Recent Publications
Zhiyong Xie, Pu Wang, Xin Wang, Javier Castro-Jiménez, Roland Kallenborn, Chunyang Liao, Wenying Mi, Rainer Lohmann, Maria Vila-Costa, and Jordi Dachs. Organophosphate ester pollution in the oceans. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00277-w
Pickard, Heidi; Ruyle, Bridger; Thackray, Colin; Chovancova, Adela; Dassuncao, Clifton; Becanova, Jitka; Vojta, Simon; Lohmann, Rainer; Sunderland, Elsie. PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 22, 15573–15583. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03734.
Wulandari, I., Katz, S., Kelly, R. P., Robinson, R. S., & Lohmann, R. (2023). Sedimentary accumulation of black carbon on the East Coast of the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101509. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101509.
Ågerstrand, M., Arinaitwe, K., Backhaus, T., Barra, R.O., Diamond, M.L., Grimalt, J.O., Groh, K., Kandie, F., Kurt-Karakus, P.B., Letcher, R.J., Lohmann, R., Meire, R.O., Oluseyi, T., Schäffer, A., Septiono, M., Sigmund, G., Soehl, A., Sogbanmu, T.O., Suzuki, N., Venier, M., Vlahos, P., Scheringer, M., 2023. Key Principles for the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 2205−2208.
Rainer Lohmann1,*, Branislav Vrana2, Derek Muir3, Foppe Smedes2, Jaromir Sobotka2, Eddy Zeng4, Lian-Jun Bao4, Ian J Allan5, Peleg Astrahan6, Ricardo O. Barra7, Terry Bidleman8, Evgen Dykyi9, Nicolas Estoppey10,11, Gilberto Fillmann12, Naomi Greenwood13, Paul A. Helm14, Liisa Jantunen15, Sarit Kaserzon16, J. Vinicio Macías17, Keith A. Maruya18, Francisco Molina19, Brent Newman 20,21, Raimon M. Prats22, Manolis Tsapakis23, Mats Tysklind8, Barend L. van Drooge22, Cameron J Veal24,25, Charles S. Wong. Passive-sampler derived PCB and OCPs in the waters of the world – first results from the AQUA-GAPS/MONET network. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 2023, 57, 25, 9342–9352. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01866
Snook, J; Becanova, J.; Vojta, S.; Lohmann, R. Avoiding artifacts in the determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substance sorbent-water distribution. EACS ES and T Water, 2023, 3(8), pp. 2355–2362, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00084.
StLaurent, K.A.; Cantwell, M.; Lohmann, R. New insights on young black carbon in pelagic Atlantic sediments, Marine Chemistry, 2023, https://doi:/10.1016/j.marchem.2023.104312
Andreas Schäffer1,2,3 *, Ksenia J. Groh4, Gabriel Sigmund5, David Azoulay6, Thomas Backhaus7, Michael G. Bertram8, Bethanie Carney Almroth7, Ian T. Cousins9, Alex T. Ford10, Joan O. Grimalt11, Yago Guida12, Maria C. Hansson13, Yunsun Jeong14, Rainer Lohmann15, David Michaels16, Axel Mie9, Leonie Müller1, Jane Muncke17, Gunilla Öberg18, Marcos A. Orellana19, Edmond Sanganyado20, Ralf Bernhard Schäfer21, Ishmail Sheriff22, Ryan C. Sullivan23, Noriyuki Suzuki12, Laura N. Vandenberg24, Marta Venier25, Penny Vlahos26, Martin Wagner27, Fang Wang28, Mengjiao Wang29, Zhanyun Wang30, Anna Soehl31, Marlene Ågerstrand9, Miriam L. Diamond32, Martin Scheringer33,34 * Conflicts of Interest in the assessment of chemicals, waste and pollution. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 48, 19066–19077. https://doi-org.uri.idm.oclc.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04213
Lohmann, Rainer; Beatty, Bonita; Graybill, Jessica; Grigorieva, Elena; Hansen, Ketil; Soikkeli, Anu. “Dimensions of Environment and Health in Arctic communities, Environment & Health 2023, https://doi-org.uri.idm.oclc.org/10.1021/envhealth.3c00116
Matt Dunn, Nicholas Noons, Simon Vojta, Jitka Becanova, Heidi Pickard, Elsie Sunderland, Rainer Lohmann. Unregulated Active and Closed Textile Mills represent A Significant Vector of PFAS Contamination into Coastal Rivers. EST Water. 2024, 4(1), pp. 114–124, https://doi-org.uri.idm.oclc.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00439
Dunn, Matthew, Simon Vojta, Thomas Soltwedel, Wilken-Jon von Appen, and Rainer Lohmann. 2024. “Passive Sampler Derived Profiles and Mass Flows of Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFASs) across the Fram Strait in the North Atlantic.” Environmental Science & Technology Letters 11 (2): 166–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00835.
Wang, F., Xiang, L., Sze-Yin Leung, K., Elsner, M., Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Pan, B., Sun, H., An, T., Ying, G., Brooks, B.W, Hou, D., Helbling, D.E., Sun, J., Qiu, H., Vogel, T.M., Zhang, W., Gao, Y., Simpson, M.J., Luo, Y., Chang, S.X., Su, G., Wong, B.M., Fu, T.-M., Zhu, D., Jobst, K.J., Ge, C., Coulon, F., Harindintwali, J.D., Zeng, X., Wang, H., Fu, Y., Wei, Z., Lohmann, R., Chen, C., Song, Y., Sanchez-Cid, C., Wang, Y., El-Naggar, A., Yao, Y., Huang, Y., Cheuk-Fung Law, J., Gu, C., Shen, H., Gao, Y., Qin, C., Li, H., Zhang, T., Corcoll, N., Liu, M., Alessi, D.S., Li, H., Brandt, K.K., Pico, Y., Gu, C., Guo, J., Su, J., Corvini, P., Ye, M., Rocha-Santos, T., He, H., Yang, Y., Tong, M., Zhang, W., Suanon, F., Brahushi, F., Wang, Z., Hashsham, S.A., Virta, M., Yuan, Q., Jiang, G., Tremblay, L.A., Bu, Q., Wu, J., Peijnenburg, W., Topp, E., Cao, X., Jiang, X., Zheng, M., Zhang, T., Luo, Y., Zhu, L., Li, X., Barceló, D., Chen, J., Xing, B., Amelung, W., Cai, Z., Naidu, R., Shen, Q., Pawliszyn, J., Zhu, Y.-g., Schaeffer, A., Rillig, M.C., Wu, F., Yu, G., Tiedje, J.M., Emerging Contaminants: A One Health Perspective, The Innovation 5,4 (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100612.
DeWitt, Jamie; Glüge, Juliane; Cousins, Ian; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Miller, Mark; Ng, Carla; Patton, Sharyle; Trier, Xenia; Vierke, Lena; Wang, Zhanyun; Adu-Kumi, Sam; Balan, Simona; Buser, Andreas; Fletcher, Tony; Haug, Line; Huang, Jun; Kaserzon, Sarit; Leonel, Juliana; Shi, Ya-Li; Valsecchi, Sara; Scheringer, Martin: BRIEF REVIEW: Zürich II Statement on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs): Scientific and regulatory needs. Environ Sci Technol, Letters, 2024, 11, 786−797 https://pubs-acs-org.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00147.
Jonathan M. Petali1*, Erin L. Pulster2, Chris McCarthy3, Heidi M. Pickard4, Elsie M. Sunderland4,5, Jacqueline Bangma6, Courtney C. Carignan7,8, Anna R. Robuck9, Katherine A. Crawford10, Megan E. Romano11, Rainer Lohmann12, and Katherine E. von Stackelberg5 Considerations and Challenges in Developing Fish Consumption Advisories for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). IEAM, 2024, http://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4947
Nicholas I. Hill, Jitka Becanova, Simon Vojta, Larry Barber, Denis LeBlanc, Alan Vajda, Heidi Pickard, Rainer Lohmann. Bioconcentration of PFAS and precursors in fathead minnow tissues environmentally exposed to AFFF-contaminated waters Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2024, http://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5926.
Diamond, Miriam; Sigmund, Gabriel; Bertram, Michael; Ford, Alex; Ågerstrand, Marlene; Carlini, Giulia; Lohmann, Rainer; Šebková , Kateřina ; Soehl, Anna; Starling, Maria Clara; Suzuki, Noriyuki; Venier, Marta; Vlahos, Penny; Scheringer, Martin. Exploring Outputs of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention. Environ Sci Technol, Letters, May 2024. https://pubs-acs-org.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00294
Matthew S. Savoca1,*, Anna R. Robuck2,3, Michaela A. Cashman2, Mark G. Cantwell2, Lindsay A. Agvent3, David N. Wiley4, Rachel Rice5, Sean Todd5, Nicole E. Hunter6, Jooke Robbins7, Jeremy A. Goldbogen1 and Rainer Lohmann3 Baleen as a novel biomonitor for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in marine food webs. Environ Sci Technol, Letters, 2024, 11, 862−870, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00409.
Lohmann, Rainer; Vrana, Branislav; Muir, Derek; Smedes, Foppe; Sobotka, Jaromir; Zeng, Eddy; Bao, Lian-Jun; Allan, Ian; Astrahan, Peleg; Bidleman, Terry; Crowley, Denis; Dykyi, Evgen; Estoppey, Nicolas; Fillmann, Gilberto; Jantunen, Liisa; Kaserzon, Sarit; Maruya, Keith; McHugh, Brendan; Newman, Brent; Prats, Raimon M.; Tsapakis, Manolis; Tysklind, Mats; van Drooge, Barend; Wong, Charles. AQUA-GAPS/MONET-derived concentrations and trends of PAHs and polycyclic musks across global waters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 30, 13456–13466. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03099
Robuck AR, Hudak CA, Agvent L, Emery G, Ryan PG, Perold V, Powers KD, Pedersen J, Thompson MA, Suca JJ, Moore MJ, Harms CA, Bugoni L, Shield G, Glass T, Wiley DN and Lohmann R (2022) Birds of a Feather Eat Plastic Together: High Levels of Plastic Ingestion in Great Shearwater Adults and Juveniles Across Their Annual Migratory Cycle. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:719721. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.719721
.Nicholas Hill, Jitka Becanova, Rainer Lohmann. Development of a more sensitive method for the detection of per- and polyfluorinated compounds in dairy milk. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry: The Analytical Chemistry of PFAS, 2022, 414(3), 1235–1243, DOI:10.1007/s00216-021-03575-2.
Maya E. Morales-McDevitt1, Matthew Dunn1, Ahsan Habib2, Simon Vojta1, Jitka Becanova1, Rainer Lohmann1* Poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances in air and water from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2022, 41, 334–342. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5255
Wilkinson, B. P.; Robuck, A. R.; Lohmann, R.; Pickard, H. M.; Jodice, P. G. R. Urban Proximity While Breeding Is Not a Predictor of Perfluoroalkyl Substance Contamination in the Eggs of Brown Pelicans. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 803, 150110. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150110.
.Zhao, W.; Cai, M.; Adelman, D.; Khairy, M.; Lin, Y.; Li, Z.; Liu, H.; Lohmann, R. Legacy Halogenated Organic Contaminants in Urban-Influenced Waters Using Passive Polyethylene Samplers: Emerging Evidence of Anthropogenic Land-Use-Based Sources and Ecological Risks. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 298, 118854. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118854.
Ma, Y.; Luo, Y.; Zhu, J.; Zhang, J.; Gao, G.; Mi, W.; Xie, Z.; Lohmann, R. Seasonal Variation and Deposition of Atmospheric Organophosphate Esters in the Coastal Region of Shanghai, China. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 300, 118930. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118930.
Katz, D. R.; Sullivan, J. C.; Rosa, K.; Gardner, C. L.; Robuck, A. R.; Lohmann, R.; Kincaid, C.; Cantwell, M. G. Transport and Fate of Aqueous Film Forming Foam in an Urban Estuary. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 118963. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118963
.Zhiyong Xie, Pu Wang, Xin Wang, Javier Castro-Jiménez, Roland Kallenborn, Chunyang Liao, Wenying Mi, Rainer Lohmann, Maria Vila-Costa, and Jordi Dachs. Organophosphate ester pollution in the oceans. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00277-w
Muhammad Sohail, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani*, Habib Bokhari, Muhammadv Zaffar Hashmi, Nadeem Ali, Ambreen Alamdar, Joel E Podgorski, Dave Adelman, Rainer Lohmann. Freely dissolved Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) along the Indus River Pakistan: Spatial pattern, Air-water exchange and Risk assessment. Env Sci Poll Res, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20418-4
Ruan, Ting; Field, Jennifer; Cousins, Ian; Lohmann, Rainer; Jiang, Guibin. Emerging Contaminants: Fluorinated Alternatives to Existing PFAS Compounds, Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56(10), pp. 6001–6003. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03041
Liu, M., Cai, M., Duan, M., Chen, M., Lohmann, R., Lin, Y., et al. (2022). PAHs in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution and water mass transport. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018389. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018389
Christine L Gardiner, Jitka Becanova, Mark G. Cantwell, David R. Katz, Anna R. Robuck, and Rainer Lohmann: Evaluation of a novel passive sampler for poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances in aquatic environments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2022, 41, 2375-2385. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5431
Ying Liu, Xiaomin Zhang, Jianguo Tan, Peter Grathwohl, Rainer Lohmann. Spatial origin analysis on atmospheric bulk deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Shanghai. Env Poll, 313 (2022) 120162.
Nabigha Amen; Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani; Nadeem Ali; David Adelman; Heqing Shen; Rainer Lohmann. Molecularly Tracing of Children Exposure Pathways to Environmental Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk
Env Poll 2022, 315, 120381.
Pickard, Heidi; Ruyle, Bridger; Thackray, Colin; Chovancova, Adela; Dassuncao, Clifton; Becanova, Jitka; Vojta, Simon; Lohmann, Rainer; Sunderland, Elsie. PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories, ES&T 2022, 56, 22, 15573–15583. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03734.
Wulandari, I., Katz, S., Kelly, R. P., Robinson, R. S., & Lohmann, R. (2023). Sedimentary accumulation of black carbon on the East Coast of the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101509. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101509.
Zhang, L., Ma, Y., Vojta, S., Morales-McDevitt, M., Hoppmann, M., Soltwedel, T., Kirk, J., De Silva, A., Muir, D. & Lohmann, R. (2023). Presence, sources and transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101496. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101496
Matt Dunn1, Jitka Becanova1, Jarod Snook1, Bridger Ruyle2, Rainer Lohmann1,* Validation of a Novel Tube Passive Sampler for Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids. Environ Sci Technol Water 2023, 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00384.
Ågerstrand, M., Arinaitwe, K., Backhaus, T., Barra, R.O., Diamond, M.L., Grimalt, J.O., Groh, K., Kandie, F., Kurt-Karakus, P.B., Letcher, R.J., Lohmann, R., Meire, R.O., Oluseyi, T., Schäffer, A., Septiono, M., Sigmund, G., Soehl, A., Sogbanmu, T.O., Suzuki, N., Venier, M., Vlahos, P., Scheringer, M., 2023. Key Principles for the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 2205−2208.
Sohail, M., Eqani, S.A.M.A.S., Ilyas, S., Bokhari, H., Ali, N., Podgorski, J.E., Muhammad, S., Adelman, D., Lohmann, R., 2023. Gaseous and soil OCPs and PCBs along the Indus River, Pakistan: spatial patterns and air–soil gradients. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts.
Larry B. Barber1, Heidi M. Pickard2, David A. Alverez3, Jitka Becanova4, David W. Bertolatus5, Jeramy R. Jasmann6, Aaron Jastrow7, Steffanie H. Keefe8, Denis R. LeBlanc9, Rainer Lohmann10, Jeffery Steevens11, and Alan M. Vajda13. Multimedia Uptake of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances from Contaminated Groundwater at a Historical Fire-Training Area, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ES&T 2023, accepted.
Lohmann, R., Letcher, R.J. The universe of fluorinated polymers and polymeric substances and potential environmental impacts and concerns. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, accepted.