Blar i NIVA Open Access Archive på forfatter "Thomas, Kevin V"
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Increased levels of the oxidative stress biomarker 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α in wastewater associated with tobacco use
Ryu, Yeonsuk; Gracia-Lor, Emma; Bade, Richard; Baz-Lomba, J A; Bramness, Jørgen G; Castiglioni, Sara; Castrignanò, Erika; Causanilles, Ana; Covaci, Adrian; De Voogt, Pim; Hernandez, Felix; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kinyua, Juliet; McCall, Ann-Kathrin; Ort, Christoph; Plosz, Benedek G; Ramin, Pedram; Rousis, Nikolaos I.; Reid, Malcolm J; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Wastewater analysis has been demonstrated to be a complementary approach for assessing the overall patterns of drug use by a population while the full potential of wastewater-based epidemiology has yet to be explored. ... -
Machine Learning Combined with Non-targeted LC-HRMS Analysis for a Risk Warning System of Chemical Hazards in Drinking Water: A Proof of Concept
Samanipour, Saer; Kaserzon, Sarit; Vijayasarathy, Soumini; Jiang, Hui; Choi, Phillip; Reid, Malcolm James; Jochen, Mueller; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Guaranteeing clean drinking water to the global population is becoming more challenging, because of the cases of water scarcity across the globe, growing population, and increased chemical footprint of this population. ... -
Mass spectrometric strategies for the investigation of biomarkers of illicit drug use in wastewater
Hernández, Félix; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Emke, Erik; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Ort, Christoph; Reid, Malcolm; Sancho, Juan V.; Thomas, Kevin V; van Nuijs, Alexander L.N.; Zuccato, Ettore; Bijlsma, Lubertus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The analysis of illicit drugs in urban wastewater is the basis of wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE), and has received much scientific attention because the concentrations measured can be used as a new non‐intrusive tool ... -
Microplastics in marine environments: Occurrence, distribution and effects
Nerland, Inger Lise; Halsband, Claudia; Allan, Ian; Thomas, Kevin V (NIVA-rapport;6754, Research report, 2014)This report reviews the current understanding of the occurrence, distribution and effects of microplastics on the marine environment. Most members of the public are aware of, or have seen the impacts of, litter pollution ... -
Miniaturization of a transthyretin binding assay using a fluorescent probe for high throughput screening of thyroid hormone disruption in environmental samples
Ouyang, Xiyu; Froment, Jean Francois; Leonards, Pim E.G.; Christensen, Guttorm; Tollefsen, Knut Erik; de Boer, Jacob; Thomas, Kevin V; Lamoree, Marja H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Thyroid hormone (TH) disrupting compounds are potentially important environmental contaminants due to their possible adverse neurological and developmental effects on both humans and wildlife. Currently, the most successful ... -
Multi-year inter-laboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: Development of a quality control system
van Nuijs, Alexander L.N.; Lai, Foon Yin; Been, Frederic; Andres-Costa, Maria Jesus; Barron, Leon; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Benaglia, Lisa; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Burgard, Dan; Castiglioni, Sara; Christophoridis, Christophoros; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Emke, Erik; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Fick, Jerker; Hernandez, Felix; Gerber, Cobus; González-Mariño, Iria; Grabic, Roman; Gunnar, Teemu; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Karolak, Sara; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kokot, Zenon; Krizman-Matasic, Ivona; Li, Angela; Li, Xiqing; Löve, Arndis S.C.; Lopez de Alda, Miren; McCall, Ann-Kathrin; Meyer, Markus R.; Oberacher, Herbert; O'Brien, Jake; Quintana, Jose Benito; Reid, Malcolm James; Schneider, Serge; Simoes, Susana Sadler; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Thomas, Kevin V; Yargeau, Viviane; Ort, Christoph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Thirty-seven laboratories from 25 countries present the development of an inter-laboratory testing scheme for the analysis of seven illicit drug residues in standard solutions, tap- and wastewater. Almost 10 000 concentration ... -
Mytilus spp. as sentinels for monitoring microplastic pollution in Norwegian coastal waters: A qualitative and quantitative study.
Bråte, Inger Lise Nerland; Hurley, Rachel; Iversen, Karine; Beyer, Jonny; Thomas, Kevin V; Steindal, Calin Constantin; Green, Norman Whitaker; Olsen, Marianne; Lusher, Amy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Microplastic (MP) contamination is ubiquitous in the environment and many species worldwide have been shown to contain MP. The ecological impact of MP pollution is still unknown, thus there is an urgent need for more ... -
Naive Bayes classification model for isotopologue detection in LC-HRMS data
van Herwerden, Denice; O'Brien, Jake W.; Choi, Phil M.; Thomas, Kevin V; Schoenmakers, Peter J.; Samanipour, Saer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Isotopologue identification or removal is a necessary step to reduce the number of features that need to be identified in samples analyzed with non-targeted analysis. Currently available approaches rely on either predicted ... -
A novel method for the quantification of tire and polymer-modified bitumen particles in environmental samples by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectroscopy
Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Samanipour, Saer; Rauert, Cassandra; Okoffo, Elvis D.; Reid, Malcolm James; Heier, Lene S; Lind, Ole Christian; Thomas, Kevin V; Meland, Sondre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Tire and road wear particles may constitute the largest source of microplastic particles into the environment. Quantification of these particles are associated with large uncertainties which are in part due to inadequate ... -
Occurrence of tire and road wear particles in urban and peri-urban snowbanks, and their potential environmental implications
Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Lind, Ole Christian; Reid, Malcolm James; Heier, Lene Sørlie; Okoffo, Elvis D.; Rauert, Cassandra; Thomas, Kevin V; Meland, Sondre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)According to estimates put forward in multiple studies, tire and road wear particles are one of the largest sources to microplastic contamination in the environment. There are large uncertainties associated with local ... -
One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste
Brack, Werner; Barcelo Culleres, Damia; Boxall, Alistair B. A.; Budzinski, Hélène; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; Dulio, Valeria; Escher, Beate I.; Fantke, Peter; Kandie, Faith; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Hernández, Félix J.; Hilscherová, Klara; Hollender, Juliane; Hollert, Henner; Jahnke, Annika; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Khan, Stuart J.; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Kümmerer, Klaus; Lalonde, Brice; Lamoree, Marja H.; Levi, Yves; Lara Martín, Pablo Antonio; Montagner, Cassiana C.; Mougin, Christian; Msagati, Titus; Oehlmann, Jörg; Posthuma, Leo; Reid, Malcolm James; Reinhard, Martin; Richardson, Susan D.; Rostkowski, Pawel; Schymanski, Emma; Schneider, Flurina; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Shibata, Yasuyuki; Snyder, Shane Allen; Fabriz Sodré, Fernando; Teodorovic, Ivana; Thomas, Kevin V; Umbuzeiro, Gisela A.; Viet, Pham Hung; Yew-Hoong, Karina Gin; Zhang, Xiaowei; Zuccato, Ettore (Journal article, 2022)The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science–policy body has recently been suggested. We ... -
Oxidative stress potential of the herbicides bifenox and metribuzin in the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Almeida, Ana Catarina; Gomes, Tania; Langford, Katherine; Thomas, Kevin V; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The widespread presence of herbicides in the aquatic environment has raised awareness about the need to develop further in depth ecotoxicological risk assessments, more specifically on potential effects on photosynthetic ... -
Passive sampling of wastewater as a tool for the long-term monitoring of community exposure: Illicit and prescription drug trends as a proof of concept
Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Harman, Christopher; Reid, Malcolm; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A passive sampling device, the Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler (POCIS), was calibrated in-situ over a 4-week period in Oslo (Norway) for 10 illicit drugs and pharmaceuticals with the goal of developing an approach ... -
Plastic ingestion by Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from the Norwegian coast
Bråte, Inger Lise N.; Eidsvoll, David P.; Steindal, Calin Constantin; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study documents the occurrence of microplastic (< 5 mm), mesoplastics (5–20 mm) and macroplastic (> 20 mm) in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), a common and economically important species of marine fish in Norway. Fish ... -
Plastics in biosolids from 1950 to 2016: A function of global plastic production and consumption
Okoffo, Elvis D.; Donner, Erica; McGrath, Steve P.; Tscharke, Benjamin J.; O'Brien, Jake W.; O'Brien, Stacey; Ribeiro, Francisca; Burrows, Stephen D.; Toapanta, Tania; Rauert, Cassandra; Samanipour, Saer; Mueller, Jochen F.; Thomas, Kevin V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Plastics are ubiquitous contaminants that leak into the environment from multiple pathways including the use of treated sewage sludge (biosolids). Seven common plastics (polymers) were quantified in the solid fraction of ... -
Population Socioeconomics Predicted Using Wastewater
Choi, Phil M; O’Brien, Jake W; Tscharke, Ben J.; Mueller, Jochen F.; Thomas, Kevin V; Samanipour, Saer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Municipal wastewater typically contains many drugs and anthropogenic chemicals or biomarkers. The occurrence of these chemicals in wastewater is linked to the socioeconomic characteristics of the contributing population. ... -
Review: ecotoxicity of organic and organo-metallic antifouling co-biocides and implications for environmental hazard and risk assessments in aquatic ecosystems
Martins, Samantha Eslava; Fillmann, Gilberto; Lillicrap, Adam; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Hazard assessments of Irgarol 1051, diuron, 2-(thiocyanomethylthio)benzothiazole (TCMTB), dichloro-octylisothiazolin (DCOIT), chlorothalonil, dichlofluanid, thiram, zinc pyrithione, copper pyrithione, triphenylborane ... -
Road de-icing salt: Assessment of a potential new source and pathway of microplastics particles from roads
Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Okoffo, Elvis D.; Rauert, Cassandra; Heier, Lene Sørlie; Lind, Ole Christian; Reid, Malcolm James; Thomas, Kevin V; Meland, Sondre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Roads are estimated to be the largest source of microplastic particles in the environment, through release of particles from tires, road markings and polymer-modified bitumen. These are all released through the wear and ... -
Screening programme 2013: New bisphenols, organic peroxides, fluorinated siloxanes, organic UV filters and selected PBT substances
Thomas, Kevin V; Schlabach, Martin; Langford, Katherine; Fjeld, Eirik; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Rundberget, Thomas; Bæk, Kine; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Harju, Mikael (NIVA-rapport;6696, Research report, 2014)The occurrence and environmental risk of a number of new bisphenols, organic peroxides, fluorinated siloxanes, organic UV filters and selected PBT substances are reported for wastewater effluents and leachates, as well as ... -
Screening Programme 2015: Benzothiazoles, siloxanes, pigments & PBT compounds
van Bavel, Bert; Thomas, Kevin V; Langford, Katherine; Reid, Malcolm; Vogelsang, Christian; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Bæk, Kine; Fjeld, Eirik; Brooks, Steven; Schlabach, Martin; Rostkowski, Pawel; Warner, Nick; Borgen, Anders; Halse, Anne Karine; Davanger, Kirsten; Gundersen, Hans (NIVA-rapport;1639-2016, Research report, 2016)This report summarizes the findings of a screening study into the occurrence of selected benzothiazoles, siloxanes, pigments & PBT compounds in effluents, sewage sludge, surface water, sediments and biota.