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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. Simultaneous cleanup of Reactive Black 5 and cadmium by a desert soil bacterium

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ibtihel Louati, Jihene Elloumi-Mseddi, Wissem Cheikhrouhou, Bilel Hadrich, Moncef Nasri, Sami Aifa, Stephen Woodward, Tahar Mechichi

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. The effects of chronic lead exposure on the liver of female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): Histopathological damages, oxidative stress and AMP-activated protein kinase based lipid metabolism disorder

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Honghong Kou, Jing Ya, Xuebin Gao, Hongfeng Zhao

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  3. The sublethal lead (Pb) toxicity to the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Annelida, Oligochaeta) as affected by NaCl salinity and manure addition in a calcareous clay loam soil during an indoor mesocosm experiment

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Fayez Raiesi, Hamid Reza Motaghian, Mina Nazarizadeh

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  4. Ecological risk of pesticide contamination in a Brazilian river located near a rural area: A study of biomarkers using zebrafish embryos

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Eduardo Stringini Severo, Aline Teixeira Marins, Cristina Cerezer, Dennis Costa, Mauro Nunes, Osmar Damian Prestes, Renato Zanella, Vania Lucia Loro

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Exogenous indole acetic acid alleviates Cd toxicity in tea (Camellia sinensis)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chenyu Zhang, Qun He, Minghan Wang, Xizhi Gao, Jianjiao Chen, Chengwen Shen

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  6. Advanced sensing platform for electrochemical monitoring of the environmental toxin; bisphenol A

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hoda Ezoji, Mostafa Rahimnejad, Ghasem Najafpour-Darzi

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the response of indigenous bacteria in highly contaminated aged soil after persulfate oxidation

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yaling Gou, Qianyun Zhao, Sucai Yang, Hongqi Wang, Pengwei Qiao, Yun Song, Yanjun Cheng, Peizhong Li

      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Sorption properties of cadmium on microplastics: The common practice experiment and A two-dimensional correlation spectroscopic study

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xuetao Guo, Guilin Hu, Xiaoyun Fan, Hanzhong Jia

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  9. Aerobic and anoxic degradation and detoxification of profenofos insecticide by Pseudomonas plecoglossicida strain PF1

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Tipsuda Subsanguan, Alisa S. Vangnai, Sumana Siripattanakul-Ratpukdi

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Cadmium-zinc cross-talk delineates toxicity tolerance in rice via differential genes expression and physiological / ultrastructural adjustments

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Adil, Shafaque Sehar, Guang Chen, Zhong-Hua Chen, Ghulam Jilani, Arshad Nawaz Chaudhry, Imran Haider Shamsi

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  11. Astilbin protects chicken peripheral blood lymphocytes from cadmium-induced necroptosis via oxidative stress and the PI3K/Akt pathway

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chi Xin, Shi Guangliang, Zhang Qing, Liu Qingqing, Yin Hang, Zhang Yiming, Li Shu

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  12. Synergistic effect of Klebsiella sp. FH-1 and Arthrobacter sp. NJ-1 on the growth of the microbiota in the black soil of Northeast China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Jinpeng Zhang, Yuncheng Xu, Shuang Liang, Xiulan Ma, Zhongbin Lu, Peng Sun, Hao Zhang, Fengjie Sun

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Nida Aziz, Abida Butt, Hany M. Elsheikha

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  14. Yield advantage and cadmium decreasing of rice in intercropping with water spinach under moisture management

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zhiming Kang, Wenyuan Zhang, Junhao Qin, Sihui Li, Xu Yang, Xin Wei, Huashou Li

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  15. Foliar application of selenium and zinc to alleviate wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cadmium toxicity and uptake from cadmium-contaminated soil

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chao Wu, Yu Dun, Zhaoji Zhang, Minlan Li, Guoqing Wu

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  16. Occurrence and human health risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in real agricultural systems with long-term reclaimed wastewater irrigation in Beijing, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xianjing Liu, Cunzhen Liang, Xiaohui Liu, Fei Zhao, Chao Han

  17. Exposure to polyamide 66 microplastic leads to effects performance and microbial community structure of aerobic granular sludge

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lijian Zhao, Chengyuan Su, Weihong Liu, Ronghua Qin, Linqin Tang, Xue Deng, Shumin Wu, Menglin Chen

  18. Heavy metal ions removed from imitating acid mine drainages with a thermoacidophilic archaea: Acidianus manzaensis YN25

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Mengke Li, Yongji Huang, Yanping Yang, Haibei Wang, Liang Hu, Hui Zhong, Zhiguo He

  19. Excess copper inhibits the growth of rice seedlings by decreasing uptake of nitrate

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Kai Huo, Xiangchao Shangguan, Yan Xia, Zhenguo Shen, Chen Chen

  20. Occurrence of quinotone antibiotics and their impacts on aquatic environment in typical river-estuary system of Jiaozhou Bay, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ke Liu, Daolai Zhang, Xiaotong Xiao, Lijuan Cui, Hailong Zhang

  21. Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chris Walkinshaw, Penelope K. Lindeque, Richard Thompson, Trevor Tolhurst, Matthew Cole

  22. Examining maternal and environmental transfer of mercury into American alligator eggs

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Frances M. Nilsen, Thomas R. Rainwater, Phil M. Wilkinson, Arnold M. Brunell, Russell H. Lowers, John A. Bowden, Louis J. Guillette, Stephen E. Long, Tracey B. Schock

  23. Calcimimetic compound NPS R-467 protects against chronic cadmium-induced mouse kidney injury by restoring autophagy process

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Jie Gu, Zhen Ren, Jinfeng Zhao, Frank Addai Peprah, Yimin Xie, Dongrui Cheng, Yanwei Wang, Haitao Liu, Chris Kong Chu Wong, Yang Zhou, Haifeng Shi

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, oxidative stress and mitochondrial impairment in human hepatoma (HepG2) cells exposed to copper oxide, copper-iron oxide and carbon nanoparticles.

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Joseph A. Adeyemi, Ana Rita Thomazela Machado, Abayomi T. Ogunjimi, Luciane Carla Alberici, Lusania Maria Greggi Antunes, Fernando Barbosa

  25. Trace metals in core sediments from a deep lake in eastern Turkey: Vertical concentration profiles, eco-environmental risks and possible sources

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Memet Varol, Özgür Canpolat, Kürşad Kadir Eriş, Metin Çağlar