Research Poster!

Our internship has officially come to a close!

For my poster, I will be summarizing one of the experiments that we helped with in the air quality lab that involves the compounds that are emitted from crumb rubber, which is commonly used in turfs and playgrounds.

My poster will highlight two different brands of crumb rubber: Al's and TJB, and the different compounds that came off of each of them/which they share, and what kind of health effects these compounds are known to have on humans!

Some of the compounds that we found were very surprising--there were carcinogens and other really harmful compounds that could mess with your internal organs and skin. Even though the compounds are in very small doses and aren't really anything to worry about on their own, it's important to consider what other things emit those same compounds every day and how much exposure we get to them daily.

We already have data collected, and I've been editing the paragraphs for the different sections that I plan to include on the poster!

Overall, I will definitely miss working in the lab and talking to the people there (we won't be cutting new black wires anymore :( ) and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to participate!