Search Results - "El Hayek, Eliane"
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Emerging investigator series: entrapment of uranium-phosphorus nanocrystals inside root cells of Tamarix plants from a mine waste site
Published in Environmental science--processes & impacts (04-02-2021)“…We investigated the mechanisms of uranium (U) uptake by Tamarix (salt cedars) growing along the Rio Paguate, which flows throughout the Jackpile mine near…”
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Quantitation and identification of microplastics accumulation in human placental specimens using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry
Published in Toxicological sciences (29-04-2024)“…Abstract The exponential increase in global plastic usage has led to the emergence of nano- and microplastic (NMP) pollution as a pressing environmental issue…”
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In Vivo Tissue Distribution of Polystyrene or Mixed Polymer Microspheres and Metabolomic Analysis after Oral Exposure in Mice
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-04-2024)“…Global plastic use has consistently increased over the past century with several different types of plastics now being produced. Much of these plastics end up…”
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Effect of Calcium on the Bioavailability of Dissolved Uranium(VI) in Plant Roots under Circumneutral pH
Published in Environmental science & technology (20-11-2018)“…We integrated field measurements, hydroponic experiments, microscopy, and spectroscopy to investigate the effect of Ca(II) on dissolved U(VI) uptake by…”
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Uptake and Toxicity of Respirable Carbon-Rich Uranium-Bearing Particles: Insights into the Role of Particulates in Uranium Toxicity
Published in Environmental science & technology (20-07-2021)“…Particulate matter (PM) presents an environmental health risk for communities residing close to uranium (U) mine sites. However, the role of the particulate…”
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Potential of Opuntia ficus-indica for air pollution biomonitoring: a lead isotopic study
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-11-2015)“…Opuntia ficus-indica ( Ofi ) is a long-domesticated cactus that is widespread throughout arid and semiarid regions. Ofi is grown for both its fruits and edible…”
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Arsenic Accumulation in Hydroponically Grown Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) Amended with Root-Colonizing Endophytes
Published in ACS earth and space chemistry (17-06-2021)“…We integrated microscopy, spectroscopy, culturing and molecular biology, and aqueous chemistry techniques to evaluate arsenic (As) accumulation in…”
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Calcium in Carbonate Water Facilitates the Transport of U(VI) in Brassica juncea Roots and Enables Root-to-Shoot Translocation
Published in ACS earth and space chemistry (17-10-2019)“…The role of calcium (Ca) on the cellular distribution of U(VI) in Brassica juncea roots and root-to-shoot translocation was investigated using hydroponic…”
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Photoaging of polystyrene microspheres causes oxidative alterations to surface physicochemistry and enhances airway epithelial toxicity
Published in Toxicological sciences (12-05-2023)“…Abstract Microplastics represent an emerging environmental contaminant, with large gaps in our understanding of human health impacts. Furthermore,…”
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Lead bioaccumulation in Opuntia ficus-indica following foliar or root exposure to lead-bearing apatite
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-01-2017)“…The contamination of edible leafy vegetables by atmospheric heavy metal-bearing particles is a major issue in environmental toxicology. In this study, the…”
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Uranium accumulation in environmentally relevant microplastics and agricultural soil at acidic and circumneutral pH
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-05-2024)“…The co-occurrence of microplastics (MPs) with potentially toxic metals in the environment stresses the need to address their physicochemical interactions and…”
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Characterization of root-associated fungi and reduced plant growth in soils from a New Mexico uranium mine
Published in Mycologia (04-03-2023)“…Characterizing the diverse, root-associated fungi in mine wastes can accelerate the development of bioremediation strategies to stabilize heavy metals…”
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Metal Reactivity in Laboratory Burned Wood from a Watershed Affected by Wildfires
Published in Environmental science & technology (07-08-2018)“…We investigated interfacial processes affecting metal mobility by wood ash under laboratory-controlled conditions using aqueous chemistry, microscopy, and…”
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Air pollution biomonitoring using successive cladodes of Opuntia ficus-indica : A lead isotopic study
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (11-07-2015)“…Opuntia ficus-indica (Ofi) is a long-domesticated cactus that is widespread throughout arid and semiarid regions of the world. Ofi is grown for both its fruits…”
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