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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. Effect of amendments on soil Cd sorption and trophic transfer of Cd and mineral nutrition along the food chain

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yi-min Wang, Dou-dou Tang, Xu-yin Yuan, Minori Uchimiya, Ji-zhou Li, Zhen-yu Li, Zi-cheng Luo, Ze-wen Xu, Shi-ge Sun

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Optimization of NPK fertilization combined with phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soil by orthogonal experiment

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Juncai Wang, Xunfeng Chen, Yaowei Chi, Shaohua Chu, Kashif Hayat, Yuee Zhi, Sikandar Hayat, Dimitar Terziev, Dan Zhang, Pei Zhou

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Simultaneous reduction of nitrate and Cr(VI) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain G12 in wastewater

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Qiang An, Shuman Deng, Jia Xu, Hongyan Nan, Zheng Li, Jia-Li Song

  4. Heavy metal tolerance of orchid populations growing on abandoned mine tailings: A case study in Sardinia Island (Italy)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Antonio De Agostini, Claudia Caltagirone, Alberto Caredda, Angela Cicatelli, Annalena Cogoni, Domenica Farci, Francesco Guarino, Alessandra Garau, Massimo Labra, Michele Lussu, Dario Piano, Cinzia Sanna, Nicola Tommasi, Andrea Vacca, Pierluigi Cortis

  5. Contamination zoning and health risk assessment of trace elements in groundwater through geostatistical modelling

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Mobarok Hossain, Pulak Kumar Patra

  6. Associations of plasma metal concentrations with the decline in kidney function: A longitudinal study of Chinese adults

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yiyi Liu, Yu Yuan, Yang Xiao, Yizhun Li, Yanqiu Yu, Tingting Mo, Haijing Jiang, Xiulou Li, Handong Yang, Chengwei Xu, Meian He, Huan Guo, An Pan, Tangchun Wu

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  7. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Hg, Cd and Ni) by sentinel crab (Macrophthalmus depressus) from sediments of Mousa Bay, Persian Gulf

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Mehdi Saadati, Mohsen Soleimani, Mohammad Sadeghsaba, Mahmoud Reza Hemami

  8. Effects of exogenous 3-indoleacetic acid and cadmium stress on the physiological and biochemical characteristics of Cinnamomum camphora

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Jihai Zhou, Kun Cheng, Guomin Huang, Guangcai Chen, Shoubiao Zhou, Yongjie Huang, Jie Zhang, Honglang Duan, Houbao Fan

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Evaluating the presence of pesticides in bananas: An integrative review

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hiago de O. Gomes, Jorge Marcell C. Menezes, José Galberto M. da Costa, Henrique Douglas M. Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato P. Teixeira, Ronaldo F. do Nascimento

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Remediation of Cd-contaminated acidic paddy fields with four-year consecutive liming

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yong Huang, Hao Sheng, Ping Zhou, Yangzhu Zhang

  11. Biodegradation of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the thermophilic bioemulsifier-producing Aeribacillus pallidus strain SL-1

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Weiyi Tao, Junzhang Lin, Weidong Wang, He Huang, Shuang Li

      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Fabrication, characterization and practical efficacy of Myristica fragrans essential oil nanoemulsion delivery system against postharvest biodeterioration

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Somenath Das, Vipin Kumar Singh, Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Anand Kumar Chaudhari, Neha Upadhyay, Akanksha Singh, Deepika, Nawal Kishore Dubey

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Natural toxins
      • Pesticide residues
      • Aflatoxins

  13. Ammonium nutrition mitigates cadmium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) through improving antioxidase system and the glutathione-ascorbate cycle efficiency

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zhichao Wu, Qi Jiang, Tao Yan, Xin Zhang, Shoujun Xu, Hanzhi Shi, Teng-hao-bo Deng, Furong Li, Yingqiong Du, Ruiying Du, Chengxiao Hu, Xu Wang, Fuhua Wang

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  14. ROS-induced NLRP3 inflammasome priming and activation mediate PCB 118- induced pyroptosis in endothelial cells

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yang Long, Xin Liu, Xiao-zhen Tan, Chun-xia Jiang, Shao-wei Chen, Guan-nan Liang, Xue-mei He, Jian Wu, Tao Chen, Yong Xu

      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Microplastics ingestion in the ephyra stage of Aurelia sp. triggers acute and behavioral responses

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Elisa Costa, Chiara Gambardella, Veronica Piazza, Massimo Vassalli, Francesca Sbrana, Silvia Lavorano, Francesca Garaventa, Marco Faimali

  16. Levels and characteristics of polychlorinated biphenyls in surface sediments of the Chaobai river, a source of drinking water for Beijing, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lili Yang, Fen Jin, Guorui Liu, Yang Xu, Minghui Zheng, Cui Li, Yuanping Yang

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Dioxins

  17. Sucralose and acesulfame as an indicator of domestic wastewater contamination in Wuhan surface water

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Kehan Fu, Ling Wang, Cuiyun Wei, Jie Li, Jie Zhang, Zhen Zhou, Yong Liang

  18. Effect of plastic foreign body impaction on rumen function and heavy metal concentrations in various body fluids and tissues of buffaloes

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Priyanka Mahadappa, Narayanan Krishnaswamy, Mahendran Karunanidhi, AG Bhanuprakash, BV Bindhuja, Sahadeb Dey

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. The influence of climate change related factors on the response of two clam species to diclofenac

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Silvana Costa, Francesca Coppola, Carlo Pretti, Luigi Intorre, Valentina Meucci, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Rosa Freitas, Montserrat Solé

  20. Impacts of biochar and silicate fertilizer on arsenic accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Wenjia Jin, Zhigang Wang, Yafei Sun, Yongjie Wang, Chunjuan Bi, Limin Zhou, Xiangmin Zheng

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  21. Sludge aging stabilizes heavy metals subjected to pyrolysis

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Huanlong Peng, Yukun Wu, Tong Guan, Wei He, Liang Xu, Yongmei Liang, Wei Liu

  22. Oral Co-Exposures to zinc oxide nanoparticles and CdCl2 induced maternal-fetal pollutant transfer and embryotoxicity by damaging placental barriers

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chuanfeng Teng, Jianbo Jia, Zhiping Wang, Bing Yan

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Physiological stress responses, mineral element uptake and phytoremediation potential of Morus alba L. in cadmium-contaminated soil

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Peng Zeng, Zhaohui Guo, Xiyuan Xiao, Chi Peng, Lingqing Liu, Demei Yan, Yalei He

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Acute toxicity of lead in fresh water bivalves Lamellidens jenkinsianus obesa and Parreysia (Parreysia) corrugata with evaluation of sublethal effects on acetylcholinesterase and catalase activity, lipid peroxidation, and behavior

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Nijira Brahma, Abhik Gupta

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Identification of the key amino acid sites of the carbofuran hydrolase CehA from a newly isolated carbofuran-degrading strain Sphingbium sp. CFD-1

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Wankui Jiang, Qinqin Gao, Lu Zhang, Hui Wang, Mingliang Zhang, Xiaoan Liu, Yidong Zhou, Zhijian Ke, Chenglong Wu, Jiguo Qiu, Qing Hong

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
      • Bacterial pathogens