# overview
My research focuses on the occurrence and toxicity of drinking water contaminants, health effects of complex mixtures, and chemical exposure assessment in underserved communities.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Oxidation of antibiotics by ferrate(VI) in water: Evaluation of their removal efficiency and toxicity changes.

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Impact of metal ions, metal oxides, and nanoparticles on the formation of disinfection byproducts during chlorination

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High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Identification of Novel Surfactant-Derived Sulfur-Containing Disinfection Byproducts from Gas Extraction Wastewater.

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Pesticide-Related Hospitalizations Among Children and Teenagers in Texas, 2004-2013.

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Vulnerable Populations Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water within Houston Ship Channel Communities.

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Potential Sources of Childhood Exposure to Pesticides in an Agricultural Community

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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas.

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The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology

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A Pilot Study of Changes in Environmental Knowledge and Behaviors among Head Start Employees and Parents Following Environmental Health Training in Webb County, TX.

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A comparison of concentrations of polycyclic aromatic compounds detected in dust samples from various regions of the world.

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Toxicity assessment of complex mixtures remains a goal.

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Border Health 2012: binational collaboration to develop an outreach environmental educational program.

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Degradation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by ferrate(VI): Effects of water constituents and oxidized products.

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Tracking the Source of High Pb Levels in Childrens Blood

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Toxicity characterization of complex mixtures using biological and chemical analysis in preparation for assessment of mixture similarity.

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Remote Work and the Environment: Exploratory Analysis of Indoor Air Quality of Commercial Offices and the Home Office

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Transformation of bisphenol A during chloramination in a pilot-scale water distribution system: Effect of pH, flow velocity and type of pipes

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters: occurrence, toxicity, and risk.

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Bacterial community structure and microorganism inactivation following water treatment with ferrate(VI) or chlorine

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Remote Work and the Environment: Exploratory Analysis of Indoor Air Quality of Commercial Offices and the Home Office

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In situ biomonitoring of PAH-contaminated sediments using juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).

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Impact of workplace displacement during a natural disaster on computer performance metrics: A 2-year interrupted time series analysis.

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Mechanistic relationships between hepatic genotoxicity and carcinogenicity in male B6C3F1 mice treated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures.

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Pesticide-related poison center exposures in children and adolescents aged 19 years in Texas, 2000-2013.

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Efficient microwave degradation of humic acids in water using persulfate and activated carbon

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Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review.

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Eutrophication of Lake Wingra: A Chemistry-Based Environmental Science Module

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Identification and Comparative Mammalian Cell Cytotoxicity of New lodo-Phenolic Disinfection Byproducts in Chloraminated Oil and Gas Wastewaters

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Chloramines in a pilot-scale water distribution system: Transformation of 17-estradiol and formation of disinfection byproducts.

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Degradation of chloramphenicol by chlorine and chlorine dioxide in a pilot-scale water distribution system

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Chlorine decay and trihalomethane formation following ferrate(VI) preoxidation and chlorination of drinking water.

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Potential Sources of Childhood Exposure to Pesticides in an Agricultural Community

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Biodegradation of simple chemical mixtures in soil.

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UV light induces Ag nanoparticle formation: roles of natural organic matter, iron, and oxygen

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A review of the influence of treatment strategies on antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes.

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Impacts of hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil and gas industries on drinking water: Quantification of 69 disinfection by-products and calculated toxicity.

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Original Public Health Research: Household Pesticide Use in Colonias in Webb and Hidalgo Counties, South Texas, as Assessed Using a Pesticide Inventory

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Partitioning and desorption behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from disparate sources.

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Comparative in vitro and in vivo genotoxicities of 7H-benzo[c]fluorene, manufactured gas plant residue (MGP), and MGP fractions.

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A comparison of two methods for fractionating complex mixtures in preparation for toxicity analysis.

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Tracking the source of contaminant lead in children's blood.

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Measurement of Organophosphate Pesticides, Organochlorine Pesticides, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Household Dust from Two Rural Villages in Nepal

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Occurrence, distribution and composition of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment cores from the Lower Fox River, Wisconsin, US.

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Synergistic effect of aqueous removal of fluoroquinolones by a combined use of peroxymonosulfate and ferrate(VI).

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Activation of ferrate(VI) by ammonia in oxidation of flumequine: Kinetics, transformation products, and antibacterial activity assessment

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Environmental Health in Central and Eastern Europe

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Collaborative Research: Ferrates(FeVI, FeV, and FeIV) Oxidation for Mitigation of Pharmaceutical Micropollutants in Source-Separated Urine: Underlying Mechanisms

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Environmental And Occupational Health; 1266 TAMUS

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Ross, Jennifer Ann (2013-12). Environmental Health Education in Underserved Hispanic Communities. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Trueblood, Amber B. (2016-06). Understanding Childhood Environmental Exposures in Texas with a Focus on Pesticide Exposures. Doctoral Dissertation.