University at Buffalo Professor of Chemistry Diana Aga and Lewiston-Porter High School teachers Michelle Hinchliffe and Colleen Glor have won a national science education award for their efforts to train student scientists to measure pharmaceutical contamination in Niagara County waterways.
Under the faculty members? watch, Lewiston-Porter juniors and sophomores are testing water from school water fountains, the Lewiston wastewater treatment plant and local streams, including the Niagara River.
Using methods Aga developed, the students are measuring pharmaceutical levels and checking for trends. They?re trying to figure out, for example, whether there?s a correlation between flu season and the presence of prescription drugs in water.
Aga, Hinchliffe and Glor are the 2012 recipients of the SETAC/Menzie Environmental Education Award, presented by the North America Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) to recognize programs that improve environmental science education, and environmental literacy and awareness among youth and the general public.
The award will be presented Nov. 11 at the SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif. The team will receive a plaque and a $1,000 gift from the Menzie Family, which the team plans to use toward future sampling and analysis of water samples.
?As high school teachers, we are extremely honored that our effort in advancing authentic science education is being recognized at such a distinguished level,? Glor said. ?We are also extremely grateful that Dr. Aga shares our enthusiasm and also recognized how important it is to make real-life scientific connections with our young students.?
Aga, an environmental chemist, has been a pioneer in recognizing the dangers that prescription drugs and personal care products pose to the health of waterways.
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