EAGER: PPER Citizen Science-Based Monitoring Framework for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in New York State Lakes

在药品和个人护理产品中发现的一些化学品进入废物流，正在成为新出现的令人关切的污染物。 这个公民科学研究项目旨在开发一个教育和培训为基础的框架，以促进公民监测员调查在水生环境中出现的问题的污染物的普遍性。 该项目的研究人员正在与纽约的全州湖泊评估计划合作，招募和培训公民参与现场监测污染物清单上的一类化学品。 该团队还在探索参与公民科学项目如何提高公民对当地水质问题的理解和参与，该项目为公民、本科生和研究生提供跨学科的培训和教育，并开展其他形式的外联活动。该研究项目将公民科学纳入新出现的关注污染物研究，以收集有关污染物发生的所需数据。这些污染物在纽约湖。这项研究为公民科学研究提供了两个重要的见解：1）回答如何扩大已建立的公民科学水监测计划，以整合更具挑战性的数据收集和分析形式，如新出现的污染物的情况，以及，2）一个可扩展的框架，以公民为基础的污染物监测，可以通过其他水质监测计划。总的来说，该项目不仅收集了关于新出现的污染物的重要信息，而且还创造了一种可广泛用于改善湖泊和流域管理的监测方法。正在及时向公民监测员和项目伙伴通报新出现的污染物监测和风险评估结果，以促进有效参与和知识共享。

A number of chemicals found in pharmaceuticals and personal care products find their way into waste streams and are becoming contaminants of emerging concern. This Citizen Science research project aims to develop an educational and training-based framework to facilitate citizen monitors to investigate the prevalence of contaminants of emerging concerns in aquatic environments. The project researchers are working collaboratively with the Statewide Lake Assessment Program in New York to recruit and train citizens to participate in on-site monitoring a class of chemicals found on the list of contaminants. The team is also exploring how participation in the citizen science project enhances citizen understanding and engagement with local water quality problems, and the project provides interdisciplinary training and education for citizens and undergraduate and graduate students as well as with other forms of outreach activitiesThis research project integrates citizen science into contaminants of emerging concern research in order to collect needed data on the occurrence of these contaminants in New York lakes. This research offers two important insights into citizen science research: 1) answering how established citizen science water-monitoring programs can be scaled up to integrate more challenging forms of data collection and analysis, as in the case of contaminants of emerging concerns, and, 2) a scalable framework for citizen-based contaminant monitoring that can be adopted by other water quality monitoring programs. Overall, this project not only collects vital information on contaminants of emerging concerns but also creates a monitoring methodology that can be used widely to improve lake and watershed management. Results of contaminants of emerging concerns monitoring and risk assessment are being communicated to citizen monitors and project partners in a timely manner to promote effective participation and enable knowledge sharing.