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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Quantification of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Commercial Cows’ Milk from California by Gas Chromatography–Triple Quadruple Mass Spectrometry

    • PLOS ONE

    • Xiaopeng Chen, Yanping Lin, Katherine Dang, Birgit Puschner

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Impacts of Steel-Slag-Based Silicate Fertilizer on Soil Acidity and Silicon Availability and Metals-Immobilization in a Paddy Soil

    • PLOS ONE

    • Dongfeng Ning, Yongchao Liang, Zhandong Liu, Junfu Xiao, Aiwang Duan

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Native Phytoremediation Potential of Urtica dioica for Removal of PCBs and Heavy Metals Can Be Improved by Genetic Manipulations Using Constitutive CaMV 35S Promoter

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jitka Viktorova, Zuzana Jandova, Michaela Madlenakova, Petra Prouzova, Vilem Bartunek, Blanka Vrchotova, Petra Lovecka, Lucie Musilova, Tomas Macek

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Degradation of Herbicides in the Tropical Marine Environment: Influence of Light and Sediment

    • PLOS ONE

    • Philip Mercurio, Jochen F. Mueller, Geoff Eaglesham, Jake O'Brien, Florita Flores, Andrew P. Negri

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  5. Health Status of Sand Flathead (Platycephalus bassensis), Inhabiting an Industrialised and Urbanised Embayment, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria as Measured by Biomarkers of Exposure and Effects

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jarrad K. Baker, Sara M. Long, Kathryn L. Hassell, Vincent J. Pettigrove, Marthe M. Gagnon

      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Estrogenic Endocrine on Intestinal Microbiota in Zebrafish

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yukun Liu, Yayun Yao, Huan Li, Fang Qiao, Junlin Wu, Zhen-yu Du, Meiling Zhang

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Microscale In Vitro Assays for the Investigation of Neutral Red Retention and Ethoxyresorufin-O-Deethylase of Biofuels and Fossil Fuels

    • PLOS ONE

    • Sebastian Heger, Kerstin Bluhm, Julia Brendt, Philipp Mayer, Nico Anders, Andreas Schäffer, Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Henner Hollert

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Is Low Non-Lethal Concentration of Methylmercury Really Safe? A Report on Genotoxicity with Delayed Cell Proliferation

    • PLOS ONE

    • María Elena Crespo-Lopez, Allan Costa-Malaquias, Edivaldo H. C. Oliveira, Moysés S. Miranda, Gabriela P. F. Arrifano, José R. Souza-Monteiro, Fernanda Espirito-Santo Sagica, Enéas A. Fontes-Junior, Cristiane S. F. Maia, Barbarella M. Macchi, José Luiz M. do Nascimento

      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Isolation of All CD44 Transcripts in Human Epidermis and Regulation of Their Expression by Various Agents

    • PLOS ONE

    • Kwesi Teye, Sanae Numata, Norito Ishii, Rafal P. Krol, Atsunari Tsuchisaka, Takahiro Hamada, Hiroshi Koga, Tadashi Karashima, Chika Ohata, Daisuke Tsuruta, Hideyuki Saya, Marek Haftek, Takashi Hashimoto

      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Stability and Biological Activity Evaluation of Chlorantraniliprole Solid Nanodispersions Prepared by High Pressure Homogenization

    • PLOS ONE

    • Bo Cui, Lei Feng, Chunxin Wang, Dongsheng Yang, Manli Yu, Zhanghua Zeng, Yan Wang, Changjiao Sun, Xiang Zhao, Haixin Cui

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Metagenomic Analysis of Fungal Diversity on Strawberry Plants and the Effect of Management Practices on the Fungal Community Structure of Aerial Organs

    • PLOS ONE

    • Ahmed Abdelfattah, Michael Wisniewski, Maria Giulia Li Destri Nicosia, Santa Olga Cacciola, Leonardo Schena

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. The Ionomic Study of Vegetable Crops

    • PLOS ONE

    • Toshihiro Watanabe, Eriko Maejima, Tomoko Yoshimura, Masaru Urayama, Aiko Yamauchi, Masako Owadano, Ryosuke Okada, Mitsuru Osaki, Yoshinori Kanayama, Takuro Shinano

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Rationalisation and Validation of an Acrylamide-Free Procedure in Three-Dimensional Histological Imaging

    • PLOS ONE

    • Hei Ming Lai, Alan King Lun Liu, Wai-Lung Ng, John DeFelice, Wing Sang Lee, Heng Li, Wen Li, Ho Man Ng, Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, Bin Lin, Wutian Wu, Steve M. Gentleman

      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Development of Molecular Markers for Determining Continental Origin of Wood from White Oaks (Quercus L. sect. Quercus)

    • PLOS ONE

    • Hilke Schroeder, Richard Cronn, Yulai Yanbaev, Tara Jennings, Malte Mader, Bernd Degen, Birgit Kersten

      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Year-Round Monitoring of Contaminants in Neal and Rogers Creeks, Hood River Basin, Oregon, 2011-12, and Assessment of Risks to Salmonids

    • PLOS ONE

    • Whitney B. Hapke, Jennifer L. Morace, Elena B. Nilsen, David A. Alvarez, Kevin Masterson

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments and Bivalves on the Pacific Coast of Japan: Influence of Tsunami and Fire

    • PLOS ONE

    • Mayu Onozato, Atsuko Nishigaki, Kenji Okoshi

      • Chemical contaminants

  17. A Comprehensive Evaluation of NIPAM Polymer Gel Dosimeters on Three Orthogonal Planes and Temporal Stability Analysis

    • PLOS ONE

    • Kai-Yuan Cheng, Ling-Ling Hsieh, Cheng-Ting Shih

      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Methylmercury Concentration in Fish and Risk-Benefit Assessment of Fish Intake among Pregnant versus Infertile Women in Taiwan

    • PLOS ONE

    • Hsing-Cheng Hsi, You-Wen Hsu, Tien-Chin Chang, Ling-Chu Chien

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Highly Sensitive Detection of Melamine Using a One-Step Sample Treatment Combined with a Portable Ag Nanostructure Array SERS Sensor

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jie Cheng, Xiao-Ou Su, Yue Yao, Caiqin Han, Shi Wang, Yiping Zhao

      • Chemical contaminants

  20. The Effects of Chronic Lifelong Activation of the AHR Pathway by Industrial Chemical Pollutants on Female Human Reproduction

    • PLOS ONE

    • Aldo Cavallini, Catia Lippolis, Margherita Vacca, Claudia Nardelli, Alessandra Castegna, Fabio Arnesano, Nicola Carella, Raffaella Depalo Environmental chemicals, such as heavy metals, affect female reproductive function. A biological sensor of the signals of many toxic chemical compounds seems to be the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR).

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Dioxins
      • Heavy Metals

  21. “Stockpile” of Slight Transcriptomic Changes Determines the Indirect Genotoxicity of Low-Dose BPA in Thyroid Cells

    • PLOS ONE

    • Immacolata Porreca, Luisa Ulloa Severino, Fulvio D’Angelo, Danila Cuomo, Michele Ceccarelli, Lucia Altucci, Elena Amendola, Angela Nebbioso, Massimo Mallardo, Mario De Felice, Concetta Ambrosino

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Xenobiotic Compounds Degradation by Heterologous Expression of a Trametes sanguineus Laccase in Trichoderma atroviride

    • PLOS ONE

    • Edgar Balcázar-López, Luz Helena Méndez-Lorenzo, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, Ulises Esquivel-Naranjo, Marcela Ayala, Vaidyanathan Vinoth Kumar, Olivier Savary, Hubert Cabana, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol

      • Chemical contaminants

  23. A New Glabrous Gene (csgl3) Identified in Trichome Development in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jin-Ying Cui, Han Miao, Li-Hong Ding, Todd C. Wehner, Pan-Na Liu, Ye Wang, Sheng-Ping Zhang, Xing-Fang Gu

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Mixture Effects of Estrogenic Pesticides at the Human Estrogen Receptor α and β

    • PLOS ONE

    • Bettina Seeger, Frank Klawonn, Boris Nguema Bekale, Pablo Steinberg

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Ingestion of Milk Containing Very Low Concentration of Antimicrobials: Longitudinal Effect on Fecal Microbiota Composition in Preweaned Calves

    • PLOS ONE

    • Richard Van Vleck Pereira, Svetlana Lima, Julie D. Siler, Carla Foditsch, Lorin D. Warnick, Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants