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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Nasal lavages as a tool for monitoring exposure to organic pollutants

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Miguel Velázquez-Gómez, Silvia Lacorte

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. A multi-residue method for GC-MS determination of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish and seafood from European and North African markets

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 5 September 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Abdelmonaim Azzouz, Laura Palacios Colón, Badredine Souhail, Evaristo Ballesteros

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Biomonitoring of populations in Western New York at risk for exposure to Great Lakes contaminants

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 27 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Sanghamitra S. Savadatti, Ming Liu, Cihan Caglayan, Julie Reuther, Elizabeth L. Lewis-Michl, Kenneth M. Aldous, Patrick J. Parsons, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Robert Rej, Wei Wang, Christopher D. Palmer, Amy J. Steuerwald, Wendy A. Wattigney, Elizabeth Irvin-Barnwell, Syni-An Hwang

      • Heavy Metals
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Integrated exposure assessment of northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings to legacy and emerging organic pollutants using non-destructive samples

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 19 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Nathalie Briels, Lene Norstrand Torgersen, Jose Maria Castaño-Ortiz, Mari Engvig Løseth, Dorte Herzke, Torgeir Nygård, Jan Ove Bustnes, Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski, Giulia Poma, Govindan Malarvannan, Adrian Covaci, Veerle Leontina Bernard Jaspers

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Exposure to chlorpyrifos at different ages triggers APOE genotype-specific responses in social behavior, body weight and hypothalamic gene expression

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 23 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Pia Basaure, Laia Guardia-Escote, Judit Biosca-Brull, Jordi Blanco, María Cabré, Fiona Peris-Sampedro, Fernando Sánchez-Santed, José L. Domingo, Maria Teresa Colomina

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. The influence of natural variation and organohalogenated contaminants on physiological parameters in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Norway

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 15 July 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Mari Engvig Løseth, Jørgen Flo, Christian Sonne, Anne Kirstine Havnsøe Krogh, Torgeir Nygård, Jan Ove Bustnes, Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Veerle L.B. Jaspers

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Investigation of pesticides and their transformation products in the Júcar River Hydrographical Basin (Spain) by wide-scope high-resolution mass spectrometry screening

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Eddie Fonseca, Arianna Renau-Pruñonosa, María Ibáñez, Emma Gracia-Lor, Teodoro Estrela, Sara Jiménez, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Martín, Francisco González, Félix Hernández, Ignacio Morell

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. An educational intervention on the risk perception of pesticides exposure and organophosphate metabolites urinary concentrations in rural school children in Maule Region, Chile

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 24 June 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): María Teresa Muñoz-Quezada, Boris Lucero, Asa Bradman, Kyle Steenland, Liliana Zúñiga, Antonia M. Calafat, María Ospina, Verónica Iglesias, María Pía Muñoz, Rafael J. Buralli, Claudio Fredes, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Spatiotemporal variations of organochlorine pesticides in an apex predator: Influence of government regulations and farming practices

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 20 June 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Pilar Gómez-Ramírez, Juan Manuel Pérez-García, Mario León-Ortega, José Enrique Martínez, José Francisco Calvo, José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata, Francisco Botella, Pedro María-Mojica, Emma Martínez-López, Antonio Juan García-Fernández

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Longitudinal study of age of menarche in association with childhood concentrations of persistent organic pollutants

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 21 June 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Kathleen R. Attfield, Susan M. Pinney, Andreas Sjodin, Robert W. Voss, Louise C. Greenspan, Frank M. Biro, Robert A. Hiatt, Lawrence H. Kushi, Gayle C. Windham

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Pesticide metabolite concentrations in Queensland pre-schoolers – Exposure trends related to age and sex using urinary biomarkers

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 11 June 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Yan Li, Xianyu Wang, Leisa-Maree L. Toms, Chang He, Peter Hobson, Peter D. Sly, Lesa L. Aylward, Jochen F. Mueller

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Human exposure to PFOS and mercury through meat from baltic harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 24 May 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Christian Sonne, Katrin Vorkamp, Anders Galatius, Line Kyhn, Jonas Teilmann, Rossana Bossi, Jens Søndergaard, Igor Eulaers, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Ursula Siebert, Rune Dietz

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Adverse effects of hexaclorobenzene exposure in children

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 27 March 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Lina Casadó, Juan Pedro Arrebola, Andrés Fontalba, Araceli Muñoz

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Organophosphate hydrolase conjugated UiO-66-NH2 MOF based highly sensitive optical detection of methyl parathion

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 19 April 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Jyotsana Mehta, Sarita Dhaka, Ashok K. Paul, Siddavattam Dayananda, Akash Deep

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Levels and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) from the southern Barents Sea

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: May 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 172

      Author(s): Stepan Boitsov, Bjørn Einar Grøsvik, Guri Nesje, Ketil Malde, Jarle Klungsøyr

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  16. The relationship of urinary 3-phenoxybenzoic acid concentrations in utero and during childhood with adiposity in 4-year-old children

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: May 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 172

      Author(s): Kyung-Shin Lee, Young Ah Lee, Yun Jeong Lee, Choong ho Shin, Youn-Hee Lim, Yun-Chul Hong

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  17. Prenatal exposure to the herbicide 2,4-D is associated with deficits in auditory processing during infancy

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: May 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 172

      Author(s): Monica K. Silver, Jie Shao, Mingyan Li, Chai Ji, Minjian Chen, Yankai Xia, Betsy Lozoff, John D. Meeker

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  18. Pesticide residues in Nepalese vegetables and potential health risks

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: May 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 172

      Author(s): Govinda Bhandari, Paul Zomer, Kishor Atreya, Hans G.J. Mol, Xiaomei Yang, Violette Geissen

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants