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Biodegradation of polyfluoroalkyl phosphates as a source of perfluorinated acids to the environmentHolly Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 44:3305-10. 2010..This observation, together with the diPAP concentrations observed in WWTP sludge, suggest PAPs-containing commercial products may be a significant contributor to the increased PFCA mass flows observed in WWTP effluents...- Atmospheric chemistry of 4:2 fluorotelomer iodide (n-C4F9CH2CH2I): kinetics and products of photolysis and reaction with OH radicals and Cl atomsCora J Young
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
J Phys Chem A 112:13542-8. 2008..A mechanism for the atmospheric oxidation of fluorotelomer iodides, (C(x)F(2x+1)CH(2)CH(2)I, where x = 2, 4, 6,...) is proposed. Atmospheric oxidation of fluorotelomer iodides is a potential source of perfluorocarboxylic acids... - Distribution of perfluorocarboxylate isomers in select samples from the North American environmentAmila O De Silva
University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1801-14. 2009..The presence of longer-chain isopropyl isomers may be preliminary evidence of isopropyl fluorinated organic precursors... 
Spatial trends of perfluoroalkyl compounds in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from the Canadian ArcticCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 27:542-53. 2008..After adjusting for delta13C values, concentrations of most PFCs generally were statistically greater in the Grise Fiord, Qikiqtarjuaq, Arviat, and Nain populations...- Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in a food web from Lake OntarioJonathan W Martin
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:5379-85. 2004.... - Perfluorinated phosphonic acids in Canadian surface waters and wastewater treatment plant effluent: discovery of a new class of perfluorinated acidsJessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:2101-7. 2009.... - Observation of a commercial fluorinated material, the polyfluoroalkyl phosphoric acid diesters, in human sera, wastewater treatment plant sludge, and paper fibersJessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 43:4589-94. 2009..DiPAPs were observed in paper fiber extracts at concentrations ranging from 34 +/- 30 to 2200 +/- 400 ng/g. The high diPAP concentrations in WWTP sludge suggest PAP materials may be prevalent in our daily lives... - Prevalence of long-chained perfluorinated carboxylates in seabirds from the Canadian Arctic between 1975 and 2004Craig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:3521-8. 2007..Finally, the detection of the 8:2 and 10:2 FTUCAs in seabirds is suggestive of fluorotelomer alcohols as a source of some PFCAs... - Atmospheric degradation of perfluoro-2-methyl-3-pentanone: photolysis, hydrolysis and hydrationDerek A Jackson
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 45:8030-6. 2011..The atmospheric fate of PFMP seems to be direct photolysis which, under low NO(x) conditions, gives PFPrA in a small yield. PFMP degradation contributes to, but does not appear to be the major source of, PFPrA observed in rainwater... - Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: evidence of atmospheric transport and local contaminationNaomi L Stock
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:3529-36. 2007..1 to 5.9 pg/m3). In addition, results of this study also indicate that local perfluoroalkyl contamination of Resolute Lake, which is located downstream of an airport wastewater input, has occurred... - Organochlorine compounds in Lake Superior: chiral polychlorinated biphenyls and biotransformation in the aquatic food webCharles S Wong
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:84-92. 2004..This result suggests that significant biotransformation may occur for metabolizable PCB congeners over the lifespan of these biota. This study highlights the potential of chiral analysis to study biotransformation processes in food webs... - Temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl compounds with isomer analysis in lake trout from Lake Ontario (1979-2004)Vasile I Furdui
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 42:4739-44. 2008..However, the most recent samples, comprised almost exclusively of linear isomers, indicate that current PFCA sources to Lake Ontario result from the telomerization process of linear telogens... - Assessing the structure-activity relationships of fluorotelomer unsaturated acids and aldehydes with glutathione. Reactivity of glutathione with fluorotelomer unsaturated acids and aldehydesAmy A Rand
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
Cell Biol Toxicol 28:115-24. 2012..This is the first study to examine the relationship of FTUCAs and FTUALs with biological nucleophiles by quantifying their intrinsic reactivity... - Atmospheric lifetime and global warming potential of a perfluoropolyetherCora J Young
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 40:2242-6. 2006..PFPMIE was shown to have instantaneous radiative forcing of 0.65 W m(-2) ppb(-1), which corresponds to a global warming potential on a 100 year time scale of 9000 relative to CO2 and 1.95 relative to CFC-11... - Atmospheric chemistry of 4:2 fluorotelomer acrylate [C4F9CH2CH2OC(O)CH=CH2]: kinetics, mechanisms, and products of chlorine-atom- and OH-radical-initiated oxidationCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, 80 St George Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
J Phys Chem A 113:3155-61. 2009..The atmospheric oxidation of fluorotelomer acrylates is a potential source of perfluorinated carboxylic acids in remote locations... - Rapid response of Arctic ringed seals to changes in perfluoroalkyl productionCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:42-9. 2007..Further, the relatively short doubling times of the PFCAs and PFOS disappearance half-lives support the hypothesis of atmospheric transport as the main transport mechanism of PFCs to the arctic environment... - Poly and perfluorinated carboxylates in North American precipitationBrian F Scott
Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 40:7167-74. 2006..S. sites indicate highly populated urban areas in the New York to Washington corridor as the main sources of PFOA, although low PFOA levels associated with air masses coming off the Atlantic Ocean imply multiple sources... - Atmospheric chemistry of N-methyl perfluorobutane sulfonamidoethanol, C4F9SO2N(CH3)CH2CH2OH: kinetics and mechanism of reaction with OHMichael D Hurley
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 40:1862-8. 2006.... - Analysis for perfluorocarboxylic acids/anions in surface waters and precipitation using GC--MS and analysis of PFOA from large-volume samplesBrian F Scott
Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, Aquatic Ecosystem Protection, Research Branch, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6
Environ Sci Technol 40:6405-10. 2006..01 ng/L. This method was applied to Lake Superior samples which produced good agreement for C6-C9 PFCAs between regular analysis (GC-MS) and the XAD-7 followed by GC-MS analysis... - Trace level determination of perfluorinated compounds in water by direct injectionVasile I Furdui
University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Chemosphere 73:S24-30. 2008..Both PFOS and PFOA were present at less than 10 ng l(-1) in all Great Lake samples. Higher levels were detected in tributaries of Lake Ontario and effluents from sewage treatment plants... - Isomer distribution of perfluorocarboxylates in human blood: potential correlation to sourceAmila O De Silva
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 40:2903-9. 2006..Predominance of linear PFCA isomers and the [even PFCA] > [odd PFCA] concentration trend in blood is suggestive of additional input from a strictly linear perfluoroalkyl source... - Isolating isomers of perfluorocarboxylates in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from two geographical locationsAmila O De Silva
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 38:6538-45. 2004..However, in comparison to the amount of branched isomers in the ECF PFOA standard, such minor percentages of branched PFCAs may suggest additional input from an exclusively linear isomer source... - Vapor pressures of the fluorinated telomer alcohols--limitations of estimation methodsNaomi L Stock
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:1693-9. 2004..It appears likely that the unique molecular geometry of the FTOHs influences not only their vapor pressure but also other physical properties and hence environmental fate and dissemination... - Elucidating the pathways of poly- and perfluorinated acid formation in rainbow troutCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 44:4973-80. 2010..Alternatively PFOA could be formed directly through the beta-oxidation of the 7:3 beta-keto acid... - Determining the molecular interactions of perfluorinated carboxylic acids with human sera and isolated human serum albumin using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyJessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:1678-88. 2010..Interactions between PFCAs and HSA may affect the pharmacokinetics and distribution of fatty acids and certain drugs in the human body and warrant further investigation... - Biotransformation of the 8:2 fluorotelomer acrylate in rainbow trout. 2. In vitro incubations with liver and stomach S9 fractionsCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:2736-41. 2010..These trends demonstrate the potential for considerable extrahepatic metabolism of the 8:2 FTAc before uptake into the internal tissues, ultimately limiting the overall bioaccumulation... - Spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl contaminants in lake trout from the Great LakesVasile I Furdui
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 41:1554-9. 2007..The 10:2 FTUCA was detected only in 9% of all samples (nd, 45 pg g(-1)). For those PFCs where we determined lake water concentrations, the highest log BAFs were calculated for PFOS (4.1), PFDA (3.9), and PFOSA (3.8)... - Biotransformation of the 8:2 fluorotelomer acrylate in rainbow trout. 1. In vivo dietary exposureCraig M Butt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:2726-35. 2010..The results of the current study demonstrated a scenario in which a biologically labile compound is biotransformed to terminal metabolites that are much more biologically persistent... - Fate of fluorotelomer acids in a soil-water microcosmAnne L Myers
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:1689-95. 2010..The observed reactivity and lability of these analytes may contribute to the low levels of FTCAs detected in environmental samples... - Degradation of fluorotelomer alcohols: a likely atmospheric source of perfluorinated carboxylic acidsDavid A Ellis
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 38:3316-21. 2004..Such reactions are expected to occur during the atmospheric degradation of all polyfluorinated materials, necessitating a reexamination of the environmental fate and impact of this important class of industrial chemicals... - Identification of long-chain perfluorinated acids in biota from the Canadian ArcticJonathan W Martin
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Lash Miller Building, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:373-80. 2004..Future studies should continue to monitor all fluorinated contaminants and examine the absolute and relative toxicities for this novel suite of PFCAs... - Polyfluorinated telomer alcohols and sulfonamides in the North American troposphereNaomi L Stock
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:991-6. 2004..The nonuniform nature of the spatial distribution of both polyfluorinated sulfonamides and FTOHs is indicative of the importance of point sources for the dissemination of these contaminants in the North American troposphere... - Disposition of perfluorinated acid isomers in Sprague-Dawley rats; part 2: subchronic doseAmila O De Silva
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:555-67. 2009.... - Aquatic persistence of eight pharmaceuticals in a microcosm studyMonica W Lam
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 23:1431-40. 2004..Observed photoproducts of several of the pharmaceuticals remained photoreactive, which led to further degradation in irradiated surface waters... - Dietary bioaccumulation of perfluorophosphonates and perfluorophosphinates in juvenile rainbow trout: evidence of metabolism of perfluorophosphinatesHolly Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 46:3489-97. 2012..As was previously observed for PFCAs and PFSAs, none of the BMFs determined here for the PFPAs and PFPiAs were greater than one, which suggests PFAAs do not biomagnify from dietary exposure in juvenile rainbow trout... - In vitro interactions of biological nucleophiles with fluorotelomer unsaturated acids and aldehydes: fate and consequencesAmy A Rand
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 46:7398-406. 2012..This is the first study to probe the reactivity of FTUALs and FTUCAs with nucleophiles other than glutathione, further elucidating possible FTUAL and FTUCA fate within biological systems... - Is indirect exposure a significant contributor to the burden of perfluorinated acids observed in humans?Jessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
Environ Sci Technol 45:7974-84. 2011.... - Toxicokinetics of perfluorocarboxylate isomers in rainbow troutAmila O De Silva
University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:330-7. 2009..As such, the toxicokinetics of PFCA isomers at environmentally realistic levels may deviate from the results of the present study... - Paint solvent to food additive: an environmental route of dehalogenation for 4-chlorobenzotrifluorideCora J Young
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 27:2233-8. 2008.... - Fluorotelomer acids are more toxic than perfluorinated acidsMichelle M MacDonald Phillips
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Edmund C Bovey Building, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:7159-63. 2007..Our data provide the first evidence that PFCA precursors are more toxic than the PFCAs themselves... - Perfluorinated acids in Arctic snow: new evidence for atmospheric formationCora J Young
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6, CLF Chem Consulting, 28 Rue Edouard Olivier, Brussels, Belgium
Environ Sci Technol 41:3455-61. 2007..A decrease in PFOS concentrations through time was observed, suggesting a fast response to changes in production. These data suggest that atmospheric oxidation of volatile precursors is a primary source of PFAs to the Arctic... - Fluorotelomer alcohol biodegradation yields poly- and perfluorinated acidsMary Joyce A Dinglasan
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 38:2857-64. 2004..Telomer alcohols were demonstrated to be potential sources of PFCAs as a consequence of biotic degradation. Biological transformation may be a major degradation pathway for fluorinated telomer alcohols in aquatic systems... - Microcosm evaluation of the fate, toxicity, and risk to aquatic macrophytes from perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)Mark L Hanson
Centre for Toxicology, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 49:307-16. 2005..were consistently > or = 23.9 mg/L PFOA. A risk assessment for these plant species estimated a negligible probability of toxicity being observed from PFOA exposure at current environmental concentrations... - Enantiomeric composition of chiral polychlorinated biphenyl atropisomers in dated sediment coresCharles S Wong
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 26:254-63. 2007..Thresholds for reductive dechlorination may exist, but they would be at concentrations of less than 30 to 80 microg/g... - Enantiomer-specific accumulation of PCB atropisomers in the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)Paul F Hoekstra
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 36:1419-25. 2002..Results suggest that enantioselective accumulation of PCB-91, 95, and 149 is influenced by PCB concentrations, age, and/or the modification of an uncharacterized stereoselective process (or processes) during sexual maturity... - Identification of the major sources contributing to PM2.5 observed in TorontoPatrick K H Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 37:4831-40. 2003..This suggests that in the northeastern part of North America, there are physical and/or chemical processes that lead to close interaction between secondary organic and inorganic aerosols... - Uptake and elimination of perfluorinated phosphonic acids in the ratJessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:1319-29. 2010..The biological fate of the mono-PFPAs and di-PFPAs determined here suggest there is the potential for human exposure and that if exposure does occur, they may be long-lived in the body... - Atmospheric perfluorinated acid precursors: chemistry, occurrence, and impactsCora J Young
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 208:1-109. 2010..It is clear that atmospheric oxidation of volatile precursors contributes to the overall burden of PFAs, though the extent to which this occurs is compound and environment dependent and is difficult to assess accurately... - Analytical challenges hamper perfluoroalkyl researchJonathan W Martin
University of Toronto, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 38:248A-255A. 2004 - Environmental properties of pentafluorosulfanyl compounds: physical properties and photodegradationDerek A Jackson
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1866-73. 2009..The present study provides the first evidence that pentafluorosulfanyl can degrade under mild, environmentally relevant conditions... - Aqueous photochemical reaction kinetics and transformations of fluoxetineMonica W Lam
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 39:513-22. 2005..Thus, this latter process could be important in the elimination of FLX in surface waters... - Production of perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) from the biotransformation of polyfluoroalkyl phosphate surfactants (PAPS): exploring routes of human contaminationScott A Mabury
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 41:4799-805. 2007..Previous investigations have found that PAPS can migrate into food from paper packaging. Here we link ingestion of PAPS with in vivo production of perfluorinated acids... - Perfluorinated carboxylic acids in directly fluorinated high-density polyethylene materialAmy A Rand
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 45:8053-9. 2011..The purpose of this study was to measure PFCAs in directly fluorinated material, serving as a previously unidentified source contributing to the environmental load of PFCAs, with potential for human exposure... - Measurement of 13C/12C of chloroacetic acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometryCharles S Wong
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Ont, M5S 3H6, Toronto, Canada
Chemosphere 50:903-9. 2003..Our results underscore the potential of stable isotopes to serve as tracers of environmental sources of CAAs... - Dissipation kinetics and mobility of chlortetracycline, tylosin, and monensin in an agricultural soil in Northumberland County, Ontario, CanadaJules C Carlson
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:1-10. 2006..These antibiotics are therefore expected to degrade primarily in agricultural soils before moving to greater depths or to groundwater in significant concentrations in most agricultural systems... - Aqueous photolysis of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcoholSuzanne A Gauthier
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St-George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 24:1837-46. 2005..The intermediates, 8:2 FTCA and 8:2 FTUCA, were photodegraded to verify the degradation pathway, and a mechanism for the photolysis was proposed whereby the end products of the photolysis pathway were PFOA (major) and PFNA (minor)... 
Exploring indirect sources of human exposure to perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs): evaluating uptake, elimination, and biotransformation of polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters (PAPs) in the ratJessica C D'eon
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Health Perspect 119:344-50. 2011..Biotransformation of the polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters (PAPs) is a possible source of PFCA exposure, because PAPs are used in food-contact paper packaging and have been observed in human sera...- Airborne haloacetic acidsJonathan W Martin
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Bovey Building, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Environ Sci Technol 37:2889-97. 2003..A simple deposition model indicated that dry deposition of TFA and TCA should not be neglected in temperate mid-latitude environments and that precipitation concentrations can be successfully predicted by the Henry's law constant... - Dietary accumulation of perfluorinated acids in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)Jonathan W Martin
University of Guelph, Department of Environmental Biology, Bovey Building, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 22:189-95. 2003..Dietary exposure will not result in biomagnification of PFAs in juvenile trout, but extrapolation of these bioaccumulation parameters to larger fish and homeothermic organisms should not be performed... - Bioconcentration and tissue distribution of perfluorinated acids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)Jonathan W Martin
University of Guelph, Department of Environmental Biology, Bovey Building, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 22:196-204. 2003.... - Analysis of mixed halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PXDD/PXDFs) in soil by gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS)Anne L Myers
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chemosphere 87:1063-9. 2012..Higher levels of polybrominated PXDD/PXDFs may indicate a significant bromine source was present during combustion... - Effect of iron type on kinetics and carbon isotopic enrichment of chlorinated ethylenes during abiotic reduction on Fe(0)Nancy A VanStone
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
Ground Water 42:268-76. 2004.... - Metabolic products and pathways of fluorotelomer alcohols in isolated rat hepatocytesJonathan W Martin
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Canada M5S 2S2
Chem Biol Interact 155:165-80. 2005..Preincubation with aminobenzotriazole, but not pyrazole, inhibited the formation of metabolites from all FTOHs, suggesting that their oxidation was catalyzed by P450, not alcohol dehydrogenase... - A pilot survey of legacy and current commercial fluorinated chemicals in human sera from United States donors in 2009Holly Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 45:8067-74. 2011..PFPiAs were detected for the first time in human sera, with C6/C6 and C6/C8 PFPiAs as the dominant congeners, observed in >50% of the samples... - Sampling atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols using an integrated organic gas and particle samplerXinghua Fan
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 37:3145-51. 2003..These data illustrate the utility of an IOGAPS system to more accurately determine the particle-bound OC in comparison to FP-based systems... - Significant residual fluorinated alcohols present in various fluorinated materialsMary Joyce A Dinglasan-Panlilio
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 40:1447-53. 2006..This study suggests that elimination or reduction of these residual alcohols from all marketed fluorinated polymers and fluorosurfactants is key in reducing the prevalence of perfluorinated acids formed in the environment... - Monitoring perfluorinated surfactants in biota and surface water samples following an accidental release of fire-fighting foam into Etobicoke CreekCheryl A Moody
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 36:545-51. 2002..The residence time of perfluorooctanesulfonate in Etobicoke Creek as well as the high bioaccumulation in fish liver suggests that perfluorinated surfactants will persist and bioaccumulate following release into the aquatic environment... - Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) can eliminate chiral organochlorine compounds enantioselectivelyCharles S Wong
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 36:1257-62. 2002..This study highlights the potential of chiral analysis as a tracer of in vivo biotransformation processes of xenobiotic compounds... - PhetoFate: a new approach in accounting for the contribution of indirect photolysis of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in surface watersMonica W Lam
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6
Environ Sci Technol 37:899-907. 2003..However, in low nitrate waters, the contribution of cDOM-derived reactive intermediates to the degradation of parent compounds became more apparent..