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Is Indirect Exposure a Significant Contributor to the Burden of Perfluorinated Acids Observed in Humans? by D’eon, Jessica C, Mabury, Scott A

“…In comparison to other persistent organic pollutants, human fluorochemical contamination is relatively complicated. This complication arises at least in part…”
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Exploring Indirect Sources of Human Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylates (PFCAs): Evaluating Uptake, Elimination, and Biotransformation of Polyfluoroalkyl Phosphate Esters (PAPs) in the Rat by D'eon, Jessica C., Mabury, Scott A.

“…Background: Perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) are ubiquitous in human sera worldwide. Biotransformation of the polyfluoroalkyi phosphate esters (PAPs) is…”
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How’s the Air Out There? Using a National Air Quality Database to Introduce First Year Students to the Fundamentals of Data Analysis by Hall, David Ross, D’eon, Jessica C.

“…Chemistry is increasingly data centric and the undergraduate curriculum needs to adjust to keep up. To address this, we created the Air Quality Activity, a new…”
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Project-Based Learning Experience That Uses Portable Air Sensors to Characterize Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality by D’eon, Jessica C, Stirchak, Laura T, Brown, Abenen-Shepsu, Saifuddin, Yusra

“…Understanding how to interpret and manipulate large data sets is increasingly important today; however, this experience has been slow to trickle down to the…”
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Observation of a Commercial Fluorinated Material, the Polyfluoroalkyl Phosphoric Acid Diesters, in Human Sera, Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge, and Paper Fibers by D’eon, Jessica C, Crozier, Patrick W, Furdui, Vasile I, Reiner, Eric J, Libelo, E. Laurence, Mabury, Scott A

“…Sources of human exposure to perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) are not well-characterized. Polyfluoroalkyl phosphoric acids (PAPs) are fluorinated…”
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A Systems Thinking Department: Fostering a Culture of Green Chemistry Practice among Students by Dicks, Andrew P, D’eon, Jessica C, Morra, Barbora, Kutas Chisu, Cecilia, Quinlan, Kristine B, Cannon, Amy S

“…Green chemistry and sustainability concepts have been woven into the University of Toronto undergraduate curriculum for almost two decades. This has been…”
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Welcome to 310 Environmental Working Group! A Group Project That Places Students in the Role of Consultants Helping Businesses Choose the Most Climate Friendly Fluorinated Gas by D’eon, Jessica C., Baskaran, Sivani, Faust, Jennifer A., Staikova, Mima, Young, Cora J.

“…The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty that controls substances that deplete the ozone layer. Through the control of halogenated gases, it has been…”
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Exploring the Composition and Authenticity of Honey and Syrup Samples Using Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis in an Upper-Year Undergraduate Analytical Environmental Course by Gauthier, Jeremy R., Burns, Darcy, Sheng, Jack, D’eon, Jessica C.

“…The adulteration of food products, including honeys and syrups, is of growing concern in global food markets. Detecting adulterated food products can be…”
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Production of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs) from the Biotransformation of Polyfluoroalkyl Phosphate Surfactants (PAPS):  Exploring Routes of Human Contamination by D'eon, Jessica C, Mabury, Scott A

“…Perfluorinated acids are detected in human blood worldwide, with increased levels observed in industrialized areas. The origin of this contamination is not…”
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The “Clean Air Outreach Project”: A Paired Research and Outreach Program Looking at Air Quality Microenvironments around Elementary Schools by Khalaf, Yara, Salama, Carol, Kurorwaho, Brenda, D’eon, Jessica C, Al-Abadleh, Hind A.

“…The City of Kitchener is the largest city in Waterloo Region in the province of Ontario, the third fasting growing region in Canada, yet it has only one air…”
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Measuring Perfluoroalkyl Acid Contamination at a Local Hot Spot: An Authentic Field-Based Laboratory Experience in a Senior Analytical Environmental Chemistry Course by Joudan, Shira, Barrett, Holly, De Silva, Amila O., de Solla, Shane R., Peng, Hui, D’eon, Jessica C.

“…Fieldwork is a meaningful and authentic learning experience that is rarely included in undergraduate chemistry courses. In this laboratory, we visited a hot…”
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H NMR-based metabolomics investigation of Daphnia magna responses to sub-lethal exposure to arsenic, copper and lithium by Nagato, Edward G, D’eon, Jessica C, Lankadurai, Brian P, Poirier, David G, Reiner, Eric J, Simpson, Andre J, Simpson, Myrna J

“…Metal and metalloid contamination constitutes a major concern in aquatic ecosystems. Thus it is important to find rapid and reliable indicators of metal stress…”
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Exploring the Phases of Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect in an Introductory Chemistry Laboratory by D’eon, Jessica C, Faust, Jennifer A, Browning, C. Scott, Quinlan, Kristine B

“…A safe and inexpensive laboratory for a first-year general chemistry course has been developed which allows students to explore important properties of carbon…”
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Reply to “Benchtop Global Warming Demonstrations Do Not Exemplify the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect, but Alternatives Are Available” by D’eon, Jessica C, Faust, Jennifer A, Browning, C. Scott, Quinlan, Kristine B

“…Here we address the paper by Bell that presents issues related to a demonstration of the greenhouse effect which was part of a laboratory experiment we…”
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Correction to “Exploring the Phases of Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect in an Introductory Chemistry Laboratory” by D’eon, Jessica C, Faust, Jennifer A, Browning, C. Scott, Quinlan, Kristine B

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Uptake and elimination of perfluorinated phosphonic acids in the rat by D'eon, Jessica C., Mabury, Scott A.

“…The mono‐ and di‐substituted perfluorinated phosphonic acids (mono‐PFPAs and di‐PFPAs) are high production volume fluorinated surfactants. Mono‐PFPAs have been…”
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Perfluorinated Phosphonic Acids in Canadian Surface Waters and Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent: Discovery of a New Class of Perfluorinated Acids by D'eon, Jessica C, Crozier, Patrick W, Furdui, Vasile I, Reiner, Eric J, Libelo, E. Laurence, Mabury, Scott A

“…The environmental prevalence of a new class of perfluorinated acids, the perfluorinated phosphonic acids (PFPAs), was determined in Canadian surface waters and…”
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1H NMR-based metabolomics investigation of Daphnia magna responses to sub-lethal exposure to arsenic, copper and lithium by Nagato, Edward G., D’eon, Jessica C., Lankadurai, Brian P., Poirier, David G., Reiner, Eric J., Simpson, Andre J., Simpson, Myrna J.

“…•Daphnia magna responses to sub-lethal metal exposure using NMR-based metabolomics.•Copper and lithium had similar changes indicating a similar mode of…”
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In Vivo Transformation of a Novel Polyfluoroether Surfactant by Folkerson, Andrew P. , Joudan, Shira, Mabury, Scott A., D'eon, Jessica C.

“…Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of fluorochemicals that can degrade into perfluoroalkyl acids, which are well known to be persistent in the…”
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Atmospheric Chemistry of N-methyl Perfluorobutane Sulfonamidoethanol, C4F9SO2N(CH3)CH2CH2OH:  Kinetics and Mechanism of Reaction with OH by D'eon, Jessica C, Hurley, Michael D, Wallington, Timothy J, Mabury, Scott A

“…Relative rate methods were used to measure the gas-phase reaction of N-methyl perfluorobutane sulfonamidoethanol (NMeFBSE) with OH radicals, giving k(OH +…”
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