Transformation Processes
The concentration of a contaminant in an environmental compartment or in an organism is governed by the input/uptake and export/release as well as by internal transformation processes. Such processes may be purely abiotic or catalyzed by enzymes. Transformation also alters the pattern of contamination/exposure as new products are formed with different properties and effects than the parent compound.
We develop and improve analytical methods (primarily based on liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry, LC-HRMS) to detect, identify and quantify transformation products, in laboratory samples as well as in the environment. We use these methods to elucidate transformation processes – natural ones that occur in the environment or in organisms as well as those in technical systems. This knowledge helps to understand the behaviour of organic contaminants as well as their biological effects. Systematic studies and quantitative data are required to generate knowledge that can be transferred from those compounds that have already been studied to other ones.
Academic Staff
Prof. Thorsten Reemtsma
Dr. Daniel Zahn
Dr. Maolida Nihemaiti
Dr. Xiaojing Zhu
PhD Students
Harriet Byrne
Volkwin Kuntz
Ann-Cathrin Krause
Alina Seelig
Undergraduate Students
Natalie Kamprad
Jakob Vogel
Technicians
Coretta Bauer
Dr. Bettina Seiwert
Petra Keil
Alumni
Anna Scheller
Pia Schünemann
Razan Alhelou
Mareva Troussier
Dr. Matthias Muschket
Dr. Limei Han
Dr. Paul Genz
2025 (5)
The identification and quantification of tire and road wear particles in Osaka Bay, Japan, by two analytical methods
Mar. Pollut. Bull. 211 , art. 117363 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117363
Particle-bound mercury in Saharan dust-loaded particulate matter in Cabo Verde
J. Hazard. Mater. 487 , art. 137053 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.137053
Oxidative purification of microplastics in riverine suspended matter samples — Solving the challenge of plant debris removal for microplastic analysis
Sci. Total Environ. 958 , art. 177876 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177876
Molecular level insights into recalcitrant ozonation products from effluent organic matter
Environ. Sci. Technol. 59 (1), 823 - 833 10.1021/acs.est.4c10212
Long term biodegradation study on tire and road wear particles and chemicals thereof
Sci. Total Environ. 975 , art. 179240 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.1792402024 (19)
Teabag-derived micro/nanoplastics (true-to-life MNPLs) as a surrogate for real-life exposure scenarios
Chemosphere 368 , art. 143736 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143736
Abundance and distribution of tire and road wear particles in the Seine river, France
Sci. Total Environ. 913 , art. 169633 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169633
Combining advanced analytical methodologies to uncover suspect PFAS and fluorinated pharmaceutical contributions to extractable organic fluorine in human serum (Tromsø Study)
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (29), 12943 - 12953 10.1021/acs.est.4c03758
Potential and risks of water reuse in Brandenburg (Germany) – an interdisciplinary case study
Water Reuse 14 (1), 1 - 15 10.2166/wrd.2024.081
An automated and high-throughput data processing workflow for PFAS identification in biota by direct infusion ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 416 (22), 4833 - 4848 10.1007/s00216-024-05426-2
PFlow: data processing workflow for PFAS identification
Version: 1.0 Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.11633376
Leaching of tire particles and simultaneous biodegradation of leachables
Water Res. 253 , art. 121322 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121322
Multiple barriers for micropollutants in nutrient recovery from centrate - combining membrane bioreactor and electrodialysis
Environ. Sci.-Wat. Res. Technol. 10 (8), 1908 - 1919 10.1039/D4EW00063C
Impact of biotransformation on internal concentrations and specificity classification of organic chemicals in the zebrafish embryo (Danio rerio)
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (40), 17898 - 17907 10.1021/acs.est.4c04156
In situ calibration of a tube passive sampler in wastewater effluent with adjustable volumetric flow for the assessment of micropollutants with fluctuating concentrations
ACS ES&T Wat. 4 (12), 5310 - 5319 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00348
Quantification and occurrence of 39 tire-related chemicals in urban and rural aerosol from Saxony, Germany
Environ. Int. 194 , art. 109189 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109189
Fate of persistent and mobile chemicals in the water cycle: From municipal wastewater discharges to river bank filtrate
Water Res. 266 , art. 122436 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122436
Unraveling degradation mechanism of surgical masks leading to microplastics and nanoplastics release upon sunlight exposure
SSRN 10.2139/ssrn.4985584
Post column infusion of internal standard to LC-FT-ICR MS enables semi-quantitative comparison of dissolved organic matter in original samples
Analyst 149 (12), 3468 - 3478 10.1039/D4AN00119B
Hotspots of floating plastic particles across the North Pacific Ocean
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (9), 4302 - 4313 10.1021/acs.est.3c05039
The genes mgtE and spoVG are involved in zinc tolerance of Staphylococcus aureus
Appl. Environ. Microb. 90 (6), e00453-24 10.1128/aem.00453-24
Sources of persistent and mobile chemicals in municipal wastewater: a sewer perspective in Leipzig, Germany
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 10.1007/s11356-024-33259-0
Influence of silver fiber morphology on dose-response relationship and enrichment in Daphnia magna studied by elemental imaging with LA-ICP-TOF-MS
Chem. Res. Toxicol. 37 (2), 292 - 301 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00293
Should transformation products change the way we manage chemicals?
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (18), 7710 - 7718 10.1021/acs.est.4c001252023 (22)
Advanced oxidation processes for removal of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon from water: Effects of O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2 treatment on product formation and biological post-treatment
J. Hazard. Mater. 450 , art. 131066 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131066
Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide
Front. Microbiol. 14 , art. 1223838 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1223838
The Precision Toxicology initiative
Toxicol. Lett. 383 , 33 - 42 10.1016/j.toxlet.2023.05.004
Leaching of chemicals and DOC from tire particles under simulated marine conditions
Front. Environ. Sci. 11 , art. 1206449 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1206449
Retention of organic micropollutants in nutrient recovery from centrate by electrodialysis─Influence of feed pH and current density
ACS ES&T Water 3 (12), 4066 - 4073 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00456
Uptake and biotransformation of the tire rubber-derived contaminants 6-PPD and 6-PPD quinone in the zebrafish embryo (Danio rerio)
Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (41), 15598 - 15607 10.1021/acs.est.3c02819
Differences in the internal PFAS patterns of herbivores, omnivores and carnivores - lessons learned from target screening and the total oxidizable precursor assay
Sci. Total Environ. 875 , art. 162361 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162361
Direct non-target analysis of dissolved organic matter and disinfection by-products in drinking water
with nano-LC-FT-ICR-MS
Environ. Sci.-Wat. Res. Technol. 9 (6), 1729 - 1737 10.1039/D3EW00097D
Stable isotope labeling for detection of ozonation byproducts in effluent organic matter with FT-ICR-MS
Water Res. 229 , art. 119477 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119477
Belastung von kleinen Gewässern in der Agrarlandschaft mit Pflanzenschutzmittel-Rückständen – TV1 Datenanalyse
zur Pilotstudie Kleingewässermonitoring 2018/2019 – Abschlussbericht. German monitoring of plant protection product residues in small streams – In depth analysis of the Kleingewässermonitoring from 2018/2019
Texte Umweltbundesamt 63/2023
Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, 244 S.
The effect of root hairs on exudate composition: a comparative non-targeted metabolomics approach
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 415 (5), 823 - 840 10.1007/s00216-022-04475-9
Organic micropollutants from an agricultural drainage ditch contaminate a shrimp farm in Sinaloa (Mexico)
J. Ecol. Eng. 24 (3), 143 - 152 10.12911/22998993/157648
Persistente mobile organische Chemikalien in der aquatischen Umwelt: Quellen, Vorkommen und technische Möglichkeiten zu ihrer Entfernung in der Trinkwasseraufbereitung (PROTECT) - Schlussbericht
Zenodo
10.5281/zenodo.7683983
Persistente und mobile Stoffe im Wasserkreislauf – Erkenntnisse des PROTECT-Projekts
Vom Wasser 121 (3), 74 - 77 10.1002/vomw.202300012
Efficacy of activated carbon filtration and ozonation to remove persistent and mobile substances – A case study in two wastewater treatment plants
Sci. Total Environ. 886 , art. 163921 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163921
Revisiting disinfection byproducts with supercritical fluid chromatography-high resolution-mass spectrometry: Identification of novel halogenated sulfonic acids in disinfected drinking water
Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (9), 3527 - 3537 10.1021/acs.est.2c05536
Detection and quantification of micro(nano)plastics release from photolysis of surgical masks
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU23-4226 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-4226
Comprehensive target analysis and TOP assay of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild boar livers indicate contamination hot-spots in the environment
Sci. Total Environ. 871 , art. 162028 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162028
Pilot-scale removal of persistent and mobile organic substances in granular activated carbon filters and experimental predictability at lab-scale
Sci. Total Environ. 884 , art. 163738 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163738
Is adsorption onto activated carbon a feasible drinking water treatment option for persistent and mobile substances?
Water Res. 235 , art. 119861 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119861
Isotopically labeled ozone: A new approach to elucidate the formation of ozonation products
Water Res. 233 , art. 119740 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119740
Accelerated aging of tire and road wear particles by elevated temperature, artificial sunlight and mechanical stress — A laboratory study on particle properties, extractables and leachables
Sci. Total Environ. 904 , art. 166679 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.1666792022 (17)
Polar micropollutants and metals in centrate from dewatered sewage sludge intended for reuse in soilless horticulture
ACS ES&T Water 2 (12), 2548 - 2557 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00345
Combining target analysis with sum parameters—a comprehensive approach to determine sediment contamination with PFAS and further fluorinated substances
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29 (57), 85802 - 85814 10.1007/s11356-022-21588-x
Zebrafish Oatp1d1 acts as a cellular efflux transporter of the anionic herbicide bromoxynil
Chem. Res. Toxicol. 35 (2), 315 - 325 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00371
Biomarker responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) following long-term exposure to microplastic-associated chlorpyrifos and benzo(k)fluoranthene
Aquat. Toxicol. 245 , art. 106120 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106120
Discovery of polar ozonation byproducts via direct injection of effluent organic matter with online LC-FT-ICR-MS
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 1894 - 1904 10.1021/acs.est.1c04310
Effects of exposure to single and multiple parabens on asthma development in an experimental mouse model and a prospective cohort study
Sci. Total Environ. 814 , art. 152676 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152676
Umsetzung des Nationalen Aktionsplans zur nachhaltigen Anwendung von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (NAP) – Pilotstudie zur Ermittlung der Belastung von Kleingewässern in der Agrarlandschaft mit Pflanzenschutzmittel-Rückständen. Abschlussbericht, Forschungskennzahl 3717 63 403 0
Texte Umweltbundesamt 07/2022
Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, 319 S.
Exploring the extent of phosphorus and heavy metal uptake by single cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their effects on intrinsic elements by SC-ICP-TOF-MS
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 870931 10.3389/fmicb.2022.870931
Potential propagation of agricultural pesticide exposure and effects to upstream sections in a biosphere reserve
Sci. Total Environ. 836 , art. 155688 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155688
The eco‐exposome concept: Supporting an integrated assessment of mixtures of environmental chemicals
Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 41 (1), 30 - 45 10.1002/etc.5242
Abiotic oxidative transformation of 6-PPD and 6-PPD quinone from tires and occurrence of their products in snow from urban roads and in municipal wastewater
Water Res. 212 , art. 118122 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118122
Sorption and mobility of charged organic compounds: How to confront and overcome limitations in their assessment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (8), 4702 - 4710 10.1021/acs.est.2c00570
Correction to "Sorption and mobility of charged organic compounds: How to confront and overcome limitations in their assessment" (Environ. Sci. Technol. (2022) 56:8 (4702-4710) DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00570)
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (15), art. 11093 10.1021/acs.est.2c05051
Impact of various aeration strategies on the removal of micropollutants and biological effects in aerated horizontal flow treatment wetlands
Sci. Total Environ. 828 , art. 154423 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154423
The NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE): facilitating European and worldwide collaboration on suspect screening in high resolution mass spectrometry
Environ. Sci. Eur. 34 , art. 104 10.1186/s12302-022-00680-6
Corrigendum to “Aging of tire and road wear particles in terrestrial and freshwater environments – A review on processes, testing, analysis and impact” [Chemosphere 288 (2022) 132467]
Chemosphere 291, Part 3 , art. 133150 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133150
Aging of tire and road wear particles in terrestrial and freshwater environments – A review on processes, testing, analysis and impact
Chemosphere 288, Part 2 , art. 132467 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.1324672021 (28)
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria: Spatial distribution, catchment release and public exposure risk via municipal water consumption
Sci. Total Environ. 783 , art. 146970 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146970
Characterization of membrane-bound metalloproteins in the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis” strain CSTR1
Talanta 223 (Part 2), art. 121711 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121711
Delineating source contributions to stream dissolved organic matter composition under baseflow conditions in forested headwater catchments
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 126 (8), e2021JG006425 10.1029/2021JG006425
Correction to Absorption mode spectral processing improves data quality of natural organic matter analysis by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. (2020) 31: 7 (1615-1618) DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00138)
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 32 (9), 2495 10.1021/jasms.1c00236
Direct analysis of fulvic acids adsorbed onto capped gold nanoparticles by laser desorption ionization Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
Environ. Sci.-Nano 8 (8), 2336 - 2346 10.1039/d0en01253j
Effective processing and evaluation of chemical imaging data with respect to morphological features of the zebrafish embryo
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 413 (6), 1675 - 1687 10.1007/s00216-020-03131-4
Small streams – large concentrations? Pesticide monitoring in small agricultural streams in Germany during dry weather and rainfall
Water Res. 203 , art. 117535 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117535
Online counter gradient LC-FT-ICR-MS enables detection of highly polar natural organic matter fractions
Anal. Chem. 93 (3), 1740 - 1748 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04426
Judgement and assessment of high resolution mass spectrometry investigations of DOM – Examples for identification of biogeochemical processes in waters
Vom Wasser 119 (2), 47 - 51 10.1002/vomw.202100009
An investigation into LA-spICP-ToF-MS uses for in situ measurement of environmental multi-elemental nanoparticles
J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 36 (10), 2107 - 2115 10.1039/d1ja00112d
Machine learning: our future spotlight into single-particle ICP-ToF-MS analysis
J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 36 (12), 2684 - 2694 10.1039/D1JA00213A
Abiotic transformation of lamotrigine by redox-active mineral and phenolic compounds
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (3), 1535 - 1544 10.1021/acs.est.0c03631
The diverse metal composition of plastic items and its implications
Sci. Total Environ. 764 , art. 142870 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142870
Organic markers of tire and road wear particles in sediments and soils: Transformation products of major antiozonants as promising candidates
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (17), 11723 - 11732 10.1021/acs.est.1c02723
Comprehensive characterization of tire and road wear particles in highway tunnel road dust by use of size and density fractionation
Chemosphere 279 , art. 130530 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130530
Characterization of individual tire and road wear particles in environmental road dust, tunnel dust, and sediment
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 8 (12), 1057 - 1064 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00811
Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams
Water Res. 201 , art. 117262 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117262
Direct imaging of plant metabolites in the rhizosphere using laser desorption ionization ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry
Front. Plant Sci. 12 , art. 753812 10.3389/fpls.2021.753812
Moxidectin toxicity to zebrafish embryos: Bioaccumulation and biomarker responses
Environ. Pollut. 283 , art. 117096 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117096
Filling the knowledge gap: A suspect screening study for 1310 potentially persistent and mobile chemicals with SFC- and HILIC-HRMS in two German river systems
Water Res. 204 , art. 117645 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117645
Determination of elemental distribution and evaluation of elemental concentration in single Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells using single cell-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Metallomics 13 (6), mfab032 10.1093/mtomcs/mfab032
Ruthenium red: a highly efficient and versatile cell staining agent for single-cell analysis using inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Analyst 146 (22), 6753 - 6759 10.1039/d1an01143j
Das Wasser weist uns den Weg
Vom Wasser 119 (3), 69 - 69 10.1002/vomw.202100023
Mercury in sediment core samples from deep Siberian ice-rich permafrost
Front. Earth Sci. 9 , art. 718153 10.3389/feart.2021.718153
Ozonation products from trace organic chemicals in municipal wastewater and from metformin: peering through the keyhole with supercritical fluid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Water Res. 196 , art. 117024 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117024
Removal of micropollutants and biological effects by conventional and intensified constructed wetlands treating municipal wastewater
Water Res. 201 , art. 117349 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117349
Prenatal paraben exposure and atopic dermatitis-related outcomes among children
Allergy 76 (10), 3122 - 3132 10.1111/all.14890
Risk from pesticide mixtures – The gap between risk assessment and reality
Sci. Total Environ. 796 , art. 149017 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.1490172020 (19)
Spatial profiles of perfluoroalkyl substances and mercury in fish from northern Lake Victoria, East Africa
Chemosphere 260 , art. 127536 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127536
Surfactant assisted extraction of incidental nanoparticles from road runoff sediment and their characterization by single particle-ICP-MS
Chemosphere 246 , art. 125765 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125765
Surface cleaning and sample carrier for complementary high-resolution imaging techniques
Biointerphases 15 (2), art. 021005 10.1116/1.5143203
Biotransformation of phthalate plasticizers and bisphenol A by marine-derived, freshwater, and terrestrial fungi
Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 317 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00317
Absorption mode spectral processing improves data quality of natural organic matter analysis by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 31 (7), 1615 - 1618 10.1021/jasms.0c00138
In-situ treatment of herbicide-contaminated groundwater–Feasibility study for the cases atrazine and bromacil using two novel nanoremediation-type materials
J. Hazard. Mater. 393 , art. 122470 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122470
Exploring the potential of laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry to analyse organic capping agents on inorganic nanoparticle surfaces
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 412 (22), 5261 - 5271 10.1007/s00216-020-02740-3
Yolk sac of zebrafish embryos as backpack for chemicals?
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (16), 10159 - 10169 10.1021/acs.est.0c02068
Improved understanding of dissolved organic matter processing in freshwater using complementary experimental and machine learning approaches
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (21), 13556 - 13565 10.1021/acs.est.0c02383
Making waves: Water-soluble polymers in the aquatic environment: An overlooked class of synthetic polymers?
Water Res. 181 , art. 115931 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115931
Characterization of tire and road wear particles from road runoff indicates highly dynamic particle properties
Water Res. 185 , art. 116262 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116262
Persistent and mobile organic compounds—an environmental challenge
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 412 (20), 4761 - 4762 10.1007/s00216-020-02542-7
Maternal paraben exposure triggers childhood overweight development
Nat. Commun. 11 , art. 561 10.1038/s41467-019-14202-1
Online nano solid phase extraction Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry workflow to analyze small scale gradients of soil solution organic matter in the rhizosphere
Anal. Chem. 92 (15), 10442 - 10449 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00946
Determination of transformation products of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances at trace levels in agricultural plants
J. Chromatogr. A 1625 , art. 461271 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461271
Persistent, mobile and toxic substances in the environment: a spotlight on current research and regulatory activities
Environ. Sci. Eur. 32 , art. 5 10.1186/s12302-019-0286-x
A rapid method for quantification of persistent and mobile organic substances in water using supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 412 (20), 4941 - 4952 10.1007/s00216-020-02722-5
Source-related smart suspect screening in the aqueous environment: search for tire-derived persistent and mobile trace organic contaminants in surface waters
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 412 (20), 4909 - 4919 10.1007/s00216-020-02653-1
Resilience of micropollutant and biological effect removal in an aerated horizontal flow treatment wetland
Water 12 (11), art. 3050 10.3390/w121130502019 (14)
Hexamethoxymethylmelamine – A precursor of persistent and mobile contaminants in municipal wastewater and the water cycle
Water Res. 165 , art. 114973 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114973
Identification of nanoparticles and their localization in algal biofilm by 3D-imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry
J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 34 (6), 1098 - 1108 10.1039/c8ja00439k
The impact of species, respiration type, growth phase and genetic inventory on absolute metal content of intact bacterial cells
Metallomics 11 (5), 925 - 935 10.1039/C9MT00009G
Quantifying a biocatalytic product from a few living microbial cells using microfluidic cultivation coupled to FT-ICR-MS
Anal. Chem. 91 (11), 7012 - 7018 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00978
Elemental imaging (LA-ICP-MS) of zebrafish embryos to study the toxicokinetics of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor naled
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 411 (3), 617 - 627 10.1007/s00216-018-1471-2
Sorption of organic substances to tire wear materials: Similarities and differences with other types of microplastic
Trac-Trends Anal. Chem. 113 , 392 - 401 10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.029
Sated by a zero-calorie sweetener: Wastewater bacteria can feed on acesulfame
Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 2606 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02606
Tire and road wear particles in road environment – Quantification and assessment of particle dynamics by Zn determination after density separation
Chemosphere 222 , 714 - 721 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.176
Quantifizierung von Reifenabrieb anhand des Zinkgehalts nach spezifischer Anreicherung
Vom Wasser 117 (3), 95 - 97
Germanium speciation using liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry: Germanium in biological and chemical leaching solutions of fine-grained residues from copper smelting
J. Chromatogr. A 1593 , 47 - 53 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.01.061
Occurrence of emerging persistent and mobile organic contaminants in European water samples
Water Res. 153 , 80 - 90 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.008
2D liquid chromatographic fractionation with ultra-high resolution MS analysis resolves a vast molecular diversity of tropospheric particle organics
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (19), 11353 - 11363 10.1021/acs.est.9b03839
Relationship between discharge and river plastic concentrations in a rural and an urban catchment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (17), 10082 - 10091 10.1021/acs.est.9b03048
Things we know and don’t know about nanoplastic in the environment
Nat. Nanotechnol. 14 (4), 300 - 303 10.1038/s41565-019-0424-z2018 (10)
Assessment of persistence, mobility and toxicity (PMT) of 167 REACH registered substances. 2. revised edition
Texte Umweltbundesamt 9/2018
Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, 60 pp.
Influence of pH on the uptake and toxicity of β-blockers in embryos of zebrafish, Danio rerio
Aquat. Toxicol. 201 , 129 - 137 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.05.020
Characterisation of electron beam irradiation-immobilised laccase for application in wastewater treatment
Sci. Total Environ. 624 , 309 - 322 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.127
Emerging biodegradation of the previously persistent artificial sweetener acesulfame in biological wastewater treatment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (5), 2717 - 2725 10.1021/acs.est.7b05619
Transformation of oxytetracycline by redox-active Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-containing minerals: Processes and mechanisms
Water Res. 145 , 136 - 145 10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.015
Dynamics of emerging organic contaminant removal in conventional and intensified subsurface flow treatment wetlands
Sci. Total Environ. 649 , 1144 - 1156 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.339
Application of cell-based bioassays to evaluate treatment efficacy of conventional and intensified treatment wetlands
Environ. Sci.-Wat. Res. Technol. 4 (2), 206 - 217 10.1039/c7ew00341b
Impact of European chemicals regulation on the industrial use of plasticizers and patterns of substitution in Scandinavia
Environ. Int. 119 , 346 - 352 10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.037
Using REACH registration data to rank the environmental emission potential of persistent and mobile organic chemicals
Sci. Total Environ. 625 , 1122 - 1128 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.305
Tire wear particles in the aquatic environment - A review on generation, analysis, occurrence, fate and effects
Water Res. 139 , 83 - 100 10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.0512017 (16)
Metal uptake and distribution in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo: differences between nanoparticles and metal ions
Environ. Sci.-Nano 4 (5), 1005 - 1015 10.1039/c6en00440g
From the exposome to mechanistic understanding of chemical-induced adverse effects
Environ. Int. 99 , 97 - 106 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.029
Multidimensional monitoring of anaerobic/aerobic azo dye based wastewater treatments by hyphenated UPLC-ICP-MS/ESI-Q-TOF-MS techniques
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 24 (12), 10929 - 10938 10.1007/s11356-016-7075-5
15th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment—ICCE 2015 Leipzig, 20–24 September 2015
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 24 (12), 11163 - 11165 10.1007/s11356-017-8717-y
Laccase- and electrochemically mediated conversion of triclosan: Metabolite formation and influence on antibacterial activity
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