Water Pollutants, Chemical

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A community-based evaluation of proximity to unconventional oil and gas wells, drinking water contaminants, and health symptoms in Ohio. 
  • A critical body residue approach for predicting persistent bioaccumulative toxicant effects on reproduction and population dynamics of meiobenthic copepods. 
  • A molecular-based approach for examining responses of eukaryotes in microcosms to contaminant-spiked estuarine sediments. 
  • A novel cyanide ion sensing approach based on Raman scattering for the detection of environmental cyanides. 
  • A randomised intervention trial to assess two arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh. 
  • A study of the effect of physical and chemical stressors on biological integrity within the San Diego hydrologic region. 
  • Access to drinking-water and arsenicosis in Bangladesh. 
  • Accumulation of PBDEs in stranded harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) from the Northeastern United States. 
  • Accumulation of atmospheric and sedimentary PCBs and toxaphene in a Lake Michigan food web. 
  • Acetate promotes microbial reductive debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A during the startup phase of anaerobic wastewater sludge bioreactors. 
  • Acute toxicities and hematological effects of two substituted naphthoquinones in channel catfish. 
  • Adsorption of clofibric acid and ketoprofen onto powdered activated carbon: effect of natural organic matter. 
  • Analysis of alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in the aquatic environment using liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry. 
  • Antioxidant Rescue of Selenomethionine-Induced Teratogenesis in Zebrafish Embryos. 
  • Antioxidant responses and oxidative stress in sheepshead minnow larvae exposed to Corexit 9500® or its component surfactant, DOSS. 
  • Application of Cobalt/Peracetic Acid to Degrade Sulfamethoxazole at Neutral Condition: Efficiency and Mechanisms. 
  • Application of a label-free, gel-free quantitative proteomics method for ecotoxicological studies of small fish species. 
  • Applications of capillary electrophoresis/laser-induced fluorescence detection to groundwater migration studies. 
  • Arsenic exposure of rural populations from the Rift Valley of Ethiopia as monitored by keratin in toenails. 
  • Arsenic exposure to drinking water in the Mekong Delta. 
  • Assessing Cancer Risk Associated with Aquatic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution Reveals Dietary Routes of Exposure and Vulnerable Populations. 
  • Assessing different mechanisms of toxicity in mountaintop removal/valley fill coal mining-affected watershed samples using Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Assessment of inorganic contamination of private wells and demonstration of effective filter-based reduction: A pilot-study in Stokes County, North Carolina. 
  • Association between arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and lead levels in private wells and birth defects prevalence in North Carolina: a semi-ecologic study. 
  • Beyond Selenium: Coal Combustion Residuals Lead to Multielement Enrichment in Receiving Lake Food Webs. 
  • Bioaccumulation and speciation of selenium in fish and insects collected from a mountaintop removal coal mining-impacted stream in West Virginia. 
  • Bioaccumulation and toxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes to benthic organisms at the base of the marine food chain. 
  • Biochemical and toxicopathic biomarkers assessed in smallmouth bass recovered from a polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated river. 
  • Biological assessment of bisphenol A degradation in water following direct photolysis and UV advanced oxidation. 
  • Biological assessments of a mixture of endocrine disruptors at environmentally relevant concentrations in water following UV/H2O2 oxidation. 
  • Biomonitoring recycled water in the Santa Ana River Basin in southern California. 
  • Biotic and abiotic interactions in aquatic microcosms determine fate and toxicity of Ag nanoparticles: part 2-toxicity and Ag speciation. 
  • Biotreatment of groundwater contaminated with MTBE: interaction of common environmental co-contaminants. 
  • Bottlenose dolphins as indicators of persistent organic pollutants in the western North Atlantic Ocean and northern Gulf of Mexico. 
  • CYP1B1 knockdown does not alter synergistic developmental toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes. 
  • Characterization and quantitative analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the aquatic environment using near-infrared fluorescence spectroscopy. 
  • Characterization of the recalcitrant CYP1 phenotype found in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) inhabiting a Superfund site on the Elizabeth River, VA. 
  • Characterizing the in vitro hepatic biotransformation of the flame retardant BDE 99 by common carp. 
  • Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral. 
  • Chirality affects aggregation kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes. 
  • Chronic dietary exposure to polystyrene microplastics in maturing Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Chronic microfiber exposure in adult Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Closing the Mass Balance on Fluorine on Papers and Textiles. 
  • Communicating Arsenic's Risks. 
  • Comparative Persistence of Engineered Nanoparticles in a Complex Aquatic Ecosystem. 
  • Comparative chronic liver toxicity of benzo[a]pyrene in two populations of the atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) with different exposure histories. 
  • Comparative toxicities of selected compounds to nauplii of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin and Artemia sp. 
  • Comparing alternative approaches to establishing regulatory levels for reproductive toxicants: DBCP as a case study. 
  • Comparison of electrokinetic properties of colloidal fullerenes (n-C60) formed using two procedures. 
  • Comparison of manufactured and black carbon nanoparticle concentrations in aquatic sediments. 
  • Compound- and mixture-specific differences in resistance to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and PCB-126 among Fundulus heteroclitus subpopulations throughout the Elizabeth River estuary (Virginia, USA). 
  • Contamination of rural surface and ground water by endosulfan in farming areas of the Western Cape, South Africa. 
  • Controls on groundwater nitrogen contributions from on-site wastewater systems in coastal North Carolina. 
  • Cost of Tolerance: Physiological Consequences of Evolved Resistance to Inhabit a Polluted Environment in Teleost Fish Fundulus heteroclitus. 
  • Creating a More Perennial Problem? Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Enhances and Sustains Saline Baseflows of Appalachian Watersheds. 
  • Crumbling Infrastructure and Learning Impairment: A Call for Responsibility. 
  • Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed. 
  • Cysteine-induced modifications of zero-valent silver nanomaterials: implications for particle surface chemistry, aggregation, dissolution, and silver speciation. 
  • Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus): heritability of altered expression and relationship to survival in contaminated sediments. 
  • Debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners BDE 99 and BDE 183 in the intestinal tract of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). 
  • Debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ether-99 (BDE-99) in carp (Cyprinus carpio) microflora and microsomes. 
  • Debromination of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) following dietary exposure. 
  • Deep Impact: Effects of Mountaintop Mining on Surface Topography, Bedrock Structure, and Downstream Waters. 
  • Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru. 
  • Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes after the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 
  • Detection of pharmaceuticals and other personal care products in groundwater beneath and adjacent to onsite wastewater treatment systems in a coastal plain shallow aquifer. 
  • Determination of HBCD, PBDEs and MeO-BDEs in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded between 1993 and 2003. 
  • Determination of steroid estrogens in wastewater by immunoaffinity extraction coupled with HPLC-electrospray-MS. 
  • Developmental and behavioral effects of embryonic exposure to the polybrominated diphenylether mixture DE-71 in the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Developmental exposure to a complex PAH mixture causes persistent behavioral effects in naive Fundulus heteroclitus (killifish) but not in a population of PAH-adapted killifish. 
  • Developmental toxicity and DNA damage from exposure to parking lot runoff retention pond samples in the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Developmental toxicity of the PBDE metabolite 6-OH-BDE-47 in zebrafish and the potential role of thyroid receptor β. 
  • Dietary CdSe/ZnS quantum dot exposure in estuarine fish: bioavailability, oxidative stress responses, reproduction, and maternal transfer. 
  • Dietary accumulation and metabolism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio). 
  • Differential developmental toxicity of naphthoic acid isomers in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos. 
  • Direct in situ measurement of dissolved zinc in the presence of zinc oxide nanoparticles using anodic stripping voltammetry. 
  • Discovery of 40 Classes of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Historical Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) and AFFF-Impacted Groundwater. 
  • Disinfection Byproducts in Rajasthan, India: Are Trihalomethanes a Sufficient Indicator of Disinfection Byproduct Exposure in Low-Income Countries? 
  • Dissolved Organic Matter Quality in a Shallow Aquifer of Bangladesh: Implications for Arsenic Mobility. 
  • Dissolved organic matter sources and consequences for iron and arsenic mobilization in Bangladesh aquifers. 
  • Distribution and fate of neutral alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in a sewage-impacted urban estuary. 
  • Dosing, Not the Dose: Comparing Chronic and Pulsed Silver Nanoparticle Exposures. 
  • Drained coastal peatlands: A potential nitrogen source to marine ecosystems under prolonged drought and heavy storm events-A microcosm experiment. 
  • Drinking water disinfection by-products and time to pregnancy. 
  • Early life co-exposures to a real-world PAH mixture and hypoxia result in later life and next generation consequences in medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Early zebrafish embryogenesis is susceptible to developmental TDCPP exposure. 
  • Effect of CYP1A inhibition on the biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene in two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus with different exposure histories. 
  • Effect-directed analysis of Elizabeth River porewater: developmental toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Effects of Natural Organic Matter Properties on the Dissolution Kinetics of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles. 
  • Effects of benzo[a]pyrene on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damage in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a creosote-contaminated and reference site. 
  • Effects of dietary exposure to the pyrethroid pesticide esfenvalerate on medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Effects of pharmaceutically active compounds on a mixed microbial community originating from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. 
  • Effects of selected pharmaceutically active compounds on the ammonia oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea. 
  • Effects of selected pharmaceutically active compounds on treatment performance in sequencing batch reactors mimicking wastewater treatment plants operations. 
  • Effects of temperature, salinity, and sediment organic carbon on methylmercury bioaccumulation in an estuarine amphipod. 
  • Electrochemical Transformations of Perfluoroalkyl Acid (PFAA) Precursors and PFAAs in Groundwater Impacted with Aqueous Film Forming Foams. 
  • Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities. 
  • Embryonic Fundulus heteroclitus responses to sediment extracts from differentially contaminated sites in the Elizabeth River, VA. 
  • Embryonic cardiotoxicity of weak aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists and CYP1A inhibitor fluoranthene in the Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Enhanced formation of disinfection byproducts in shale gas wastewater-impacted drinking water supplies. 
  • Environmental impacts of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee: an 18-month survey. 
  • Epidemiology. Ensuring safe drinking water in Bangladesh. 
  • Evaluating the impacts of triclosan on wastewater treatment performance during startup and acclimation. 
  • Evaluation of fish models of soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition. 
  • Evidence for Coal Ash Ponds Leaking in the Southeastern United States. 
  • Experimental and theoretical examination of surface energy and adhesion of nitrifying and heterotrophic bacteria using self-assembled monolayers. 
  • Exploring the hydraulic fracturing parameter space: a novel high-pressure, high-throughput reactor system for investigating subsurface chemical transformations. 
  • Exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products and pregnancy loss. 
  • Extraction and determination by gas chromatography of S,S,S-tri-n-butyl phosphorotrithioate (DEF) in fish and water. 
  • Factors Controlling the Risks of Co-occurrence of the Redox-Sensitive Elements of Arsenic, Chromium, Vanadium, and Uranium in Groundwater from the Eastern United States. 
  • Fate and transport of phosphate from an onsite wastewater system in Beaufort County, North Carolina. 
  • Fluoride exposure from groundwater as reflected by urinary fluoride and children's dental fluorosis in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley. 
  • Formulation and Validation of a Functional Assay-Driven Model of Nanoparticle Aquatic Transport. 
  • From icy roads to salty streams. 
  • Fundulus heteroclitus adapted to PAHs are cross-resistant to multiple insecticides. 
  • Genome-wide scan reveals signatures of selection related to pollution adaptation in non-model estuarine Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Genotoxicity in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a PAH-contaminated Superfund site on the Elizabeth River, Virginia. 
  • Geochemical evidence for possible natural migration of Marcellus Formation brine to shallow aquifers in Pennsylvania. 
  • Glyphosate induces benign monoclonal gammopathy and promotes multiple myeloma progression in mice. 
  • Groundwater quality and its health impact: An assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift. 
  • Halogenated carbazoles induce cardiotoxicity in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. 
  • Hepatic Responses of Juvenile Fundulus heteroclitus from Pollution-adapted and Nonadapted Populations Exposed to Elizabeth River Sediment Extract. 
  • Hydrocarbon-Rich Groundwater above Shale-Gas Formations: A Karoo Basin Case Study. 
  • Hypoxia inhibits induction of aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity in topminnow hepatocarcinoma cells in an ARNT-dependent manner. 
  • Identification of mitochondrial cytochrome P450 induced in response to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water and Domestic Wells from Production Well Stimulation and Completion Practices in the Pavillion, Wyoming, Field. 
  • Impacts of coal ash on methylmercury production and the methylating microbial community in anaerobic sediment slurries. 
  • Implementation of UV-based advanced oxidation processes in algal medium recycling. 
  • Importance of a nanoscience approach in the understanding of major aqueous contamination scenarios: case study from a recent coal ash spill. 
  • Imposex induction in the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta by three tin compounds. 
  • In vitro hepatic metabolism of 2,2',4,4',5-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 99) in Chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha). 
  • In vivo and in vitro debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) by juvenile rainbow trout and common carp. 
  • Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana-Part 2: Natural Sciences Review. 
  • Iodide, bromide, and ammonium in hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas wastewaters: environmental implications. 
  • Isotopic imprints of mountaintop mining contaminants. 
  • Joint acute toxicity of esfenvalerate and diazinon to larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). 
  • Knockdown of AHR1A but not AHR1B exacerbates PAH and PCB-126 toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. 
  • Lack of variation in voltage-gated sodium channels of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) exposed to neurotoxic algal blooms. 
  • Later life swimming performance and persistent heart damage following subteratogenic PAH mixture exposure in the Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA. 
  • Long-term transformation and fate of manufactured ag nanoparticles in a simulated large scale freshwater emergent wetland. 
  • Low level exposure to the flame retardant BDE-209 reduces thyroid hormone levels and disrupts thyroid signaling in fathead minnows. 
  • Managing wastewater from fracking, with Robert B. Jackson by Ahearn Ashley. 
  • Maternal transfer of nanoplastics to offspring in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A case study with nanopolystyrene. 
  • Measurement of flame retardants and triclosan in municipal sewage sludge and biosolids. 
  • Mechanisms of photochemistry and reactive oxygen production by fullerene suspensions in water. 
  • Mechanisms regulating mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review. 
  • Metabolism of PCBs by the deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsoni). 
  • Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing. 
  • Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degradation by a microbial consortium. 
  • Methylation of mercury by bacteria exposed to dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides. 
  • Microplastics in Small Waterbodies and Tadpoles from Yangtze River Delta, China. 
  • Microplastics in oysters Saccostrea cucullata along the Pearl River Estuary, China. 
  • Microvolume trace environmental analysis using peak-focusing online solid-phase extraction-nano-liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry. 
  • Mobility of Four Common Mercury Species in Model and Natural Unsaturated Soils. 
  • Mobilization of arsenic and other naturally occurring contaminants in groundwater of the Main Ethiopian Rift aquifers. 
  • Multiple stressors in the Sacramento River watershed. 
  • Nanoplastics Decrease the Toxicity of a Complex PAH Mixture but Impair Mitochondrial Energy Production in Developing Zebrafish. 
  • Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania. 
  • Naturally Occurring versus Anthropogenic Sources of Elevated Molybdenum in Groundwater: Evidence for Geogenic Contamination from Southeast Wisconsin, United States. 
  • Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. 
  • Net methylation of mercury in estuarine sediment microcosms amended with dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides. 
  • New tracers identify hydraulic fracturing fluids and accidental releases from oil and gas operations. 
  • Noble gases identify the mechanisms of fugitive gas contamination in drinking-water wells overlying the Marcellus and Barnett Shales. 
  • Noble gases: a new technique for fugitive gas investigation in groundwater. 
  • Nontarget Screening with High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in the Environment: Ready to Go? 
  • Normal versus abnormal structure: considerations in morphologic responses of teleosts to pollutants. 
  • Nutrient exports from watersheds with varying septic system densities in the North Carolina Piedmont. 
  • Occurrence and Sources of Radium in Groundwater Associated with Oil Fields in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. 
  • Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern in mussels (Mytilus spp.) along the California coast and the influence of land use, storm water discharge, and treated wastewater effluent. 
  • Odor and volatile organic compound removal from wastewater treatment plant headworks ventilation air using a biofilter. 
  • Origin of Flowback and Produced Waters from Sichuan Basin, China. 
  • Oxidant, mixed-function oxidase and peroxisomal responses in channel catfish exposed to a bleached kraft mill effluent. 
  • Parental dietary seleno-L-methionine exposure and resultant offspring developmental toxicity. 
  • Particle size distribution predicts particulate phosphorus removal. 
  • Perchlorate reduction by autotrophic bacteria attached to zerovalent iron in a flow-through reactor. 
  • Perchlorate reduction by autotrophic bacteria in the presence of zero-valent iron. 
  • Phosphate treatment by onsite wastewater systems in nutrient-sensitive watersheds of North Carolina's Piedmont. 
  • Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for humans orally exposed to chromium. 
  • Plastic pellets trigger feeding responses in sea anemones. 
  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in American eels (Anguilla rostrata) from the Delaware River, USA. 
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and hypoxia exposures result in mitochondrial dysfunction in zebrafish. 
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioaccumulation by meiobenthic copepods inhabiting a superfund site: techniques for micromass body burden and total lipid analysis. 
  • Post-mortem stability of blubber DLCs, PCB and tDDT in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). 
  • Potential impacts of leakage from deep CO2 geosequestration on overlying freshwater aquifers. 
  • Pre-drill Groundwater Geochemistry in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. 
  • Precipitation of mercuric sulfide nanoparticles in NOM-containing water: implications for the natural environment. 
  • Predictors of mitochondrial DNA copy number and damage in a mercury-exposed rural Peruvian population near artisanal and small-scale gold mining: An exploratory study. 
  • Predictors of use and consumption of public drinking water among pregnant women. 
  • Preparation of ultrafine magnetic biochar and activated carbon for pharmaceutical adsorption and subsequent degradation by ball milling. 
  • Private drinking water wells as a source of exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in communities surrounding a fluoropolymer production facility. 
  • Pseudopolarographic determination of Cd2+ complexation in freshwater. 
  • Pulmonary responses of mice, rats, and hamsters to subchronic inhalation of ultrafine titanium dioxide particles. 
  • Quantification of Mercury Bioavailability for Methylation Using Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Samplers. 
  • Quantification of homogentisate-1,2-dioxygenase expression in a fungus degrading ethylbenzene. 
  • Radium and barium removal through blending hydraulic fracturing fluids with acid mine drainage. 
  • Reducing atrazine losses: water quality implications of alternative runoff control practices. 
  • Reduction in urinary arsenic levels in response to arsenic mitigation efforts in Araihazar, Bangladesh. 
  • Reduction of hexavalent chromium by fasted and fed human gastric fluid. II. Ex vivo gastric reduction modeling. 
  • Regulated and unregulated halogenated disinfection byproduct formation from chlorination of saline groundwater. 
  • Relative Contributions of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Dissolved Copper to Cu Uptake Kinetics of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis) Embryos. 
  • Relative contributions of mercury bioavailability and microbial growth rate on net methylmercury production by anaerobic mixed cultures. 
  • Remobilization of residual non-aqueous phase liquid in porous media by freeze-thaw cycles. 
  • Removal of 2-MIB and geosmin using UV/persulfate: contributions of hydroxyl and sulfate radicals. 
  • Resistance to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity and associated bioenergetic consequences in a population of Fundulus heteroclitus. 
  • Resistance to teratogenesis by F1 and F2 embryos of PAH-adapted Fundulus heteroclitus is strongly inherited despite reduced recalcitrance of the AHR pathway. 
  • Respiration and osmoregulation of the estuarine crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): effects of the herbicide, alachlor. 
  • Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. 
  • River transport of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru. 
  • Science and regulation. Mountaintop mining consequences. 
  • Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance. 
  • Second moment method for evaluating human health risks from groundwater contaminated by trichloroethylene. 
  • Sediment quality guidelines: challenges and opportunities for improving sediment management. 
  • Selenium Ecotoxicology in Freshwater Lakes Receiving Coal Combustion Residual Effluents: A North Carolina Example. 
  • Selenium speciation in coal ash spilled at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston site. 
  • Silver nanoparticle toxicity is related to coating materials and disruption of sodium concentration regulation. 
  • Silver toxicity across salinity gradients: the role of dissolved silver chloride species (AgCl x ) in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and medaka (Oryzias latipes) early life-stage toxicity. 
  • Similarities between inorganic sulfide and the strong Hg(II)-complexing ligands in municipal wastewater effluent. 
  • Single-walled carbon nanotube transport in representative municipal solid waste landfill conditions. 
  • Spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inferred from stable isotopes and priority organic pollutants. 
  • Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining. 
  • Species-specific differences and structure-activity relationships in the debromination of PBDE congeners in three fish species. 
  • Stage sensitivity of medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs and embryos to permethrin. 
  • Stage-specific toxicity of cypermethrin to medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs and embryos using a refined methodology for an in vitro fertilization bioassay. 
  • Stream transport of iron and phosphorus by authigenic nanoparticles in the Southern Piedmont of the U.S. 
  • Strong hg(II) complexation in municipal wastewater effluent and surface waters. 
  • Structural and Hydrogeological Controls on Hydrocarbon and Brine Migration into Drinking Water Aquifers in Southern New York. 
  • Sublethal effects of chromium-VI in the Asian clam (Potamocorbula amurensis). 
  • Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. 
  • Synergistic induction of AHR regulated genes in developmental toxicity from co-exposure to two model PAHs in zebrafish. 
  • The Elizabeth River Story: A Case Study in Evolutionary Toxicology. 
  • The chlorinated AHR ligand 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) production during embryonic development in the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • The effects of model polysiloxane and fouling-release coatings on embryonic development of a sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) and a fish (Oryzias latipes). 
  • The geography of mercury and PCBs in North Carolina's local seafood. 
  • The healthy men study: an evaluation of exposure to disinfection by-products in tap water and sperm quality. 
  • The impact of coal combustion residue effluent on water resources: a North Carolina example. 
  • The role of CYP1A inhibition in the embryotoxic interactions between hypoxia and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and PAH mixtures in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Toxic actions of dinoseb in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos as determined by in vivo 31P NMR, HPLC-UV and 1H NMR metabolomics. 
  • Toxicity of methyl-tert-butyl ether to freshwater organisms. 
  • Toxicity of stormwater runoff after dormant spray application of diazinon and esfenvalerate (Asana) in a French prune orchard, Glenn county, California, USA. 
  • Toxicological effects of methylmercury on walleye (Sander vitreus) and perch (Perca flavescens) from lakes of the boreal forest. 
  • Transport and retention of colloidal aggregates of C60 in porous media: effects of organic macromolecules, ionic composition, and preparation method. 
  • Triphenyl phosphate-induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish: potential role of the retinoic acid receptor. 
  • Ultraviolet photolysis of chlorpyrifos: developmental neurotoxicity modeled in PC12 cells. 
  • Ultraviolet treatment and biodegradation of dibenzothiophene: Identification and toxicity of products. 
  • Unconventional oil and gas chemicals and wastewater-impacted water samples promote adipogenesis via PPARγ-dependent and independent mechanisms in 3T3-L1 cells. 
  • Understanding, managing, and minimizing urban impacts on surface water nitrogen loading. 
  • Uptake of silver nanoparticles and toxicity to early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): effect of coating materials. 
  • Uptake, tissue distribution, and toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Use of a novel sediment exposure to determine the effects of triclosan on estuarine benthic communities. 
  • Use of biological detection methods to assess dioxin-like compounds in sediments of Bohai Bay, China. 
  • Using laboratory-generated biosolids to evaluate the microbial ecotoxicity of triclosan in a simulated land application scenario. 
  • Using whole mount in situ hybridization to examine thyroid hormone deiodinase expression in embryonic and larval zebrafish: a tool for examining OH-BDE toxicity to early life stages. 
  • Utility of fur as a biomarker for persistent organic pollutants in Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). 
  • Validation and sensitivity of the FINE Bayesian network for forecasting aquatic exposure to nano-silver. 
  • Water Use and Management in the Bakken Shale Oil Play in North Dakota. 
  • Water consumption patterns in rural Bangladesh: are we underestimating total arsenic load? 
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  • Deshusses, Marc, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University Energy Initiative
  • Ferguson, P. Lee, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Nowacek, Douglas, Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Distinguished Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Duke University Energy Initiative