Publications

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Retrospective Identification of Novel and Legacy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in German Archived Fish Livers Using a Combined High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Approach

Silvia Dudášová, Urs Berger, Bettina Seiwert, Thorsten Reemtsma, Oliver J. Lechtenfeld, Qiuguo Fu
2025, Environmental Science & Technology, 59(25), 12865–12877, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c11600
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Temporal and cross-sectional associations of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lipids from 1986 to 2016 − The Tromsø study

Ana Carolina M. F. Coêlho, Dolley Charles, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Lara Cioni, Sandra Huber, Dorte Herzke, Charlotta Rylander, Vivian Berg, Torkjel M. Sandanger
2025, Environment International, 199, 109508, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109508
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HFPO-DA and Other PFAS in Air Downwind of a Fluoropolymer Production Plant in the Netherlands: Measurements and Modeling

Joost Dalmijn, Julia J. Shafer, Jonathan P. Benskin, Matthew E. Salter, Jana H. Johansson, Ian T. Cousins
2025, Environmental Science & Technology, 59(17), 8662–8672, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c13943
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Selection of the critical effect size alters hazard characterization – a retrospective analysis of key studies used for risk assessments of PFAS

Lars Brunken, A. Vieira Silva, Mattias Öberg
2025, Frontiers in Toxicology, 7, XXX, DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2025.1525089
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A group of novel polyfluoroether substances affects lipid metabolism in human hepatocyte HepaRG cells less than classic perfluoroalkyl compounds

Faezeh Sadrabadi, Wiebke Alker, Heike Sprenger, Albert Braeuning, Thorsten Buhrke
2025, Toxicology in Vitro, 105, 106024, DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2025.106024
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Decontamination and Surface Analysis of PFAS-Contaminated Fire Suppression System Pipes: Effects of Cleaning Agents and Temperature

Björn Bonnet, Matthew K. Sharpe, Gulaim Seisenbaeva, Leo W. Y. Yeung, Ian Ross, Lutz Ahrens
2025, Environmental Science & Technology, 59(4), 2222-2232, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09474
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Shellfish and shorebirds from the East-Asian Australian flyway as bioindicators for unknown per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances using the total oxidizable precursor assay

Junjie Zhang, Lara Cioni, Veerle L.B. Jaspers, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, He-Bo Peng, Tobias A. Ross, Marcel Klaassen, Dorte Herzke
2025, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 487, 137189, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137189
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Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis for Assessments of Chemical Alternatives (MCDA-ACA)

Rachel L. London, Juliane Glüge, Martin Scheringer
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(43), 19315–19324, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03980
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Are Hazard Assessment Methods in the Assessment of Chemical Alternatives Suitable for REACH?

Rachel L. London, Juliane Glüge, Martin Scheringer
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(42), 18811–18821, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03979
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Exploring perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance presence and potential leaching from reverse osmosis membranes: Implications for drinking water treatment

Mohammad Sadia, Thomas L. ter Laak, Emile R. Cornelissen, Annemarie P. van Wezel
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(35), 15799–15806, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04743
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An automated and high-throughput data processing workflow for PFAS identification in biota by direct infusion ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry

Silvia Dudášová, Johann Wurz, Urs Berger, Thorsten Reemtsma, Qiuguo Fu, Oliver J. Lechtenfeld
2024, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry , 416, 4833–4848, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05426-2
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A stochastic approach for parameter optimization of feature detection algorithms for non-target screening in mass spectrometry

Mohammad Sadia, Youssef Boudguiyer, Rick Helmus, Marianne Seijo, Antonia Praetorius, Saer Samanipour
2024, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry , XXX, XXX, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05425-3
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Combining advanced analytical methodologies to uncover suspect PFAS and fluorinated pharmaceutical contributions to extractable organic fluorine in human serum (Tromsø Study)

Lara Cioni, Vladimir Nikiforov, Jonathan P. Benskin, Ana Carolina M. F. Coêlho, Silvia Dudášová, Melanie Z. Lauria, Oliver J. Lechtenfeld, Merle M. Plassmann, Thorsten Reemtsma, Torkjel M. Sandanger, and Dorte Herzke
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(29), 12943–12953, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03758
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In vitro screening of understudied PFAS with a focus on lipid metabolism disruption

Lackson Kashobwe, Faezeh Sadrabadi, Albert Braeuning, Pim E. G. Leonards, Thorsten Buhrke, Timo Hamers
2024, Archives of Toxicology , 98, 3381-3395, DOI: 10.1007/s00204-024-03814-2
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Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alter the lipid profile of HepaRG cells

Lackson Kashobwe, Faezeh Sadrabadi, Lars Brunken, Ana Carolina M.F. Coelho, Torkjel M. Sandanger, Albert Braeuning, Thorsten Buhrke, Mattias Öberg, Timo Hamers, Pim. E.G. Leonards
2024, Toxicology, 506, 153862, DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2024.153862
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Dermal bioavailability of perfluoroalkyl substances using in vitro 3D human skin equivalent models

Oddný Ragnarsdóttir, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad
2024, Environment International, 188, 108772, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108772
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PhD thesis

Evaluating the role of the dermal pathway in driving human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Oddný Raggnarsdóttir
2024, University of Birmingham, UK
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The need to include a fluorine mass balance in the development of effective technologies for PFAS destruction

Sanne J. Smith, Mélanie Lauria, Christopher P. Higgins, Kurt D. Pennell, Jens Blotevogel, and Hans Peter H. Arp
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(6), 2587–2590, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10617
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Characterization and dermal bioaccessibility of residual- and listed PFAS ingredients in cosmetic products

Shahla Namazkar, Oddný Ragnarsdóttir, Anton Josefsson, Felice Branzell, Sebastian Abel, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad, and Jonathan P. Benskin
2024, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 26(2), 259-268, DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00461A
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Emission inventory of PFASs and other fluorinated organic substances for the fluoropolymer production industry in Europe

Joost Dalmijn, Juliane Glüge, Martin Scheringer, and Ian T. Cousins
2024, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 26(2), 269-287, DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00426K
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Interspecies comparison of metabolism of two novel prototype PFAS

Viktória Licul-Kucera, Oddný Ragnarsdóttir, Tobias Frömel, Annemarie P. van Wezel, Thomas P. Knepper, Stuart Harrad, and Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah
2024, Chemosphere, 351, 141237, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141237
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Closing the organofluorine mass balance in marine mammals using suspect screening and machine learning-based quantification

Mélanie Z. Lauria, Helen Sepman, Thomas Ledbetter, Merle Plassmann, Anna M. Roos, Malene Simon, Jonathan P. Benskin, and Anneli Kruve
2024, Environmental Science & Technology, 58(5), 2458–2467, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07220
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Sorption of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and their precursors on activated carbon under realistic drinking water conditions: Insights into sorbent variability and PFAS structural effects

Mohammad Sadia, Lola Beltrán Beut, Marko Pranić, Annemarie P. van Wezel, and Thomas L. ter Laak
2024, Heliyon, 10(3), e25130, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25130
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) removal from soil washing water by coagulation and flocculation

Michel Hubert, Thomas Meyn, Mona Cecilie Hansen, Sarah E. Hale, and Hans Peter H. Arp
2024, Water Research, 249, 120888, DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120888
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Impact of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and PFAS mixtures on lipid metabolism in differentiated HepaRG cells as a model for human hepatocytes

Faezeh Sadrabadi, Jimmy Alarcan, Heike Sprenger, Albert Braeuning, and Thorsten Buhrke
2024, Archives of Toxicology, 98, 507–524, DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03649-3
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PhD thesis

Human exposure to PFAS and other anthropogenic organofluorine chemicals in Tromsø between 1986 and 2015

Lara Cioni
2023, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
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Dermal bioaccessibility of perfluoroalkyl substances from household dust; influence of topically applied cosmetics

Oddný Ragnarsdóttir, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, and Stuart Harrad
2023, Environmental Research, 238, 117093, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117093
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Fluorine mass balance, including total fluorine, extractable organic fluorine, oxidizable precursors, and target per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in pooled human serum from the Tromsø population in 1986, 2007, and 2015

Lara Cioni, Merle Plassmann, Jonathan P. Benskin, Ana Carolina M. F. Coêlho, Therese H. Nøst, Charlotta Rylander, Vladimir Nikiforov, Torkjel M. Sandanger, and Dorte Herzke
2023, Environmental Science & Technology, 57(40), 14849–14860, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03655
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Innovative treatment technologies for PFAS-contaminated water - Utilizing foam partitioning and exploring electrochemical oxidation

Sanne J. Smith
2023, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, ISBN: 978-91-8046-158-0
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in white-tailed sea eagle eggs from Sweden: Temporal trends (1969-2021), spatial variations, fluorine mass balance, and suspect screening

Faiz Haque, Anne L. Soerensen, Martin Sköld, Raed Awad, Kyra M. Spaan, Mélanie Z. Lauria, Merle Plassmann, and Jonathan P. Benskin
2023, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 25(9), 1549-1563, DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00141E
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Integrated treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in existing wastewater treatment plants ─ Scoping the potential of foam partitioning

Sanne J. Smith, Chantal Keane, Lutz Ahrens, and Karin Wiberg
2023, ACS ES&T Engineering , 3(9), 1276-1285, DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.3c00091
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Legacy perfluoroalkyl acids and their oxidizable precursors in plasma samples of Norwegian women

Ana Carolina M. F. Coêlho, Lara Cioni, Wendy Van Dreunen, Vivian Berg, Charlotta Rylander, Ilona Urbarova, Dorte Herzke, and Torkjel M. Sandanger
2023, Environment International, 178, 108026, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108026
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Finding a way out? Comprehensive biotransformation study of novel fluorinated surfactants

Viktória Licul-Kucera, Tobias Frömel, Martin Kruså, Annemarie P. van Wezel, and Thomas P. Knepper
2023, Chemosphere, 139563, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139563
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Forever legacies? Profiling historical PFAS contamination and current influence on groundwater used for drinking water

Mohammad Sadia, Marlene Kunz, Thomas ter Laak, Martin De Jonge, Merijn Schriks, and Annemarie P. van Wezel
2023, Science of The Total Environment, 890, 164420, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164420
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The decomposition and emission factors of a wide range of PFAS in diverse, contaminated organic waste fractions undergoing dry pyrolysis

Erlend Sørmo, Gabriela Castro, Michel Hubert, Viktória Licul-Kucera, Marjorie Quintanilla, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Gerard Cornelissen, and Hans Peter H Arp
2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 454, 131447, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131447
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Electrochemical oxidation for treatment of PFAS in contaminated water and fractionated foam ─ A pilot-scale study

Sanne J. Smith, Melanie Lauria, Lutz Ahrens, Philip McCleaf, Patrik Hollman, Sofia Bjälkefur Seroka, Timo Hamers, Hans Peter H. Arp, and Karin Wiberg
2023, ACS EST Water, 3(4), 1201-1211, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00660
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Influence of grain size, organic carbon and organic matter residue content on the sorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous film forming foam contaminated soils - Implications for remediation using soil washing

Michel Hubert, Hans Peter H. Arp, Mona Cecilie Hansen, Gabriela Castro, Thomas Meyn, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, and Sarah E. Hale
2023, Science of The Total Environment, 875, 162668, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162668
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Occurrence, fate, and related health risks of PFAS in raw and produced drinking water

Mohammad Sadia, Ingeborg Nollen, Rick Helmus, Thomas L. ter Laak, Frederic Béen, Antonia Praetorius, and Annemarie P. van Wezel
2023, Environmental Science & Technology, 57(8), 3062–3074, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06015
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Foam fractionation for removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Towards closing the mass balance

Sanne J. Smith, Jeffrey Lewis, Karin Wiberg, Erik Wall, and Lutz Ahrens
2023, Science of The Total Environment, 871, 162050, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162050
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Total oxidizable precursors assay for PFAS in human serum

Lara Cioni, Vladimir Nikiforov, Ana Carolina M. F. Coelho, Torkjel M. Sandanger, and Dorte Herzke
2022, Environment International, 170, 107656, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107656
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Widespread occurrence of non-extractable fluorine in artificial turfs from Stockholm, Sweden

Mélanie Z. Lauria, Ayman Naim, Merle Plassmann, Jenny Fäldt, Roxana Sühring, and Jonathan P. Benskin
2022, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9 (8), 666–672, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00260
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Dermal uptake: An important pathway of human exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances?

Oddný Ragnarsdóttir, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, and Stuart Harrad
2022, Environmental Pollution, 307, 119478, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119478
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Pilot-scale continuous foam fractionation for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from landfill leachate

Sanne J. Smith, Karin Wiberg, Philip McCleaf, and Lutz Ahrens
2022, ACS ES&T Water, 2 (5), 841-851, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00032
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Information Requirements under the Essential-Use Concept: PFAS Case Studies

Juliane Glüge, Rachel London, Ian T. Cousins, Jamie DeWitt, Gretta Goldenman, Dorte Herzke, Rainer Lohmann, Mark Miller, Carla A. Ng, Sharyle Patton, Xenia Trier, Zhanyun Wang, and Martin Scheringer
2022, Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (10), 6232–6242, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03732
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