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Wayne State University has received a five-year $11.3 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. This award was given to create a new Superfund Research Program, the Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research, or CLEAR. The center will be dedicated to understanding and mitigating adverse birth outcomes and serious developmental health problems that have been associated with urban environmental exposure to volatile organic chemicals. These pollutants are found on the sub surfaces of postindustrial cities like Detroit. CLEAR will provide new methods for assessment, testing and mitigation to help reduce toxic exposures and improve health outcomes. Headquartered on the Wayne State University campus, CLEAR will focus on Detroit as the principal study site.