{"678899":{"#nid":"678899","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech to study BioLab plume with National Science Foundation funding","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has received a rapid grant of more than $86,000 from the National Science Foundation to study air-monitoring data the university conducted during the BioLab incident in Rockdale County this fall. Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E deployed a mobile monitoring station at the city of Conyers\u0027 request shortly after the fire started on Sept. 29. The blaze lasted about two and a half weeks, created a plume of chemicals that wafted over the county and parts of metro Atlanta, and has prompted more than 20 class-action lawsuits blaming the company for illnesses and business closures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/huey-dr-greg\u0022\u003EProfessor Greg Huey\u003C\/a\u003E and his research group plan to calibrate and study the data, make it accessible to the public, identify as many compounds as possible that were in the plume, and prioritize reviews based on toxicity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2024\/12\/09\/georgia-tech-bio-lab-nsf-funding.html\u0022\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle.)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has received a rapid grant of more than $86,000 from the National Science Foundation to study air-monitoring data the university conducted during the BioLab incident in Rockdale County this fall. Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E deployed a mobile monitoring station at the city of Conyers\u0027 request shortly after the fire started on Sept. 29. The blaze lasted about two and a half weeks, created a plume of chemicals that wafted over the county and parts of metro Atlanta, and has prompted more than 20 class-action lawsuits blaming the company for illnesses and business closures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/huey-dr-greg\u0022\u003EProfessor Greg Huey\u003C\/a\u003E and his research group plan to calibrate and study the data, make it accessible to the public, identify as many compounds as possible that were in the plume, and prioritize reviews based on toxicity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2024\/12\/09\/georgia-tech-bio-lab-nsf-funding.html\u0022\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle.)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-12-16 16:42:06","changed_gmt":"2024-12-17 17:31:07","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11 Alive","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/conyers\/georgia-tech-study-biolab-chemical-fire-plume\/85-98c43a25-b504-461f-9747-fc509ed97ea3","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"193982","name":"BioLab"},{"id":"7011","name":"NSF grant"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"}],"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":""}}}