Areas of Expertise
Faculty and staff at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at UMass Lowell are experts in a wide range of topics and are available to speak with the media. To find the right spokesperson for your story, contact Cathy Crumbley, 978-934-2980.
Lowell Center staff and faculty have expertise in topics such as the following:
Alternatives Assessment
- Methodologies and practice of alternatives assessment
- Evaluating safer chemicals and materials
Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials
Health. safety, and environmental concerns
Chemicals Science and Policies
- Comprehensive chemicals policies
- International chemicals policies
- Policies to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals
- State chemicals policies
- The precautionary principle
Clean Technologies
Policies and approaches for promoting innovation and adoption of products, technologies, and processes that are safer, healthier, and more environmentally sound
Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- Environmental management systems in companies and public entities
Healthcare Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns
- Asthma risks in healthcare facilities
- Cleaning in healthcare facilities
- Mercury reduction in hospitals
- Preventing needlestick injuries
- Protecting safety and health of home healthcare workers
- Participatory programs to protect worker health and safety and the environment
- Selecting healthcare materials and products that are safer, healthier, and more environmentally sound.
Occupational Health and Safety
- Epidemiology of workplace injuries and diseases
- Policies and practices for safer, healthier workplaces
Preventing Disease from Hazardous Exposures
- Asthma prevention
- Environmental and occupational causes of cancer
Sustainable Products
- Sustainable children's products
- Sustainable product frameworks and design
