• Identification and quantification of selected plastics in biosolids by pressurized liquid extraction combined with double-shot pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry 

      Okoffo, Elvis D.; Ribeiro, Francisca; O'Brien, Jake; O'Brien, Stacey; Tscharke, Benjamin; Gallen, Michael; Samanipour, Saer; Mueller, Jochen F.; Thomas, Kevin V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The identification and quantification of selected plastics (polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl ...
    • 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. ...