in manufacturing those compounds. Identifying that process could help protect populations that rely on marine diets. The work includes recent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nchembio.2330\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/agarwal\/vinayak\u0022\u003EVinayak Agarwal\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-11-30 17:14:17","changed_gmt":"2017-11-30 17:18:49","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"tech tower staircase","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/articles\/95\/i42\/Chemists-uncovering-marine-organisms-synthesize.html","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"599313":{"id":"599313","type":"image","title":"Vinayak Agarwal","body":null,"created":"1512062142","gmt_created":"2017-11-30 17:15:42","changed":"1512062142","gmt_changed":"2017-11-30 17:15:42","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228481","name":"Vinayak Agarwal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vinayak%20Agarwal.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vinayak%20Agarwal.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":25782,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Vinayak%20Agarwal.jpg?itok=h8T0dhaw"}}},"media_ids":["599313"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"176374","name":"Vinayak Agarwal"},{"id":"11381","name":"pollutants"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}