Sergi Diez

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Country: Spain

Publications

  1. ncbi Prenatal and early childhood exposure to mercury and methylmercury in Spain, a high-fish-consumer country
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
    Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 56:615-22. 2009
  2. ncbi Total mercury in the hair of children by combustion atomic absorption spectrometry (Comb-AAS)
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Geology Department, ICTJA CSIC, Lluis Solé Sabarís, S N, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    J Anal Toxicol 31:144-9. 2007
  3. ncbi Hair mercury levels in an urban population from southern Italy: fish consumption as a determinant of exposure
    Sergi Diez
    Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA CSIC, Lluís Solé i Sabarís, S N, E 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Int 34:162-7. 2008
  4. ncbi Determination of Hg and organomercury species following SPME: a review
    Sergi Diez
    Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA CSIC, Lluís Solé i Sabarís, S N, E 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Talanta 77:21-7. 2008
  5. ncbi Methylmercury levels and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web of a highly mercury-contaminated reservoir
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26 E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Int 37:1213-8. 2011
  6. ncbi Assessment of mercury and methylmercury pollution with zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Ebro River (NE Spain) impacted by industrial hazardous dumps
    Luis Carrasco
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Sci Total Environ 407:178-84. 2008
  7. ncbi Simultaneous determination of methyl- and ethyl-mercury by solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography atomic fluorescence detection
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    J Chromatogr A 1216:8828-34. 2009
  8. ncbi Are native naiads more tolerant to pollution than exotic freshwater bivalve species? An hypothesis tested using physiological responses of three species transplanted to mercury contaminated sites in the Ebro River (NE, Spain)
    Melissa Faria
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Chemosphere 81:1218-26. 2010
  9. ncbi Patterns of mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation in fish species downstream of a long-term mercury-contaminated site in the lower Ebro River (NE Spain)
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Chemosphere 84:1642-9. 2011
  10. ncbi Physiological responses to mercury in feral carp populations inhabiting the low Ebro River (NE Spain), a historically contaminated site
    Anna Navarro
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain
    Aquat Toxicol 93:150-7. 2009

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Prenatal and early childhood exposure to mercury and methylmercury in Spain, a high-fish-consumer country
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
    Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 56:615-22. 2009
    ..Overall, we conclude that levels of mercury in Spain are among the highest in the non-exposed populations probably because of the relatively high fish consumption...
  2. ncbi Total mercury in the hair of children by combustion atomic absorption spectrometry (Comb-AAS)
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Geology Department, ICTJA CSIC, Lluis Solé Sabarís, S N, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    J Anal Toxicol 31:144-9. 2007
    ..1 microg of methylmercury per kilogram body weight set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
  3. ncbi Hair mercury levels in an urban population from southern Italy: fish consumption as a determinant of exposure
    Sergi Diez
    Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA CSIC, Lluís Solé i Sabarís, S N, E 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Int 34:162-7. 2008
    ..However, the THg limits in our subjects were not exceeded according to the WHO guidelines, which use a benchmark dose of 0.23 microg Hg/kg bw/day (14 microg Hg/g maternal hair)...
  4. ncbi Determination of Hg and organomercury species following SPME: a review
    Sergi Diez
    Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA CSIC, Lluís Solé i Sabarís, S N, E 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Talanta 77:21-7. 2008
    ..The variables usually evaluated along the methodology to improve the sensitivity of the SPME, such as sampling size, stirring procedures and sampling temperature, polymer coating and thermal desorption have been reviewed...
  5. ncbi Methylmercury levels and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web of a highly mercury-contaminated reservoir
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26 E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Int 37:1213-8. 2011
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  6. ncbi Assessment of mercury and methylmercury pollution with zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Ebro River (NE Spain) impacted by industrial hazardous dumps
    Luis Carrasco
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Sci Total Environ 407:178-84. 2008
    ..The MeHg/THg ratio was ca. 60% (range: 50-80%). A comparison of similar size classes clearly indicated the hot spots of Hg bioavailability to the aquatic food web and downstream transport...
  7. ncbi Simultaneous determination of methyl- and ethyl-mercury by solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography atomic fluorescence detection
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    J Chromatogr A 1216:8828-34. 2009
    ..13 ng g(-1) for both, MeHg and EtHg. The developed analytical procedure was validated with a certified reference material (DORM-2) and applied to the determination of organomercury incurred in waterfowl egg and fish samples...
  8. ncbi Are native naiads more tolerant to pollution than exotic freshwater bivalve species? An hypothesis tested using physiological responses of three species transplanted to mercury contaminated sites in the Ebro River (NE, Spain)
    Melissa Faria
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Chemosphere 81:1218-26. 2010
    ..Our results support the hypothesis that naiad species might be more tolerant to pollution than exotic species...
  9. ncbi Patterns of mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation in fish species downstream of a long-term mercury-contaminated site in the lower Ebro River (NE Spain)
    Luis Carrasco
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Chemosphere 84:1642-9. 2011
    ..A number of factors may affect both the downstream transport and increased Hg bioavailability associated with suspended particulate matter (SPM) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)...
  10. ncbi Physiological responses to mercury in feral carp populations inhabiting the low Ebro River (NE Spain), a historically contaminated site
    Anna Navarro
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain
    Aquat Toxicol 93:150-7. 2009
    ..This study also demonstrates that apparently healthy fish populations may exceed the mercury contamination acceptable for human consumption...
  11. ncbi Butyltin occurrence and risk assessment in the sediments of the Iberian Peninsula
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034, Barcelona, Spain
    J Environ Manage 90:S25-30. 2009
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  12. ncbi Determinants of exposure to mercury in hair from inhabitants of the largest mercury mine in the world
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
    Chemosphere 84:571-7. 2011
    ..The intake of Hg through consumption of fish is an important parameter for Hg exposure; however, in the case of people living close to the hot spot, their levels are related to the highly Hg-impacted living environment...
  13. ncbi Methylmercury determination in biota by solid-phase microextraction matrix effect evaluation
    Luis Carrasco
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IIQAB CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    J Chromatogr A 1174:2-6. 2007
    ..The procedure developed was validated using dogfish muscle reference material NRCC DORM-2...
  14. ncbi Human health effects of methylmercury exposure
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IDAEA CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18 26, E 08034, Barcelona, Spain
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 198:111-32. 2009
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  15. ncbi Ferrous iron oxidation rates in the pycnocline of a permanently stratified lake
    Sergi Diez
    Ralph M Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 48 413, 15 Vassar Street, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    Chemosphere 66:1561-70. 2007
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  16. ncbi Pilot survey of a broad range of priority pollutants in sediment and fish from the Ebro river basin (NE Spain)
    Silvia Lacorte
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, IIQAB CSIC, Jordi Girona 18 26, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    Environ Pollut 140:471-82. 2006
    ..01 to 2331 microg/kg dry weight, and only OCs and PBDEs were accumulated in benthopelagic fish. Toxicological assessment was performed according to predicted environmental levels and revealed sites where adverse effects could occur...
  17. ncbi Survey of organotin compounds in rivers and coastal environments in Portugal 1999-2000
    Sergi Diez
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, IIQAB CSIC, Jordi Girona 18 26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Pollut 136:525-36. 2005
    ..Inputs in river waters are more related to (i) PVC leaching and (ii) industrial sources, in some cases discharged by municipal wastewaters...
  18. ncbi Occurrence and degradation of butyltins and wastewater marker compounds in sediments from Barcelona harbor, Spain
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IIQAB CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Int 32:858-65. 2006
    ..The high degradation index values obtained for LABs could indicate an improvement in the wastewater management reducing its recent discharge into the Barcelona harbor area...
  19. ncbi Influence of a modification of the petcoke/coal ratio on the leachability of fly ash and slag produced from a large PCC power plant
    Maria Izquierdo
    Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, CSIC, Lluis Sole Sabaris s n 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Sci Technol 41:5330-5. 2007
    ..However, with the exception of these elements, the addition of this secondary fuel did not drastically modify the bulk composition or the overall leachability of the resulting fly ash and slag...
  20. ncbi Determination of methylmercury in human hair by ethylation followed by headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-cold-vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry
    Sergi Diez
    Environmental Chemistry Department, IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
    J Chromatogr A 963:345-51. 2002
    ..764 +/- 0.732 microg/g for the population tested. The developed analytical method is simple, fast and a suitable procedure for the monitoring and screening of human exposure to methylmercury...