2023
US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants
Levin R, Villanueva C, Beene D, Cradock A, Donat-Vargas C, Lewis J, Martinez-Morata I, Minovi D, Nigra A, Olson E, Schaider L, Ward M, Deziel N. US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 34: 3-22. PMID: 37739995, PMCID: PMC10907308, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00597-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
1,4-Dioxane as an emerging water contaminant: State of the science and evaluation of research needs
Godri Pollitt K, Kim JH, Peccia J, Elimelech M, Zhang Y, Charkoftaki G, Hodges B, Zucker I, Huang H, Deziel N, Murphy K, Ishii M, Johnson CH, Boissevain A, O'Keefe E, Anastas P, Orlicky D, Thompson DC, Vasiliou V. 1,4-Dioxane as an emerging water contaminant: State of the science and evaluation of research needs. The Science Of The Total Environment 2019, 690: 853-866. PMID: 31302550, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnalytical detectionHigh priority chemicalsChemical interactionWater contaminantsEnvironmental fateChlorinated solventsDioxanePriority chemicalsMaximum contaminant levelCommon adsorptionTreatment technologiesU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyContaminantsChemical characteristicsHuman health effectsContaminant levelsProbable human carcinogenEnvironmental Protection AgencyState maximum contaminant levelWidespread contaminationHealth effectsEffective public health policiesWater supplyRoute of exposureAdsorption
2016
Unconventional oil and gas development and risk of childhood leukemia: Assessing the evidence
Elliott EG, Trinh P, Ma X, Leaderer BP, Ward MH, Deziel NC. Unconventional oil and gas development and risk of childhood leukemia: Assessing the evidence. The Science Of The Total Environment 2016, 576: 138-147. PMID: 27783932, PMCID: PMC6457992, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWater contaminantsPotential water contaminantsMajority of compoundsWater pollutantsPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsHydraulic fracturing fluidsPollutantsAromatic hydrocarbonsAir pollutantsU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCompoundsEnvironmental Protection AgencyPotential air pollutantsPossible human carcinogenContaminantsChemicalsCarcinogenicity of compoundsLeukemia/lymphomaProtection AgencyChildhood leukemiaWaterButadieneBenzeneFracturing fluidOil