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Paine Students Remove Harmful Environmental Chemicals with Dept. of Energy Grant

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Undergraduate biology students at Paine College are working with the Department of Energy to remove harmful elements from the environment, thanks to a grant from the federal agency’s Office of Environmental Management.

More than 40 students have received training and on analysis software and research standards to remove bad material from sand and soil. The project will assist the DOE in removing materials from the environment created over years of nuclear development.

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