2024
Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells
Skalaban T, Thompson D, Madrigal J, Blount B, Espinosa M, Kolpin D, Deziel N, Jones R, Beane Freeman L, Hofmann J, Ward M. Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 919: 170922. PMID: 38350573, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximum contaminant levelUrinary nitrate concentrationDietary intakeNitrate concentrationsNitrate excretionNitrate exposureDietary nitrateDrinking waterDietary assessment toolsPrivate wellsAssociated with adverse health risksVulnerable to nitrate contaminationWater nitrate concentrationsNitrate ingestionAdverse health risksAgricultural Health StudyDrinking water intakeMedian intakeProspective cohortUrinary nitrateDietary nitrate ingestionContamination levelsNitrate contaminationNitrate intakeHealth Study
2020
Comparing spatial exposure surrogates with detections and concentrations of unconventional oil and gas-related chemicals in residential drinking water
Clark C, Xiong B, Gutchess K, Ryan E, Siegel H, Cassell K, Soriano Jr M, Elliott E, Li Y, Brenneis R, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Comparing spatial exposure surrogates with detections and concentrations of unconventional oil and gas-related chemicals in residential drinking water. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2020, 2020 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2020.virtual.p-1263.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Phthalate Exposure from Drinking Water in Romanian Adolescents
Sulentic RO, Dumitrascu I, Deziel NC, Gurzau AE. Phthalate Exposure from Drinking Water in Romanian Adolescents. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2018, 15: 2109. PMID: 30257478, PMCID: PMC6209931, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15102109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary phthalate metabolite concentrationsPhthalate metabolite concentrationsChronic low-level exposureAdverse health outcomesLow-level exposureDifferent exposure measuresPhthalate exposurePhthalate metabolitesMunicipal drinking waterUrinary metabolitesHealth outcomesSignificant associationHigher maximum concentrationUrine samplesConsumer product usePotential health risksAdolescent groupExposure sourcesExposure measuresDrinking waterExposure determinantsProduct useMetabolite concentrations
2016
A systematic evaluation of chemicals in hydraulic-fracturing fluids and wastewater for reproductive and developmental toxicity
Elliott EG, Ettinger AS, Leaderer BP, Bracken MB, Deziel NC. A systematic evaluation of chemicals in hydraulic-fracturing fluids and wastewater for reproductive and developmental toxicity. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2016, 27: 90-99. PMID: 26732376, DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.81.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWater quality standardsFederal water quality standardsQuality standardsHuman health impactsNatural gas developmentEnvironmental concentrationsHundreds of substancesDevelopmental toxicityReprotox databasesHuman exposureToxicity informationGas developmentExposure assessmentIncorporation of dataHealth StudyHealth impactsSystematic screening approachHydraulic-fracturing fluidsChemical Abstract Service Registry NumbersCandidate analytesChemicalsDrinking waterLikely etiologic agentWastewaterUnconventional oil