• An actionable annotation scoring framework for gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry 

      Koelmel, Jeremy P.; Xie, Hongyu; Price, Elliott J.; Lin, Elizabeth; Manz, Katherine E.; Stelben, Paul J.; Paige, Matthew K.; Papazian, Stefano; Okeme, Joseph; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Wang, Thanh; Hu, Xin; Lai, Yunjia; Miller, Gary W.; Walker, Douglas; Martin, Jonathan W.; Pollitt, Krystal J. Godri (Journal article, 2022)
      Omics-based technologies have enabled comprehensive characterization of our exposure to environmental chemicals (chemical exposome) as well as assessment of the corresponding biological responses at the molecular level ...
    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in coffee cups. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje Eltvik; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport; 24/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council, NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected coffee-cups. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of the ...
    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in drinking bottles. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport;22/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected drinking bottles. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of ...
    • Combining Advanced Analytical Methodologies to Uncover Suspect PFAS and Fluorinated Pharmaceutical Contributions to Extractable Organic Fluorine in Human Serum (Tromsø Study) 

      Cioni, Lara; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Benskin, Jonathan P.; Coelho, Ana Carolina; Dudášová, Silvia; Lauria, Melanie; Lechtenfeld, Oliver J.; Plassmann, Merle M.; Reemtsma, Thorsten; Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Herzke, Dorte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      A growing number of studies have reported that routinely monitored per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are not sufficient to explain the extractable organic fluorine (EOF) measured in human blood. In this study, we ...
    • DNA double‐strand breaks in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from Bjørnøya in the Norwegian Arctic 

      Neerland, Eirik D.; Bytingsvik, Jenny; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Evenset, Anita; Krøkje, Åse (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      High levels of organochlorine contaminants (OCs) have been found in arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Ellasjøen, Bjørnøya (Norwegian Arctic). The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential genotoxic ...
    • Fluorine Mass Balance, including Total Fluorine, Extractable Organic Fluorine, Oxidizable Precursors, and Target Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, in Pooled Human Serum from the Tromsø Population in 1986, 2007, and 2015 

      Cioni, Lara; Plassmann, Merle; Benskin, Jonathan P.; Coelho, Ana Carolina; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Rylander, Karin Charlotta Maria; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Herzke, Dorte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Of the thousands of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) known to exist, only a small fraction (≤1%) are commonly monitored in humans. This discrepancy has led to concerns that human exposure may be underestimated. ...
    • High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Human Exposomics: Expanding Chemical Space Coverage 

      Lai, Yunjia; Koelmel, Jeremy P.; Walker, Douglas I; Price, Elliott J.; Papazian, Stefano; Manz, Katherine E.; Castilla-Fernández, Delia; Bowden, John; Nikiforov, Vladimir; David, Arthur; Bessonneau, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      In the modern “omics” era, measurement of the human exposome is a critical missing link between genetic drivers and disease outcomes. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), routinely used in proteomics and metabolomics, ...
    • Hydrolysis of FTOH precursors, a simple method to account for some of the unknown PFAS 

      Nikiforov, Vladimir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      There is a growing concern over a suspected presense of unknown perfluoroaliphatic substances (PFAS) in consumer goods and in the environment. Such unknown substances, possibly with high molecular weight, might be precursors ...
    • Identification of POP candidates among chemicals in plastic. Screening for LRTP using the Emissions Fractions Approach. 

      Breivik, Knut; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa (NILU report;28/2023, Research report, 2023)
      There is considerable interest in identifying chemicals which have the potential to undergo long-range environmental transport (LRTP), accumulate in remote regions, and represent a possible risk to environmental and human ...
    • Ingestion of car tire crumb rubber and uptake of associated chemicals by lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) 

      Hägg, Fanny; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Booth, Andy; Sperre, Kristine Hopland; Sørensen, Lisbet; Egeness, Mari Jystad; Halsband, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Car tire rubber constitutes one of the largest fractions of microplastics emissions to the environment. The two main emission sources are tire wear particles (TWPs) formed through abrasion during driving and runoff of crumb ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation, annual report 2018 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Aas, Wenche; Nikiforov, Vladimir (NILU report;11/2019, Research report, 2019)
      This report presents environmental monitoring data from 2018 and time-trends for the Norwegian programme for Long-range atmospheric transported contaminants. The results cover 200 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated), ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation. Annual report 2019. 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Aas, Wenche; Nikiforov, Vladimir (NILU report;6/2020, Research report, 2020)
      This report presents environmental monitoring data from 2019 and time-trends for the Norwegian programme for Long-range atmospheric transported contaminants. The results cover 200 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated), ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation. Annual report 2020. 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Aas, Wenche; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo (NILU report;12/2021, Research report, 2021)
      This report presents environmental monitoring data from 2020 and time-trends for the Norwegian programme for Long-range atmospheric transported contaminants. The results cover 200 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated), ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation. Annual report 2021. 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Aas, Wenche; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo (NILU report;19/2022, Research report, 2022)
      This report presents data from 2021 and time-trends for the Norwegian monitoring programme "Atmospheric contaminants". The results cover 200 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated), 11 heavy metals, and a selection ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation. Annual report 2022. 

      Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Nipen, Maja; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Hartz, William Frederik (NILU report;18/2023, Research report, 2023)
      This report presents air monitoring data from 2022 for the Norwegian monitoring programme "Atmospheric contaminants". The results cover 260 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated) and 16 compound groups, 14 heavy ...
    • Occurrence and backtracking of microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air 

      Gossmann, Isabel; Herzke, Dorte; Held, Andreas; Schulz, Janina; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Georgi, Christoph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gerdts, Gunnar; Wurl, Oliver; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Few studies report the occurrence of microplastics (MP), including tire wear particles (TWP) in the marine atmosphere, and little data is available regarding their size or sources. Here we present active air sampling devices ...
    • Reducing sampling artifacts in active air sampling methodology for remote monitoring and atmospheric fate assessment of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes 

      Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Bjørneby, Stine Marie; Kierkegaard, Amelie; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Active sampling methodology for atmospheric monitoring of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) was improved to reduce sampling artifacts. A new sorbent, ABN Express (ABN), was evaluated for storage stability and measurement ...
    • Revisiting the strategy for marine litter monitoring within the european marine strategy framework directive (MSFD) 

      Galgani, François; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Strand, Jakob; Larsen Haarr, Marthe; Vinci, Matteo; Molina Jack, Maria Eugenia; Kagi, Ralf; Aliani, Stefano; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Primpke, Sebastian; Schmidt, Natascha; Fabres, Joan; De Witte, Bavo P.; Solbakken, Vilde Sørnes; van Bavel, Bert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Marine litter and non-degradable plastic pollution is of global concern. Regular monitoring programs are being established to assess and understand the scale of this pollution. In Europe, the goal of the European Marine ...
    • Risk assessment of consumer spray products using in vitro lung surfactant function inhibition, exposure modelling and chemical analysis 

      Sørli, J.B.; Sengupta, S.; Jensen, A.C.O.; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Clausen, P.A.; Hougaard, K.S.; Højriis, Sara; Frederiksen, M.; Hadrup, N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Consumer spray products release aerosols that can potentially be inhaled and reach the deep parts of the lungs. A thin layer of liquid, containing a mixture of proteins and lipids known as lung surfactant, coats the alveoli. ...
    • Screening new PFAS compounds 2018 

      Hanssen, Linda; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Moe, Børge; Nygård, Torgeir; van Dijk, Jiska Joanneke; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Fuglei, Eva; Yeung, Leo; Vogelsang, Christian; Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne (NILU report;23/2019, Research report, 2019)
      This screening project has focused on the occurrence of conventional and emerging PFASs in terrestrial and marine environments, including the Arctic. Conventional PFASs were found to be wide-spread in the environment and ...