CEED has two strong Scientific Research Cores that coordinate investigator collaborations across departments within Rutgers and other NJ universities to address timely environmental health challenges. Across these cores, CEED researchers are evaluating a wide array of environmental risks posed by metals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), ozone, carbon dioxide, particulate matter (PM), including diesel exhaust and 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) dust, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), and chemical warfare agents.  We are expanding research efforts to assess micro- and nano-plastics, harmful algal bloom toxins and mycotoxins – all contaminants which are of importance to our communities and are anticipated to persist. In addition to their focus on long-standing and emerging environmental contaminants, the CEED research cores study factors that increase vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, including psychosocial stressors, socioeconomic status, social constructs, age, diet, sex, cumulative exposures, the built environment, and comorbidities.