PFAS, Environmental Contamination, and Health
Abt Global offers comprehensive expertise in investigating and addressing the environmental and health
impacts of PFAS contamination.
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Environment & Energy
Environmental challenges are rarely solved by science or policy alone. Real progress requires scientific expertise to characterize the problem, modern data-driven analysis to develop feasible solutions, and technology and delivery experience to ensure solutions work in the real world.
Abt Global brings these capabilities together. For more than 40 years, we have proudly helped the U.S. Government and other partners protect human health and the environment through combinations of rigorous science, data-driven analysis, regulatory and policy support, and modern digital solutions.
Across air, water, chemicals, hazardous substances, natural resources, and environmental data systems, our teams deliver environmental insight, tools, and programs that help our partners meet today’s needs and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges.
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Our Approach and Results
Abt helps clients build and improve environmental programs, data systems, models, dashboards, regulatory analyses, and decision-support tools for air quality, drinking water, toxic chemicals, waste, natural resources, energy, and infrastructure. Our interdisciplinary teams integrate science, data and technology, and the operational realities to deliver trusted results.
Applied AI models to standardize off-site chemical transfer records for the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), boosting accuracy from 70 to 99 percent and reducing a year of manual review to just weeks.
Automated data analysis and quality assurance processes for EPA’s Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID), shifting the database to annual updates while slashing the cost of each release from $750,000 to under $100,000[.
Streamlined 17 enterprise applications and tools for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), improving geospatial routing for 10 million vessel trips a year, and strengthening data quality for 10 billion tons of cargo tracked in the nation’s flagship waterborne commerce report.
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Modernizing America’s Waterborne Commerce Intelligence
Abt’s partnership with USACE’s Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center strengthens America’s capacity to deliver reliable navigation data through AI-enabled waterborne commerce intelligence.
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Regulating Harmful Contaminants for Healthier Communities
Abt supported the EPA in developing and implementing data-driven regulations for hazardous chemicals—particularly carbon tetrachloride—helping turn scientific evidence into enforceable protections that reduce risks to workers, nearby communities, and the environment.
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From Exposure to Protection: Securing Safe Drinking Water
Abt helped the EPA develop data-driven regulations, treatment tools, and exposure models that strengthen protections against contaminants such as PFAS and lead, improving drinking water safety for millions of Americans.
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eGRID: Estimating Air Pollution Emission Rates for Power Generation in the United States
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is the preeminent source of data on the environmental characteristics of electric power generated in the United States. It’s based on available plant…
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Mitigating Pollution from Solid Waste
Since 2013, Abt Global has been assisting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in addressing air pollution in the solid waste sector under the auspices of the Global Methane Initiative.
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Spotlight On: PFAS, Environmental Contamination, and Health
Abt has extensive experience investigating and addressing the complex effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment and on human health.
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Enhancing the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process
TSPi designed, built, and implemented a central replacement case-management application, the Environmental Consultation Organizer (ECO), to handle submissions for consultations. The consultations can include the initial submission of project blueprints, feedback from NMFS, and more back-and-forth until final approval.
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Where Data Meets Discovery: A One Health Conversation with Adam Schaefer
Abt's Adam Schaefer joins Dr. Ginger Dixon on One Health Wednesdays to explore the science, systems, and leadership driving meaningful progress in One Health research.
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Spotlight On: Regulatory Development Support
For more than 35 years, Abt has delivered extensive regulatory support services to state and federal clients, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Coast Guard, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Regulating Harmful Contaminants for Healthier Communities
Abt supported the EPA in developing and implementing data-driven regulations for hazardous chemicals—particularly carbon tetrachloride—helping turn scientific evidence into enforceable protections that reduce risks to workers, nearby communities, and the environment.
Impact Brief
From Exposure to Protection: Securing Safe Drinking Water
Abt helped the EPA develop data-driven regulations, treatment tools, and exposure models that strengthen protections against contaminants such as PFAS and lead, improving drinking water safety for millions of Americans.
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2026 NEWMOA PFAS Conference
Abt brings PFAS data tools and decision support for agencies facing urgent questions on exposure, health, and environmental response.
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