Tapwater exposures, residential risk, and mitigation in a PFAS-impacted-groundwater community

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2025, 27, 1368
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Exposures and potential health implications of contaminant mixtures in linked source water, finished drinking water, and tapwater from public-supply drinking water systems in Minneapolis/St. Paul area, USA

Kelly L. Smalling, Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Sarah M. Elliot, Jane de Lambert, Michael J. Focazio, Stephanie E. Gordon, James L. Gray, Leslie K. Kanagy, Michelle L. Hladik, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Elizabeth K. Medlock-Kakaley, Mary C. Cardon, Nicola Evans and Christopher P. Weis

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2023, 9, 1813
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Best Papers from 2020 published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Paige J. Novak, Kristopher McNeill and Peter J. Vikesland

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2021, 7, 1542
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The formation of furan-like disinfection byproducts from phenolic precursors

Marine Diana, Maria José Farré, Josep Sanchís, Rakesh Kanda, Mónica Felipe-Sotelo and Tom Bond

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2023, 9, 419
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Predicted aquatic exposure effects from a national urban stormwater study

Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Jason R. Masoner, Dana W. Kolpin and Stephanie E. Gordon

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2023, 9, 3191
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Composite toxicity assays for enhanced assessment of decentralized potable reuse systems

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Best Papers from 2020 published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Paige J. Novak, Kristopher McNeill and Peter J. Vikesland

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Best papers from 2020 published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Paige J. Novak, Kristopher McNeill and Peter J. Vikesland

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Chloramine Disinfection of Levofloxacin and Sulfaphenazole: Unraveling Novel Disinfection Byproducts and Elucidating Formation Mechanisms for an Enhanced Understanding of Water Treatment

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Molecules, 2024, 29, 396
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Iodide sources in the aquatic environment and its fate during oxidative water treatment – A critical review

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Water Research, 2022, 217, 118417
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Disinfection of Rainwater for Economic Purposes

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Sustainability, 2023, 15, 16121
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Forward-Looking Roadmaps for Long-Term Continuous Water Quality Monitoring: Bottlenecks, Innovations, and Prospects in a Critical Review

Yuankai Huang, Xingyu Wang, Wenjun Xiang, Tianbao Wang, Clifford Otis, Logan Sarge, Yu Lei and Baikun Li

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2022, 56, 5334
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Synergistic cytotoxicity of bromoacetic acid and three emerging bromophenolic disinfection byproducts against human intestinal and neuronal cells

Jiaqi Liu, Matthew Gibb, Sahar H. Pradhan and Christie M. Sayes

Chemosphere, 2022, 287, 131794
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Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water from the Tap: Variability in Household Calculated Additive Toxicity (CAT)

Berkley N. Anderson, Gabrielle P. Black and Thomas M. Young

ACS EST Water, 2024, 4, 3532
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Wrangling whole mixtures risk assessment: Recent advances in determining sufficient similarity

Julia E. Rager and Cynthia V. Rider

Current Opinion in Toxicology, 2023, 35, 100417
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Visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli by titanium dioxide anchored on natural pyrite

Masoud Moradi, Azra Naderi, Niloufar Bahari, Motahareh Harati, Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca and Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2022, 144, 109913
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Identification of Toxicity Forcing Agents from Individual Aliphatic and Aromatic Disinfection Byproducts Formed in Drinking Water: Implications and Limitations

Yuru Chen, Qiuhong Liang, Wenjie Liang, Wenlong Li, Yan Liu, Kexin Guo, Bo Yang, Xu Zhao and Mengting Yang

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 1366
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in United States tapwater: Comparison of underserved private-well and public-supply exposures and associated health implications

Kelly L. Smalling, Kristin M. Romanok, Paul M. Bradley, Mathew C. Morriss, James L. Gray, Leslie K. Kanagy, Stephanie E. Gordon, Brianna M. Williams, Sara E. Breitmeyer, Daniel K. Jones, Laura A. DeCicco, Collin A. Eagles-Smith and Tyler Wagner

Environment International, 2023, 178, 108033
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Trihalomentanes in Bottle Water And Fresh Water Fountains

Arzu ULVİ, Senar AYDIN and Mehmet Emin AYDIN

NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg., 2022
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Reaction of Amino Acids with Ferrate(VI): Impact of the Carboxylic Group on the Primary Amine Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanism

Valentin Rougé, Pham Thi Thai Ha Nguyen, Sébastien Allard and Yunho Lee

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 18509
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Combination of bacitracin-based flocculant and surface enhanced Raman scattering labels for flocculation, identification and sterilization of multiple bacteria in water treatment

Shixin Zhang, Xiaomin Tang, Huaili Zheng, Dongsheng Wang, Zongli Xie, Wei Ding and Xinyu Zheng

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 407, 124389
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Public and private tapwater: Comparative analysis of contaminant exposure and potential risk, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Paul M. Bradley, Denis R. LeBlanc, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael J. Focazio, Mary C. Cardon, Jimmy M. Clark, Justin M. Conley, Nicola Evans, Carrie E. Givens, James L. Gray, L. Earl Gray, Phillip C. Hartig, Christopher P. Higgins, Michelle L. Hladik, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Carrie A. McDonough, Elizabeth K. Medlock-Kakaley, Christopher P. Weis and Vickie S. Wilson

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Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water supply systems: A systematic review

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Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2021, 123, 102987
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Bottled water contaminant exposures and potential human effects

Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael J. Focazio, Nicola Evans, Suzanne C. Fitzpatrick, Carrie E. Givens, Stephanie E. Gordon, James L. Gray, Emily M. Green, Dale W. Griffin, Michelle L. Hladik, Leslie K. Kanagy, John T. Lisle, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Elizabeth K. Medlock–Kakaley, Ana Navas-Acien, David A. Roth, Paul South and Christopher P. Weis

Environment International, 2023, 171, 107701
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Toxicity of Haloacetonitrile Mixtures to a Normal Tissue-Derived Human Cell Line: Are They Additive, Synergistic, or Antagonistic?

Thilina K. Jayawardana, Aaron A. Goodarzi, Ebba U. Kurz, Tatek Temesgen and Susana Y. Kimura

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Tapwater Exposures, Effects Potential, and Residential Risk Management in Northern Plains Nations

Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael J. Focazio, Robert Charboneau, Christine Marie George, Ana Navas-Acien, Marcia O’Leary, Reno Red Cloud, Tracy Zacher, Sara E. Breitmeyer, Mary C. Cardon, Christa K. Cuny, Guthrie Ducheneaux, Kendra Enright, Nicola Evans, James L. Gray, David E. Harvey, Michelle L. Hladik, Leslie K. Kanagy, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Elizabeth K. Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Joshua F. Valder and Christopher P. Weis

ACS EST Water, 2022, 2, 1772
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Pilot-scale expanded assessment of inorganic and organic tapwater exposures and predicted effects in Puerto Rico, USA

Paul M. Bradley, Ingrid Y. Padilla, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael J. Focazio, Sara E. Breitmeyer, Mary C. Cardon, Justin M. Conley, Nicola Evans, Carrie E. Givens, James L. Gray, L. Earl Gray, Phillip C. Hartig, Christopher P. Higgins, Michelle L. Hladik, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Rachael F. Lane, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Carrie A. McDonough, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon Meppelink, Christopher P. Weis and Vickie S. Wilson

Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 788, 147721
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Evaluating regulatory scenarios to limit U.S. nationwide exposure to cytotoxic haloacetic acids

Eric S. Peterson, William J. Raseman, Benjamin D. Stanford, Gretchen M. Bruce, Heather Klintworth and David Reckhow

AWWA Water Science, 2023, 5
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Preferential Halogenation of Algal Organic Matter by Iodine over Chlorine and Bromine: Formation of Disinfection Byproducts and Correlation with Toxicity of Disinfected Waters

Chao Liu, Young-Hwan Shin, Xiao Wei, Mahmut S. Ersan, Elizabeth Wagner, Michael J. Plewa, Gary Amy and Tanju Karanfil

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2022, 56, 1244
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Chloramination of Nitromethane: Incomplete Chlorination and Unexpected Substitution Reaction

Jiaming Lily Shi, Euna Kim, Georgia B. Cardosa and Daniel L. McCurry

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 18856
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High-molecular-weight disinfection byproducts in simulated drinking water: characterization and identification via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Zi-Ang Zhang, Liangliang Han, Guang Huang, Peng Shi, Qing Zhou, Jingfan Qiu and Yang Pan

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New methods for identification of disinfection byproducts of toxicological relevance: Progress and future directions

Nicholas J.P. Wawryk, Caley B. Craven, Lindsay K. Jmaiff Blackstock and Xing-Fang Li

Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2021, 99, 151
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Assessing Additivity of Cytotoxicity Associated with Disinfection Byproducts in Potable Reuse and Conventional Drinking Waters

Stephanie S. Lau, Xiao Wei, Katherine Bokenkamp, Elizabeth D. Wagner, Michael J. Plewa and William A. Mitch

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020, 54, 5729
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Formation and Fate of Nitromethane in Ozone-Based Water Reuse Processes

Jiaming Lily Shi, Sophia L. Plata, Marco Kleimans, Amy E. Childress and Daniel L. McCurry

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2021, 55, 6281
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Kinetic and mechanistic understanding of chlorite oxidation during chlorination: Optimization of ClO2 pre-oxidation for disinfection byproduct control

Valentin Rougé, Yunho Lee, Urs von Gunten and Sébastien Allard

Water Research, 2022, 220, 118515
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Is Genotoxicity Associated with Disinfection Byproducts in Potable Reuse and Conventional Drinking Water Additive?

Stephanie S. Lau, Tyler Tang, Lubna Odeh, Katherine Bokenkamp, Elizabeth D. Wagner, Michael J. Plewa and William A. Mitch

Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2023, 10, 1075
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Zerovalent Iron/Cu Combined Degradation of Halogenated Disinfection Byproducts and Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship Modeling

Yan Liu, Jianfa Gao, Qingyao Zhu, Xi Zhou, Wenhai Chu, Jingxiong Huang, Changkun Liu, Bo Yang and Mengting Yang

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 11241
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Solid-Phase Reactivity-Directed Extraction (SPREx): An Alternative Approach for Simultaneous Extraction, Identification, and Prioritization of Toxic Electrophiles Produced in Water Treatment Applications

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High-molecular-weight by-products of chlorine disinfection

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Drivers of Disinfection Byproduct Cytotoxicity in U.S. Drinking Water: Should Other DBPs Be Considered for Regulation?

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Juxtaposition of intensive agriculture, vulnerable aquifers, and mixed chemical/microbial exposures in private-well tapwater in northeast Iowa

Paul M. Bradley, Dana W. Kolpin, Darrin A. Thompson, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Sara E. Breitmeyer, Mary C. Cardon, David M. Cwiertny, Nicola Evans, R. William Field, Michael J. Focazio, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Carrie E. Givens, James L. Gray, Gordon L. Hager, Michelle L. Hladik, Jonathan N. Hofmann, Rena R. Jones, Leslie K. Kanagy, Rachael F. Lane, R. Blaine McCleskey, Danielle Medgyesi, Elizabeth K. Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Michael T. Meyer, Diana A. Stavreva and Mary H. Ward

Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 868, 161672
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Private, public, and bottled drinking water: Shared contaminant-mixture exposures and effects challenge

Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Stephanie E. Gordon, Bradley J. Huffman, Katie Paul Friedman, Daniel L. Villeneuve, Brett R. Blackwell, Suzanne C. Fitzpatrick, Michael J. Focazio, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Ana Navas–Acien, Anne E. Nigra and Molly L. Schreiner

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Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues

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Anal. Chem., 2022, 94, 382
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