Publications
Here you find a list of publications from FRAM sorted by year.
2024
Peer reviewed publications
Boman, A., Miguel, M., Andersson, I., Slunge, D. (2024). The effect of information about hazardous chemicals in consumer products on behaviour - A systematic review. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174774
Backhaus, T. (2024). Exploring the mixture assessment or allocation factor (MAF): A brief overview of the current discourse. Current Opinion in Toxicology, 37, Article 100460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cotox.2024.100460
Cannata, C., Backhaus, T., Bramke, I., Caraman, M., Lombardo, A., Whomsley, R., Moermond, C. T. A., & Ragas, A. M. J. (2024). Prioritisation of data-poor pharmaceuticals for empirical testing and environmental risk assessment. Environment International, 183, Article 108379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108379
Fox, S., Stefánsson, H., Peternell, M., Zlotskiy, E., Ásbjörnsson, E. J., Sturkell, E., Wanner, P., & Konrad-Schmolke, M. (2024). Physical characteristics of microplastic particles and potential for global atmospheric transport: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution, 342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122938
Kidd, K. A., Backhaus, T., Brodin, T., Inostroza, P. A., & McCallum, E. S. (2024). Environmental Risks of Pharmaceutical Mixtures in Aquatic Ecosystems: Reflections on a Decade of Research. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 43(3), 549-558. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5726
Kilbo Edlund, K., Kisiel, M. A., Asker, C., Segersson, D., Bennet, C., Spanne, M., Gustafsson, S., Lindvall, J., Eneroth, K., Tondel, M., Ljungman, P., Stockfelt, L., Pershagen, G., & Molnár, P. (2024). High-resolution dispersion modelling of PM2.5, PM10, NOx and NO2 exposure in metropolitan areas in Sweden 2000‒2018 – large health gains due to decreased population exposure. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01535-0
König Kardgar, A., Doyle, D., Warwas, N., Hjelleset, T., Sundh, H., & Carney Almroth, B. (2024). Microplastics in aquaculture - Potential impacts on inflammatory processes in Nile tilapia. Heliyon, 10(9), Article e30403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30403
Mattsson, K., Hagberg, M., & Hassellöv, M. (2024). Platinum vaporization-deposition coated polycarbonate membranes for comprehensive, multimodal, and correlative microscopic analysis of micro-and nanoplastics and other environmental particles. TALANTA, 269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125435
Spilsbury, F., Kisielius, V., Bester, K., & Backhaus, T. (2024). Ecotoxicological mixture risk assessment of 35 pharmaceuticals in wastewater effluents following post-treatment with ozone and/or granulated activated carbon. Science of the Total Environment, 906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167440
Scarlett, A. G., Spilsbury, F. D., Rowland, S. J., Gagnon, M. M., & Grice, K. (2024). Do distributions of diamondoid hydrocarbons accumulated in oil-contaminated fish tissues help to identify the sources of oil? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 198, Article 115836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115836
Spilsbury, F. D., Inostroza, P. A., Svedberg, P., Cannata, C., Ragas, A. M. J., & Backhaus, T. (2024). Defining the data gap: What do we know about environmental exposure, hazards and risks of pharmaceuticals in the European aquatic environment? Water Research, 251, Article 121002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.121002
Wang, F., Xiang, L., Sze-Yin Leung, K., Elsner, M., Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Pan, B., Sun, H., An, T., Ying, G., Brooks, B. W., Hou, D., Helbling, D. E., Sun, J., Qiu, H., Vogel, T. M., Zhang, W., Gao, Y., Simpson, M. J.,... Corcoll, N., ... Tiedje, J. M. (2024). Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective. Innovation, 5(4), Article 100612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100612
2023
Peer reviewed publications
Almroth, B. C., Abeynayaka, A., Diamond, M. L., Farrelly, T., Fernandez, M., Gündoğdu, S., Issifu, I., Rognerud, I., Schäffer, A., Scheringer, M., Villarrubia-Gómez, P., Varea, R., Vlahos, P., Wagner, M., & Ågerstrand, M. (2023). Obstacles to scientific input in global policy. Science, 380(6649), 1021-1022. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi1103
Azzouz, M., Xu, Y., Barregard, L., Zöller, B., Molnar, P., Oudin, A., Spanne, M., Engström, G., & Stockfelt, L. (2023). Long-term ambient air pollution and venous thromboembolism in a population-based Swedish cohort. Environmental Pollution, 331, Article 121841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121841
Backhaus, T. (2023). The mixture assessment or allocation factor: conceptual background, estimation algorithms and a case study example. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35(1), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00757-w
Carmona, E., Rojo-Nieto, E., Rummel, C. D., Krauss, M., Syberg, K., Ramos, T. M., Brosche, S., Backhaus, T., & Almroth, B. C. (2023). A dataset of organic pollutants identified and quantified in recycled polyethylene pellets. Data in Brief, 51, Article 109740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109740
Carney Almroth, B., Carle, A., Blanchard, M., Molinari, F., & Bour, A. (2023). Single-use take-away cups of paper are as toxic to aquatic midge larvae as plastic cups. Environmental Pollution, 330, Article 121836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121836
Cains, M.G., Desrousseaux, A.O.S., Boxall, A.B.A., Molander, S., Molina-Navarro, E. Sussams, J, Critto, A., Stahl Jr., R.G. & Rother, H-A. (2023). Environmental Management Cycles for Chemicals and Climate Change, EMC4: A new conceptual framework contextualizing climate and chemical risk assessment and management. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4872
Coria, J., Dupoux, M., Faucheux, L. and Slunge, D. (2023) What drives the substitution of hazardous flame retardants in electronic appliances in Sweden?, Cleaner Waste Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2023.100113 .
Gómez-Martínez, D., Bengtson, J., Nilsson, A. K., Clarke, A. K., Nilsson, R. H., Kristiansson, E., & Corcoll, N. (2023). Phenotypic and transcriptomic acclimation of the green microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata to high environmental levels of the herbicide diflufenican. Science of the Total Environment, 875, Article 162604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162604
Goßmann, I., Mattsson, K., Hassellöv, M., Crazzolara, C., Held, A., Robinson, T. B., Wurl, O., & Scholz-Böttcher, B. M. (2023). Unraveling the Marine Microplastic Cycle: The First Simultaneous Data Set for Air, Sea Surface Microlayer, and Underlying Water. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(43), 16541-16551. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05002
Green, C., Bilyanska, A., Bradley, M., Dinsdale, J., Hutt, L., Backhaus, T., Boons, F., Bott, D., Collins, C., Cornell, S. E., Craig, M., Depledge, M., Diderich, B., Fuller, R., Galloway, T. S., Hutchison, G. R., Ingrey, N., Johnson, A. C., Kupka, R., Lynch, I. (2023). A Horizon Scan to Support Chemical Pollution–Related Policymaking for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Economies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(6), 1212-1228. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620
Green, D. S., Almroth, B. C., Altman, R., Bergmann, M., Gündoğdu, S., Warrier, A. K., Boots, B., Walker, T. R., Krieger, A., & Syberg, K. (2023). Time to kick the butt of the most common litter item in the world: Ban cigarette filters. Science of the Total Environment, 865, Article 161256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161256
Gustavsson, M., Molander, S., Backhaus, T. & Kristiansson, E. (2023). Risk assessment of chemicals and their mixtures are hindered by scarcity and inconsistencies between different environmental exposure limits. Environmental Research 225, 115372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115372
Hellström, S., Strobl, V., Straub, L., Osterman, W.H.A., Paxton, R.J. & Osterman, J. (2023). Beyond generalists: The Brassicaceae pollen specialist Osmia brevicornis as a prospective model organism when exploring pesticide risk to bees. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100239
Inostroza, P. A., Carmona, E., Arrhenius, Å., Krauss, M., Brack, W., & Backhaus, T. (2023). Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Waters of the Swedish West Coast. Data, 8(6), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/data8060093
Inostroza, P. A., Elgueta, S., Muz, M., Krauss, M., Brack, W., & Backhaus, T. (2023). Dataset comprising pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and industrial chemicals detected in streams and rivers of Central Chile. Data in Brief, 50, Article 109600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109600
Jönander, C., Egardt, J., Hassellöv, I. M., Tiselius, P., Rasmussen, M., & Dahllöf, I. (2023). Exposure to closed-loop scrubber washwater alters biodiversity, reproduction, and grazing of marine zooplankton. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1249964. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1249964
König Kardgar, A., Ghosh, D., Sturve, J., Agarwal, S., & Carney Almroth, B. (2023). Chronic poly(L-lactide) (PLA)- microplastic ingestion affects social behavior of juvenile European perch (Perca fluviatilis). Science of the Total Environment, 881, Article 163425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163425
Lombard, A. T., Clifford-Holmes, J., Goodall, V., Snow, B., Truter, H., Vrancken, P., Jones, P. J. S., Cochrane, K., Flannery, W., Hicks, C., Gipperth, L., Allison, E. H., Diz, D., Peters, K., Erinosho, B., Levin, P., Holthus, P., Szephegyi, M. N., Awad, A., Morgera, E. (2023). Principles for transformative ocean governance. Nature Sustainability, 6(12), 1587-1599. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01210-9
Moghadasi, R., Mumberg, T., Wanner, P. (2023) Spatial Prediction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Concentrations in European Soils Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 10 : 1125–1129 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00633
Mueller, L. K., Ågerstrand, M., Backhaus, T., Diamond, M., Erdelen, W. R., Evers, D., Groh, K. J., Scheringer, M., Sigmund, G., Wang, Z., & Schäffer, A. (2022). Policy options to account for multiple chemical pollutants threatening biodiversity. Environmental Science: Advances, 2(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2va00257d
Muncke, J., Andersson, A. M., Backhaus, T., Belcher, S. M., Boucher, J. M., Carney Almroth, B., Collins, T. J., Geueke, B., Groh, K. J., Heindel, J. J., von Hippel, F. A., Legler, J., Maffini, M. V., Martin, O. V., Peterson Myers, J., Nadal, A., Nerin, C., Soto, A. M., Trasande, L., Scheringer, M. (2023). A vision for safer food contact materials: Public health concerns as drivers for improved testing. Environment International, 180, Article 108161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108161
Olstrup, H., Flanagan, E., Persson, J. O., Rittner, R., Krage Carlsen, H., Stockfelt, L., Xu, Y., Rylander, L., Gustafsson, S., Spanne, M., Åström, D. O., Engström, G., & Oudin, A. (2023). The Long-Term Mortality Effects Associated with Exposure to Particles and NOx in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Cohort. Toxics, 11(11), Article 913. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110913
Owsianiak, M., Hauschild, M. Z., Posthuma, L., Saouter, E., Vijver, M. G., Backhaus, T., Douziech, M., Schlekat, T., & Fantke, P. (2023). Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox. Chemosphere, 310, Article 136807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136807
Ramos, T. M., Christensen, T. B., Bour, A., Almroth, B. C., Kristensen, D. M., Selck, H., & Syberg, K. (2023). A not so circular healthcare economy: A review of challenges with plastic associated chemicals. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 166, Article 117191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117191
Schäffer, A., Groh, K. J., Sigmund, G., Azoulay, D., Backhaus, T., Bertram, M. G., Carney Almroth, B., Cousins, I. T., Ford, A. T., Grimalt, J. O., Guida, Y., Hansson, M. C., Jeong, Y., Lohmann, R., Michaels, D., Mueller, L., Muncke, J., Öberg, G., Orellana, M. A., Scheringer, M. (2023). Conflicts of Interest in the Assessment of Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(48), 19066-19077. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04213
Sigmund, G., Ågerstrand, M., Antonelli, A., Backhaus, T., Brodin, T., Diamond, M. L., Erdelen, W. R., Evers, D. C., Hofmann, T., Hueffer, T., Lai, A., Torres, J. P. M., Mueller, L., Perrigo, A. L., Rillig, M. C., Schaeffer, A., Scheringer, M., Schirmer, K., Tlili, A., Groh, K. J. (2023). Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research. Global Change Biology, 29(12), 3240-3255. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16689
Slunge, D., Miguel, M., Lindahl, L., & Backhaus, T. (2023). The implementation of the substitution principle in European chemical legislation: a comparative analysis. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35(1), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00817-1
Svedberg, P., Inostroza, P. A., Gustavsson, M., Kristiansson, E., Spilsbury, F., & Backhaus, T. (2023). Dataset on aquatic ecotoxicity predictions of 2697 chemicals, using three quantitative structure-activity relationship platforms. Data in Brief, 51, Article 109719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109719
Wanner, P., Freis, M., Peternell, M., & Kelm, V. (2023). Risk classification of contaminated sites - Comparison of the Swedish and the German method. Journal of Environmental Management, 327, Article 116825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116825
Willcox, B.K., Potts, S.G., Brown, M.J.F., Alix, A., Al Naggar, Y., Chauzat, M-P., Costa, C., Gekière, A., Hartfield, C., Hatjina, F., Knapp, J.L., Martínez-López, V., Maus, C., Metodiev, T., Nazzi, F., Osterman, J., et al. (2023). Emerging threats and opportunities to managed bee species in European agricultural systems: a horizon scan. Sci Rep 13, 18099 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45279-w
Other publications
Slunge, D. (2023) Economic instruments to incentivise substitution of chemicals of concern -a review. OECD Series on Risk Management, No. 79, Environment, Health and Safety, Environment Directorate, OECD.Affiliation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). https://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/risk-management/economic-instruments-to-incentivise-substitution-of-chemicals-of-concern-a-review.pdf
2022
Peer reviewed publications
Carney Almroth, B., Slunge, D. (2022) Circular economy could expose children to hazardous phthalates and chlorinated paraffins via old toys and childcare articles.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100107
Coria, J., Kristiansson, E. & Gustavsson, M. (2022) Economic interests cloud hazard reductions in the European regulation of substances of very high concern. Nat Commun 13, 6686 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34492-2
Coria, J., & Elgueta, S. (2022). Towards safer use of pesticides in Chile. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(16), 22785-22797.
Gustavsson, M., Molander, S., Backhaus, T. & Kristiansson, E. (2002). Estimating the release of chemical substances from consumer products, textiles and pharmaceuticals to wastewater. Chemosphere 287, 131854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.13185
Slunge, D., Andersson, I., Sterner, T. (2022) REACH authorisation and the substitution of hazardous chemicals: The case of trichloroethylene.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132637
Other publications
2021
Peer reviewed publications
Andersson, I. & Slunge, D. 2021. Substitution of Trichloroethylene in Metal Parts Cleaning in the European Union: A Survey-Based Study on the Effects of the Authorisation Requirements in Reach. Working Paper. University of Gothenburg. Working paper. Available: https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/305843
Gustavsson, M., Molander, S., Backhaus, T., Kristiansson E. (2022). Estimating the release of chemical substances from consumer products, textiles and pharmaceuticals to wastewater. Chemosphere 287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131854
Kristiansson, E., Coria, J., Gunnarsson, L., Gustavsson, M. (2021) Does the scientific knowledge reflect the chemical diversity of environmental pollution? – A twenty-year perspective. Environmental Science and Policy Volume 126, December 2021, Pages 90-98 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.007
Nielsen, MB.,…. Gallego-Urrea J…, Foss Hansen, S. (2021) Nanomaterials in the European chemicals legislation-methodological challenges for registration and environmental safety assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 8 (3), 731-747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0en01123a
Persson, L.*B. M. Carney Almroth, C. D. Collins, S. Cornell, C.A. de Wit,*M.L. Diamond, P. Fantke, M. Hassellöv, M,MacLeod, M. W. Ryberg, P. Søgaard Jørgensen, P. Villarrubia-Gómez, Z. Wang, and M. Zwicky Hauschild (2022) Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary forNovel Entities Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04158
Reiber,L., Knillmann, S., Oliver Kaske, Liseth C. Atencio, Lisa Bittner, Julia E. Albrecht, Astrid Götz, Ann-Katrin Fahl, Liza-Marie Beckers, Martin Krauss, Bernhard Henkelmann, Karl-Werner Schramm, Pedro A. Inostroza, Lena Schinkel, Mario Brauns, Markus Weitere, Werner Brack, Matthias Liess (2021) Long-term effects of a catastrophic insecticide spill on stream invertebrates. Science of The Total Environment 768:144456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144456
Rendahl, P. The scope for member states to introduce taxes, charges and fees on harmful substances – A Swedish perspective, Nordic Tax Journal. Submitted for review.
Sturve, J., Gustavsson, M., Moksnes, P.O., de Abreu, D.C (2021). Effects of pesticides and metals on penaeid shrimps in Maputo Bay, Mozambique–A field study. Marine Pollution Bulletin 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112964
Wang, Z., Altenburger, R., Backhaus, T. et al (2021) We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Policy Forum Environmental Science. Science, 19 Feb 2021. Vol 371, Issue 6531, pp. 774-776, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9090
Weitere, M.s., R. Altenburger, C.Anlanger, M. Baborowski, I. Bärlund, L.Beckers, D. Borchardt, W.Brack, L. Brase, W. Busch, A. Chatzinotas, B. Deutschmann, J. Eligehausen, K. Frank, D. Graeber, C. Griebler, J. Hagemann, P. Herzsprung, H. Hollert, P. A. Inostroza, C. G. Jäger, R.Kallies, N. Kamjunke, B.Karrasch, S. Kaschuba, A.Kaus, B. Klauer, K. Knöller, M. Koschorreck, M. Krauss, J. V. Kunz, M. J. Kurz, M. Liess, M.Mages, C.Müller , M. Muschket, A. Musolff, H. Norf, F. Pöhlein, L. Reiber, U. Risse-Buhl, KW. Schramm, M. Schmitt-Jansen, M. Schmitz, U. Strachauer, W. von Tümpling, N. Weber, R. Wild, C. Wolf, M. Brauns. (2021) Disentangling multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a lotic ecosystem using a longitudinal approach. Science of The Total Environment 769:144324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144324
Ambec, S. and Coria, J. (2021) The informational value of environmental taxes. Journal of Public Economics, 199, 15, 104439 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104439
Backhaus, T & Slunge D. (2021) Toward a Better Integration of Chemical Risk Assessment and Economics. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021:319–320 https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4389 Book, F &
Backhaus T (2022) Aquatic ecotoxicity of manufactured silica nanoparticles: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment 806(4),150893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150893
Coria, J., Hennlock, M., Sterner, T. (2021) Interjurisdictional externalities, overlapping policies and NOx pollution control in Sweden. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 107, 102444 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102444
Coria, J.; Köhlin, G.; Xu, J. On the Use of Market-Based Instruments to Reduce Air Pollution in Asia (2019) Sustainability 2019, 11(18), 4895; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11184895
Everaert G, Rijcke M De, Lonneville B, Janssen CR, Backhaus T, Mees J, van SebilleE, Koelmans AA, Cata-rino AI, Vandegehuchte M (2020) Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean. Environmental Pollution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115499
François Galgani, Aleke Stoefen-o Brien, Judith Weis, Christos Ioakeimidis, Qamar Schuyler, Iryna Makarenko, Huw Griffiths, Joan Bondareff, Dick Vethaak, Alan Deidun, Paula Sobral, Konstantinos Topouzelis, Penny Vlahos, Fernanda Lana, Martin Hassellöv, Olivia Gerigny, Bera Arsonina, Archis Ambulcar, Maurizio Azzaro, Maria João Bebianno. Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean? (2021) Microplastics and Nanoplastics. Vol 1 (2) https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-020-00002-8
Schmitz M., B. Deutschmann, N. Markert, T. Backhaus, W. Brack, M. Brauns, M. Brinkmann, T. B. Seiler, P. Fink, S. Tang, S. Beitel, J. A. Doering, M. Hecker, Y. Shao, T. Schulze, M. Weitere, R. Wild, M. Velki, H. Hollert (2022) Demonstration of an aggregated biomarker response approach to assess the impact of point and diffuse contaminant sources in feral fish in a small river case study. Science of the Total Environment 804 150020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.1500200
Wanner, P., 2021.Plastic in agricultural soils – A global risk for groundwater systems and drinking water supplies? – A review. Chemosphere, 264: 128453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128453
BenIsrael, M., Habtewolda, J.Z., Khoslaa, K., Wanner, P., Aravena, R., Parker, B.L., Haack, E.A., Tsao, D.T., Dunfield, K., 2021. Degrader bacteria and fungi enriched in rhizosphere soil from a toluene phytoremediation site identified using DNA stable isotope probing. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 23(8): 846-85 https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2020.1860901
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Backhaus, T (2021) Report to The Swedish Chemical Agency 2021 PM 8/21: Improving the regulatory assessment of combination effects: steps towards implementing the mixture assessment factor (MAF) in chemical regulation. https://www.kemi.se/en/publications/pms/2021/pm-8-21-improving-the-regulatory-assessment-of-combination-effects-steps-towards-implementing-the-mixture-assessment-factor-maf-in-chemical-regulation
Coria, J. (2021) "Have international trade agreements supported implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals?" PM 4/21. Report from The Swedish Chemicals Agency. https://www.kemi.se/en/publications/pms/2021/pm-4-21-have-international-trade-agreements-supported-implementation-of-the-globally-harmonized-system-of-classification-and-labelling-of-chemicals
Slunge, D., Andersson, I., and T. Sterner Working Paper, May 2021 to The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) "Circular Economy – a Conceptual Review and Analysis of Implications for Swedish Development Cooperation". https://eba.se/en/reports/circular-economy-a-conceptual-review-and-analysis-of-implications-for-swedish-development-cooperation/14884/
Swedish Coast Guard, 2021, "Studie av en hybridoljas egenskaper och dess effekter på Kustbevakningens oljeupptagningskapacitet". Co-authored by Ingela Dahllöf. https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/29501.pdf
United Nations, 2021 "The second Global Integrated Marine Assessment: Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. World Ocean Assessment II". p. 1043, United Nations publications, New York. Martin Hassellöv co-authored chapter 12 Changes in inputs and distribution of solid waste, other than dredged material, in the marine environment https://www.un.org/regularprocess/sites/www.un.org.regularprocess/files/2011859-e-woa-ii-vol-ii.pdf
Backhaus, T. and Slunge D. (2021) Toward a Better Integration of Chemical Risk Assessment and Economics. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4389
Hassellöv, IM., Dahllöf, I., Jönander C., Uvegård, J. (2021) En förorenande följetong. Havsutsikt 1/2021 https://www.havet.nu/havsutsikt/artikel/fororenande-foljetong
2020
Joanke van Dijk, Mikael Gustavsson, Stefan C. Dekker, Annemarie P. van Wezel (2020). Towards ‘one substance–one assessment’: An analysis of EU chemical registration and aquatic risk assessment frameworks. Journal of Environmental Management, 111692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111692
Jönander, C., Dahllöf, I. (2020) Short and long-term effects of low-sulphur fuels on marine zooplankton communities. Aquatic Toxicology Volume 227, October 2020, 105592 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105592
Buongermino Pereira M, Österlund T, Eriksson KM, Backhaus T, Axelson-Fisk M and Kristiansson E. (2020). A comprehensive survey of integron-associated genes present in metagenomes. BMC Genomics 21:495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06830-5
Ašmonaitė, Tivefälth, Westberg, Backhaus, Carney Almroth (2020). Microplastics as a vector for hydrophobic organic chemicals in fish: a comparison of two polymers and silica particles, using three different model compounds. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8 (87). https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00087
Eriksson, KM., Sanli, K., Nilsson, RH., Eiler, A., Corcoll, N., Johansson, CH., Backhaus, T., Blanck, H., Kristiansson, E. Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar concentrations Ecotoxicology volume 29, pages1083–1094 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02246-9
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Juliane Hollender, Nicolas Creusot, Bettina Wagner, Renata Behra (2020). Tolerance patterns in stream biofilms link complex chemical pollution to ecological Impacts. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 17, 10745–10753. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02975
Backhaus,T. and M. Wagner (2020) Microplastics in the Environment: Much Ado about Nothing? A Debate in Global Challenges Volume4, Issue 6, Special Issue: Microplastics https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201900022
Drakvik, E., Altenburger, R., Aoki, Y., Backhaus, T., Bahadori, T., Barouki, R., Brack, W., Cronin M. T. D., Demeneix B., Hougaard Bennekou S., van Klaveren J., Kneuer C., Kolossa-Gehring M., Lebret E., Posthuma L., Reiber L., Rider C., Rüegg J., Testa G., van der Burg B., van der Voet H., Warhurst A. M., van de Water B., Yamazaki K., Öberg M. (2020) Statement on advancing the assessment of chemical mixtures and their risks for human health and the environment. Environment International 2020 Jan;134:105267 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105267
Backhaus, T. (2020) Indeed, Science Is Inherently Political But Must Not Become Partisan. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Volume16, Issue1January 2020https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4228
Muncke, J., Andersson, A., Backhaus, T. et al. Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement. Environ Health 19, 25 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-0572-5
Bighiu, MA., Gottschalk, S., Arrhenius, Å., Goedkoop, W. (2020) Pesticide Mixtures Cause Short‐Term, Reversible Effects on the Function of Autotrophic Periphyton Assemblages. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry—Volume 39, Number 7—pp. 1367–1374 https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4722
BenIsrael, M., Wanner, P., Fernandes, J., Burken, J.G., Aravena, R., Parker, B.L., Haack, E.A., Tsao, D.T., Dunfield, K., 2020. Quantification of toluene phytoextraction rates and microbial biodegradation functional profiles at a fractured bedrock phytoremediation site. Science of the Total Environment, 707: 135890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135890
2019
Alpizar, F., Thomas Backhaus, Nils Decker, Ingo Eilks, Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy, Peter Fantke, Ken Geiser, Maria Ivanova, Olivier Jolliet, Hong-Seok Kim, Kelvin Khisa, Haripriya Gundimeda, Daniel Slunge, Stephen Stec, Joel Tickner, David Tyrer, Niko Urho, Rob Visser, Mario Yarto, Vania Gomes Zuin, Gomes Zuin, Babajide Alo, Vera Barrantes, Anna Makarova, Yuan Chen, Mohamed Abdelraouf, Noriyuki Suzuki. (2019) Global Chemicals Outlook II. From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/global-chemicals-outlook-ii-legacies-innovative-solutions
Rudén, C., Backhaus, T., Bergman, P., Faust, M., Molander, L., Slunge, D. (2019) Future chemical risk management - Accounting for combination effects and assessing chemicals in groups. SOU 2019:45. https://www.government.se/legal-documents/2019/11/sou-201945/
Groh, KS., Backhaus, T., Carney Almroth, B., Geueke, B., Inostroza, P., Lennquist, A., Leslie, HA., Maffini, M., Slunge, D., Trasande, L., Warhurst, AM., Muncke, J. (2018) Review Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards Science of The Total Environment. Volume 651, Part 2, 15 February 2019, Pages 3253-3268 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.015
Backhaus, T., Brack, W., Van den Brink, P.J. et al. Assessing the ecological impact of chemical pollution on aquatic ecosystems requires the systematic exploration and evaluation of four lines of evidence. Environ Sci Eur 31, 98 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0276-z
Brack, W., Ait-Aissa, S., Backhaus, T. et al. Strengthen the European collaborative environmental research to meet European policy goals for achieving a sustainable, non-toxic environment. Environ Sci Eur 31, 63 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y
Posthuma, L., Backhaus, T., Hollender, J. et al. Exploring the ‘solution space’ is key: SOLUTIONS recommends an early-stage assessment of options to protect and restore water quality against chemical pollution. Environ Sci Eur 31, 73 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0253-6
Posthuma, L., Altenburger, R., Backhaus, T. et al. Improved component-based methods for mixture risk assessment are key to characterize complex chemical pollution in surface waters. Environ Sci Eur 31, 70 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0246-5
Kortenkamp, A., Faust, M., Backhaus, T. et al. Mixture risks threaten water quality: the European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends changes to the WFD and better coordination across all pieces of European chemicals legislation to improve protection from exposure of the aquatic environment to multiple pollutants. Environ Sci Eur 31, 69 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0245-6
Faust, M., Backhaus, T., Altenburger, R. et al. Prioritisation of water pollutants: the EU Project SOLUTIONS proposes a methodological framework for the integration of mixture risk assessments into prioritisation procedures under the European Water Framework Directive. Environ Sci Eur 31, 66 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0239-4
Brack, W., Aissa, S.A., Backhaus, T. et al. Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality. Environ Sci Eur 31, 10 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0192-2
Altenburger, R., Brack, W., Burgess, R.M. et al. Future water quality monitoring: improving the balance between exposure and toxicity assessments of real-world pollutant mixtures. Environ Sci Eur 31, 12 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0193-1
Coria, J. Political Economy of Listing of Substances of Very High Concern in the European REACH Regulation (2019) ISSN 1403-2473 (Print) ISSN 1403-2465 (Online) Working Paper in Economics No. 778 https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/62155/1/gupea_2077_62155_1.pdf
Coria, J.; Köhlin, G.; Xu, J. On the Use of Market-Based Instruments to Reduce Air Pollution in Asia (2019) Sustainability 2019, 11(18), 4895; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11184895
Sterner, T., Barbier, E.B., Bateman, I. et al. Policy design for the Anthropocene. Nature Sustainability volume 2, pages14–21(2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0194-x
Slunge, D.; Alpizar, F. (2019) Market-Based Instruments for Managing Hazardous Chemicals: A Review of the Literature and Future Research Agenda. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4344. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164344
Könemann, S.; Müller, Y.; Tschentscher, D.; Krauss, M.; Inostroza, P.A.; Brückner, I.; Pinnekamp, J.; Schiwy, S.; Hollert, H. Combination of In Situ Feeding Rate Experiments and Chemical Body Burden Analysis to Assess the Influence of Micropollutants in Wastewater on Gammarus pulex. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050883
2018
Backhaus, T (2018) Chemical pollution of the Baltic Sea – a brief overview and assessment. Baltic Rim Economics, 1/2018, 57-58
Backhaus, T., Scheringer, M., Wang, Z. (2018) Developing SAICM into a Framework for the International Governance of Chemicals Throughout Their Lifecycle: Looking Beyond 2020 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2018 Jul;14(4):432-433. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4052
Backhaus T, Wagner M. Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate. PeerJ Preprints. 2018 Mar 18. https://peerj.com/preprints/26507/
Van den Brink, P. J., Boxall, A., Maltby, L. Brooks, B. W., Rudd, M. A., Backhaus, T. et al. (2018) Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Volume 37, Number 9—pp. 2281–2295.https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4205
Bonilla, J., J. Coria and T. Sterner. (2018). Technical Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Abatement of Global and Local Air Pollution. Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 70(1), pages 191-221, May. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0117-8
Boulund F., Buongermino MP., Jonsson V., Kristiansson E. (2018). Computational and Statistical Considerations in the Analysis of Metagenomic Data. Book chapter in Metagenomics: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications. Camebridge: Academic press
Coria, J. and A. Autade (2018). Analyzing the Effects of the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern on Chemical Production in Sweden. Working Paper Series. Department of Economics. University of Gothenburg.
Coria, J (2018). The Economics of Toxic Substance Control– the REACH Directive. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Volume 12, Number 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rey003
Fantke, P., Aurisano, Bare, N. J., Backhaus, T., C. Bulle et al. (2018) Toward harmonizing ecotoxicity characterization in life cycle impact assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol 37, No 12, pp. 2955–2971, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4261
Egardt, J., Larsen, M. M., Lassen, P. & Dahllöf, I. (2018). Release of PAHs and heavy metals in coastal environments linked to leisure boats. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127, 664-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.060
Gipperth L., Backhaus T. (2018) The Lack of Regulation of Chemical Mixtures and Its Legal Consequences in the Baltic Sea Area. In: Ringbom H. (eds) Regulatory Gaps in Baltic Sea Governance. MARE Publication Series, vol 18. Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75070-5_5
Hassellöv, M., Gondikas, A., Mattsson, K., and Samuelsson, PO. (2018) Study of copper particle emissions in the harbor in Stenungsund. Report to Hav & Vattenmyndigheten
Hassellöv, M. (2018) Measurements of dispersion of microparticles from boat washing stations in Swedish leisure boat harbours. Report to Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management 2018. Undersökning av mikroskräp längs bohuslänska stränder och i sediment
Inostroza, P., Iván Vera-Escalona, Romy Wild, R., Norf, H., and Brauns, M. (2018) Tandem Action of Natural and Chemical Stressors in Stream Ecosystems: Insights from a Population Genetic Perspective Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 14, 7962-7971 Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 14, 7962-7971 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01259
Karlsson, TM, Arneborg, L., Broström, G., Carney Almroth, B., Gipperth,L., and Hassellöv, M. (2018) The accountability case of plastic pellet pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol 129 (1), P 52-60 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.041
Kraupner N., Ebmeyer S., Bengtsson-Palme J., Fick J., Kristiansson E., Flach CF., Larsson DGJ. (2018). Selective concentration for ciprofloxacin resistance in Escherichia coli grown in complex aquatic bacterial biofilms. Environmental international 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.213
Pereira MB., Wallroth M., Jonsson V., Kristiansson E. (2018). Comparison of normalization methods for the analysis of metagenomic gene abundance data. BMC genomics 19 (1), 274. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4637-6
Sterner, T. and E. Robinson, (2018) Selection and Design of Environmental Policy Instruments, Handbook of Environmental Economics Vol. IV, ed by P Dasgupta, K Smith and S Pattanayak, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-444-53772-0
Verbruggen B., Gunnarsson L., Kristiansson E., Österlund T., Owen SF., Snape JR., Tyler CR, (2018). ECOdrug: a database connecting drugs and conservation of their targets across species, Nucleic Acids Research 46(D1). https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1024
BenIsrael, M., Wanner, P., Aravena, R., Parker, B.L., Haack, E.A., Tsao, D.T., Dunfield, K., 2018. Toluene biodegradation in the vadose zone of a poplar phytoremediation system identified using metagenomics and toluene-specific stable carbon isotope analysis. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 21: 1- 10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2018.1523873
2017
Apitz, Sabine; Thomas Backhaus, Glenn Suter, Wayne Landis (2017). Science, antiscience and environmental decision making: A call to action. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 13(4), 557–559 https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1937
Apitz S, Attanasio R, Backhaus T, Barnthouse L, Batley G, Brauman K, Brooks B, Chapman P, Griffin M, Kapustka L, Landis W, Leung K, Linkov I, Meador J, Olsen S, Tannenbaum L, Toll J, Suter G, Wenning R. 2017. Environmental policy recommendations for the new US President. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 13(1), 7-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1856
Chapman, Jennifer; Boxall, Alistair; Porsch, Lucas; Vidaurre, Rodrigo; Backhaus, Thomas; Faust, Michael; Sinclair, Chris; Jones, Glyn; Howleg, Peter (2017). Investigation of methodologies for supporting the comparison of the benefits and environmental risks of veterinary medicinal products. Science of the Total Environment. 605, 692-701
Corcoll, Natàlia; Tobias Österlund, Lucas Sinclair, Alexander Eiler, Erik Kristiansson, Thomas Backhaus, K Martin Eriksson. 2017. Comparison of four DNA extraction methods for comprehensive assessment of 16S rRNA bacterial diversity in marine biofilms using high-throughput sequencing, FEMS microbiology letters 364 14 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnx139
Gipperth L., Backhaus T. (2018) The Lack of Regulation of Chemical Mixtures and Its Legal Consequences in the Baltic Sea Area. In: Ringbom H. (eds) Regulatory Gaps in Baltic Sea Governance. MARE Publication Series, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75070-5_5
Gustavsson, Mikael; Jenny Kreuger, Mirco Bundschuh, Thomas Backhaus. 2017. Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation. Science of the Total Environment, 586, 658–665 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.122
Gustavsson, Mikael; Jörgen Magnér, Bethanie Carney-Almroth, K. Martin Eriksson, Joachim Sturve, Thomas Backhaus. 2017. Chemical monitoring of Swedish coastal waters indicates common exceedances of environmental thresholds, both for individual substances as well as their mixtures. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.082
Gustavsson, Mikael; Andreas Hellohf, Thomas Backhaus. 2017. Evaluating the environmental hazard of industrial chemicals from data collected during the REACH registration process. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 586, 15 May 2017, Pages 658-665 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.039
Menz, Jakob; Ewelina Baginska, Åsa Arrhenius, Annette Haiβ, Thomas Backhaus, Klaus Kümmerer. 2017. Antimicrobial activity of pharmaceutical cocktails in STP effluent – An experimental and predictive approach to mixture risk assessment. Environmental Pollution. 0269-7491(17)31692-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.009
Muncke, Jane; Thomas Backhaus, Birgit Geueke, Maricel V. Maffini, Olwenn Viviane Martin, John Peterson Myers, Ana M. Soto, Leonardo Trasande, Xenia Trier, and Martin Scheringer. 2017. Scientific challenges in the risk assessment of food contact materials. Environmental Health Perspectives, 25(9):095001. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP644
Rendahl, P. 2017. Kemikalieskatt i Sverige? Till vilket eller vilka ändamål? Festskrift till Christina Moëll. 2017. Utgiven av Juristförlaget i Lund. ISBN 978-91-544-0572-5
Verbruggen, Bas; Lina Gunnarsson, Erik Kristiansson, Tobias Österlund, Stewart F Owen, Jason R Snape, Charles R Tyler. 2017. ECOdrug: a database connecting drugs and conservation of their targets, Nucleic acids research 46 D1 2017 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1024