Dr Cassandra Rauert

Pan, Yufei, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Thomas, Kevin V., Shepherd, Claire E. and Rauert, Cassandra (2026). A critical review of micro- and nanoplastic permeation in the human body. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 6 (1) 21. doi: 10.1186/s43591-026-00177-6

De-la-Torre, Gabriel E., Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2026). Critical review of analytical methods for antifouling paint particles in marine systems. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 198 118734, 118734-198. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2026.118734

Shi, Ke, Okoffo, Elvis D., Jiang, Jie, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2026). Detection and Quantification of Nanoplastics and Microplastics in Australian Drinking Water. ACS ES&T Water acsestwater.5c01404. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.5c01404

Eraslan, Fatma Nur, Gaga, Eftade O., Thomas, Kevin V. and Rauert, Cassandra (2026). Microplastic Contamination in Snow of a High Mountain: A Case Study from Uludağ National Park, Türkiye. Atmospheric Pollution Research 102952, 102952. doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2026.102952

Jeffries, Coral, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2026). Nanoplastic and microplastic contamination in Australian carbonated beverages: measurement by Pyrolysis-GC-MS and the challenge of poly(ethylene terephthalate) oligomer interference. Journal of Hazardous Materials: Plastics, 2 100035, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.hazmp.2025.100035

Thomas, Kevin V., Belz, Susanne, Booth, Andy M., Clift, Martin J. D., Cross, Richard K., Davies, Grace, Dirven, Hubert, Dunlop, Sarah, Gomiero, Alessio, Guo, Shaowei, Herzke, Dorte, Koelmans, Albert A., Mudway, Ian S., Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra, Samanipour, Saer, Symeonides, Christos, Walker, Douglas I., Wang, Tingting, Wright, Stephanie L., Xu, Jun-Li and Barron, Leon P. (2026). Communicating confidence in the reliability of micro- and nanoplastic identification in human health studies. Environment and Health envhealth.5c00671. doi: 10.1021/envhealth.5c00671

Thomas, Kevin V., Davies, Grace, Okoffo, Elvis, Wright, Stephanie and Rauert, Cassandra (2026). Comment on “Polyethylene and Polyvinyl Chloride Nanoplastics in Human Follicular Fluid and Seminal Plasma: Impact on Fertilization and Sperm Quality”. ACS Nano, 20 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c13836

Pan, Yufei, Rauert, Cassie, Schmidt, Susanne and Thomas, Kevin (2025). Impact of tyre wear particles and tyre leachate on the freshwater angiosperm Lemna minor. Environmental Chemistry, 22 (8) EN25061, 1-17. doi: 10.1071/en25061

Chen, Honglin, Thomas, Kevin V. and Rauert, Cassandra (2025). Evaluating the influence of polystyrene standards on quantification in environmental samples. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 5 (1) 29, 1. doi: 10.1186/s43591-025-00135-8

Shi, Ke, Okoffo, Elvis D., Fu, Hongrui, Bapp, Carolin, Jiang, Jie, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2025). Release of nanoplastic from polypropylene kettles. npj Emerging Contaminants, 1 (1) 16, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s44454-025-00018-w

Goldsworthy, Adrian, O’Callaghan, Liam A., Tronstad, Oystein, Suen, Jacky, Chen, Honglin, Rauert, Cassandra, Blum, Ciara B., Tajouri, Lotti, Olsen, Matthew, Thomas, Kevin V. and Fraser, John F. (2025). Micro- and nanoplastic-induced respiratory disease and dysfunction: a scoping review. Microplastics, 4 (4) 79, 1-45. doi: 10.3390/microplastics4040079

Hulleman, Tobias, Samanipour, Saer, Haddad, Paul R., Rauert, Cassandra, Okoffo, Elvis D., Thomas, Kevin V. and O’Brien, Jake W. (2025). Machine learning for predicting environmental mobility based on retention behavior. Environmental Science and Technology, 59 (43) acs.est.5c07274, 23339-23348. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c07274

Shi, Ke, Okoffo, Elvis D., Lu, Wei-Cheng, Jiang, Jie, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2025). Release of nanoplastics from polypropylene food containers into hot and cold water. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73 (42) acs.jafc.5c11270, 27038-27047. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c11270

Ciornii, Dmitri, Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan, Benismail, Nizar, Maltseva, Alina, Ferrer, Juan F., Wang, Jiamin, Parra, Raquel, Jézéquel, Ronan, Receveur, Justine, Gabriel, Dina, Scheitler, Andreas, van Oversteeg, Christa, Roosma, Jorg, van Renesse van Duivenbode, Alex, Bulters, Tim, Zanella, Michela, Perini, Alessandro, Benetti, Federico, Mehn, Dora, Dierkes, Georg, Soll, Michael, Ishimura, Takahisa, Bednarz, Marius, Peng, Guyu, Hildebrandt, Lars, Peters, Mathias, Kim, Seung-Kyu, Türk, Jochen, Steinfeld, Felix ... Altmann, Korinna (2025). Interlaboratory comparison reveals state of the art in microplastic detection and quantification methods. Analytical Chemistry, 97 (16), 8719-8728. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c05403

Kaur, Simran, Okoffo, Elvis D., Thomas, Kevin V. and Rauert, Cassandra (2025). Unearthing the hidden plastic in garden compost. Science of the Total Environment, 973 179153, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179153

Jeffries, Coral, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2025). Quantifying nanoplastics and microplastics in food and beverages using pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry: challenges and implications. ACS Food Science & Technology, 5 (4), 1536-1545. doi: 10.1021/acsfoodscitech.4c01093

Xu, Jun-Li, Wright, Stephanie, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2025). Are microplastics bad for your health? More rigorous science is needed. Nature, 639 (8054), 300-302. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-00702-2

Rauert, Cassandra, Charlton, Nathan, Bagley, Angus, Dunlop, Sarah A., Symeonides, Christos and Thomas, Kevin V. (2025). Assessing the efficacy of pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for nanoplastic and microplastic analysis in human blood. Environmental Science and Technology, 59 (4), 1984-1994. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c12599

Obanya, Henry E., Khan, Farhan R., Carrasco-Navarro, Victor, Rødland, Elisabeth Støhle, Walker-Franklin, Imari, Thomas, Jomin, Cooper, Adam, Molden, Nick, Amaeze, Nnamdi H., Patil, Renuka S., Kukkola, Anna, Michie, Laura, Green-Ojo, Bidemi, Rauert, Cassandra, Couceiro, Fay, Hutchison, Gary, Tang, Jinglong, Ugor, Joshua, Lee, Seokhwan, Hofmann, Thilo and Ford, Alex T. (2024). Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective. Environmental Research, 263 (Pt 3) 120222, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120222

Farr, Nicholas T. H., Gregory, David A., Workman, Victoria L., Rauert, Cassandra, Roman, Sabiniano, Knight, Alexander J., Bullock, Anthony J., Tartakovskii, Alexander I., Thomas, Kevin V., Chapple, Christopher R., Deprest, Jan, MacNeil, Sheila and Rodenburg, Cornelia (2024). Evidence of time dependent degradation of polypropylene surgical mesh explanted from the abdomen and vagina of sheep. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 160 106722, 1-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106722

Rauert, Cassandra, König, Maria, Neale, Peta A., Thomas, Kevin V. and Escher, Beate I. (2024). Effect-based water quality assessment in an urban tributary under base flow and storm conditions. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11 (12), 1314-1320. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00866

Que, Danielle E., Wang, Xianyu, Nilsson, Sandra, Zammit, Ian, Muir, Derek C. G., Rauert, Cassandra, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Prasad, Pritesh, Shiels, Ryan G., Eaglesham, Geoff, Hobson, Peter, Langguth, Daman and Mueller, Jochen F. (2024). Trends of benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles in Australian pooled urine samples from 2012 to 2023. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (45), 19960-19969. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c08824

Seewoo, Bhedita J., Goodes, Louise M., Thomas, Kevin V., Rauert, Cassandra, Elagali, Ahmed, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Symeonides, Christos and Dunlop, Sarah A. (2024). How do plastics, including microplastics and plastic-associated chemicals, affect human health?. Nature Medicine, 30 (11), 3036-3037. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03287-x

Burrows, Stephen, Colwell, John, Costanzo, Sarah, Kaserzon, Sarit, Okoffo, Elvis, Ribeiro, Francisca, O'Brien, Stacey, Toapanta, Tania, Rauert, Cassandra, Thomas, Kevin V. and Galloway, Tamara (2024). UV sources and plastic composition influence microplastic surface degradation: implications for plastic weathering studies. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 14 100428, 100428. doi: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100428

Rauert, Cassandra, Wang, Xianyu, Charlton, Nathan, Lin, Chun-Yin, Tang, Cheng, Zammit, Ian, Jayarathne, Ayomi, Symeonides, Christos, White, Emily, Christensen, Michael, Ponomariova, Valentina, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Dunlop, Sarah (2024). Blueprint for the design, construction, and validation of a plastic and phthalate-minimised laboratory. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 468 133803, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133803

Boisseaux, Paul, Rauert, Cassandra, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Delignette-Muller, Marie-Laure, Barrett, Robyn, Durndell, Lee, Pohl, Florian, Thompson, Richard, Thomas, Kevin V. and Galloway, Tamara (2024). Deep dive into the chronic toxicity of tyre particle mixtures and their leachates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466 133580, 133580. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133580

Vlahos, Penny, Shipley, Emma R., Rauert, Cassandra, Tung, Phoebe, Chandrajith, Rohanna, Wickramarathna, Sudeera and Harner, Tom (2023). A Hitchhiker's guide to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) monitoring in air: establishing a baseline network in Sri Lanka. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 14 (12) 101901, 101901. doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2023.101901

Tang, Cheng, Gómez Ramos, María José, Heffernan, Amy, Kaserzon, Sarit, Rauert, Cassandra, Lin, Chun-Yin, Mueller, Jochen F. and Wang, Xianyu (2023). Evaluation and identification of chemical migrants leached from baby food pouch packaging. Chemosphere, 340 139758, 139758. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139758

Schuster, Jasmin K., Harner, Tom and Rauert, Cassandra (2023). Impacts of proximity to primary source areas on concentrations of POPs at global sampling stations estimated from land cover information. ACS Omega, 8 (39), 36016-36024. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04065

Hollender, Juliane, Schymanski, Emma L., Ahrens, Lutz, Alygizakis, Nikiforos, Béen, Frederic, Bijlsma, Lubertus, Brunner, Andrea M., Celma, Alberto, Fildier, Aurelie, Fu, Qiuguo, Gago-Ferrero, Pablo, Gil-Solsona, Ruben, Haglund, Peter, Hansen, Martin, Kaserzon, Sarit, Kruve, Anneli, Lamoree, Marja, Margoum, Christelle, Meijer, Jeroen, Merel, Sylvain, Rauert, Cassandra, Rostkowski, Pawel, Samanipour, Saer, Schulze, Bastian, Schulze, Tobias, Singh, Randolph R., Slobodnik, Jaroslav, Steininger-Mairinger, Teresa, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. ... Krauss, Martin (2023). NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35 (1) 75. doi: 10.1186/s12302-023-00779-4

Feraud, Mathieu, O’Brien, Jake W., Samanipour, Saer, Dewapriya, Pradeep, van Herwerden, Denice, Kaserzon, Sarit, Wood, Ian, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). InSpectra – A Platform for Identifying Emerging Chemical Threats. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 455 131486, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131486

Rødland, Elisabeth S., Gustafsson, Mats, Jaramillo-Vogel, David, Järlskog, Ida, Müller, Kathrin, Rauert, Cassandra, Rausch, Juanita and Wagner, Stephan (2023). Analytical challenges and possibilities for the quantification of tire-road wear particles. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 165 117121, 117121. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.117121

Dewapriya, Pradeep, Rousis, Nikolaos, Rauert, Cassandra, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). High-resolution mass spectrometric profiling of stormwater in an Australian creek. ACS ES and T Water, 3 (8), 2502-2511. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00119

Farr, Nicholas T. H., Rauert, Cassandra, Knight, Alexander J., Tartakovskii, Alexander I. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). Characterization and quantification of oxidative stress induced particle debris from polypropylene surgical mesh. Nano Select, 4 (6), 395-407. doi: 10.1002/nano.202200243

Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra, Boots, Robert, Fielding, David, Bashiradeh, Farzard, Singh, Mahendra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). Assessment of background plastics contamination from human respiratory tract sample collection vessels. Water Emerging Contaminants and Nanoplastics, 1 (1) 4, 1-9. doi: 10.20517/wecn.2022.22

O'Brien, Stacey, Rauert, Cassandra, Ribeiro, Francisca, Okoffo, Elvis D., Burrows, Stephen D., O'Brien, Jake W., Wang, Xianyu, Wright, Stephanie L. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). There's something in the air: a review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere. Science of the Total Environment, 874 162193, 1-33. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162193

Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). Mass quantification of microplastic at wastewater treatment plants by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Science of the Total Environment, 856 (Part 2) 159251, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159251

Rauert, Cassandra, Vardy, Suzanne, Daniell, Benjamin, Charlton, Nathan and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). Tyre additive chemicals, tyre road wear particles and high production polymers in surface water at 5 urban centres in Queensland, Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 852 158468, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158468

Okoffo, Elvis D., Chan, Clement Matthew, Rauert, Cassandra, Kaserzon, Sarit and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). Identification and quantification of micro-bioplastics in environmental samples by pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (19), 13774-13785. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04091

Rødland, Elisabeth S., Lind, Ole Christian, Reid, Malcolm J., Heier, Lene S., Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra, Thomas, Kevin V. and Meland, Sondre (2022). Occurrence of tire and road wear particles in urban and peri-urban snowbanks, and their potential environmental implications. Science of The Total Environment, 824 153785, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153785

Burrows, Stephen D., Ribeiro, Francisca, O'Brien, Stacey, Okoffo, Elvis, Toapanta, Tania, Charlton, Nathan, Kaserzon, Sarit, Lin, Chun-Yin, Tang, Cheng, Rauert, Cassandra, Wang, Xianyu, Shimko, Katja, O'Brien, Jake, Townsend, Piers A., Grayson, Matthew N., Galloway, Tamara and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). The message on the bottle: rethinking plastic labelling to better encourage sustainable use. Environmental Science and Policy, 132, 109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.015

Okoffo, Elvis D., O'Brien, Stacey, O'Brien, Jake W., Tscharke, Benjamin J., Rauert, Cassandra, Rødland, Elisabeth S., Ribeiro, Francisca, Burrows, Stephen D., Toapanta, Tania, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). Does size matter? Quantification of plastics associated with size fractionated biosolids. Science of The Total Environment, 811 152382, 152382. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152382

Rødland, Elisabeth S., Samanipour, Saer, Rauert, Cassandra, Okoffo, Elvis D., Reid, Malcom J., Heier, Lene S., Lind, Ole Christian, Thomas, Kevin V. and Meland, Sondre (2022). A novel method for the quantification of tire and polymer-modified bitumen particles in environmental samples by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectroscopy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423 (Pt A) 127092, 127092. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127092

Wang, Xianyu, Okoffo, Elvis D., Banks, Andrew P. W., Li, Yan, Thomas, Kevin V., Rauert, Cassandra, Aylward, Lesa L. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2022). Phthalate esters in face masks and associated inhalation exposure risk. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423 (Pt A) 127001, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127001

Rauert, Cassandra, Charlton, Nathan, Okoffo, Elvis D., Stanton, Ryan S., Agua, Alon R., Pirrung, Michael C. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). Concentrations of tire additive chemicals and tire road wear particles in an Australian urban tributary. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (4), 2421-2431. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07451

Rauert, Cassandra, Pan, Yufei, Okoffo, Elvis D., O’Brien, Jake W. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2022). Extraction and pyrolysis-GC-MS analysis of polyethylene in samples with medium to high lipid content. Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment, 1 (2) 13, 13-2. doi: 10.20517/jeea.2022.04

O’Brien, Stacey, Okoffo, Elvis Dartey, Rauert, Cassandra, O’Brien, Jake W., Ribeiro, Francisca, Burrows, Stephen D., Toapanta, Tania, Wang, Xianyu and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Quantification of selected microplastics in Australian urban road dust. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416 125811, 125811. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125811

Dessì, Claudia, Okoffo, Elvis D., O’Brien, Jake W., Gallen, Michael, Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit, Rauert, Cassandra, Wang, Xianyu and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Plastics contamination of store-bought rice. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416 125778, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125778

Okoffo, Elvis D., Donner, Erica, McGrath, Steve P., Tscharke, Benjamin J., O'Brien, Jake W., O'Brien, Stacey, Ribeiro, Francisca, Burrows, Stephen D., Toapanta, Tania, Rauert, Cassandra, Samanipour, Saer, Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Plastics contamination in archived biosolids from 1950 to 2016. Water Research, 201 117367, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117367

Harrad, Stuart, Tsang, Daniel C. W., Boontanon, Suwanna Kitpati, Luo, Xiao-Jun, Abafe, Ovokeroye A., Bagheri, Habib, Eljarrat, Ethel, Wang, Thanh, Martincigh, Bice, Al-Mamun, Habibullah, Mao, Hong-Jun, Mahmood, Adeel, Poma, Giulia, Rauert, Cassandra and Melymuk, Lisa (2021). Welcome to the Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment. Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment. doi: 10.20517/jeea.2021.01

Schuster, Jasmin K., Harner, Tom, Eng, Anita, Rauert, Cassandra, Su, Ky, Hornbuckle, Keri C. and Johnson, Connor W. (2021). Tracking POPs in global air from the first 10 years of the GAPS Network (2005 to 2014). Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (14) acs.est.1c01705, 9479-9488. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01705

Rauert, Cassandra, Rødland, Elisabeth S., Okoffo, Elvis D., Reid, Malcolm J., Meland, Sondre and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Challenges with quantifying tire road wear particles: recognizing the need for further refinement of the ISO technical specification. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 8 (3) acs.estlett.0c00949, 231-236. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00949

Okoffo, Elvis D., O'Brien, Stacey, Ribeiro, Francisca, Burrows, Stephen D., Toapanta, Tania, Rauert, Cassandra, O'Brien, Jake W., Tscharke, Benjamin J., Wang, Xianyu and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Plastic particles in soil: state of the knowledge on sources, occurrence and distribution, analytical methods and ecological impacts. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 23 (2), 240-274. doi: 10.1039/d0em00312c

O'Brien, Stacey, Okoffo, Elvis D., O'Brien, Jake W., Ribeiro, Francisca, Wang, Xianyu, Wright, Stephanie L., Samanipour, Saer, Rauert, Cassandra, Toapanta, Tania Yessenia Alajo, Albarracin, Rizsa and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). Airborne emissions of microplastic fibres from domestic laundry dryers. Science of the Total Environment, 747 141175, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141175

Rauert, Cassandra, Kaserzon, Sarit L., Veal, Cameron, Yeh, Ruby Y., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). The first environmental assessment of hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine and co-occurring cyclic amines in Australian waterways. Science of the Total Environment, 743 140834, 140834. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140834

Ahad, Jason M. E., Macdonald, Robie W., Parrott, Joanne L., Yang, Zeyu, Zhang, Yifeng, Siddique, Tariq, Kuznetsova, Alsu, Rauert, Cassandra, Galarneau, Elisabeth, Studabaker, William B., Evans, Marlene, McMaster, Mark E. and Shang, Dayue (2020). Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: A review of sampling techniques, strategies and instrumentation. Environmental Pollution, 266 114988, 114988. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114988

Rauert, Cassandra, Harner, Tom, Ahad, Jason M.E. and Percy, Kevin E. (2020). Using tree cores to evaluate historic atmospheric concentrations and trends of polycyclic aromatic compounds in the Oil Sands region of Alberta, Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 739 139996, 139996. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139996

Rødland, Elisabeth S., Okoffo, Elvis D., Rauert, Cassandra, Heier, Lene S., Lind, Ole Christian, Reid, Malcolm, Thomas, Kevin V. and Meland, Sondre (2020). Road de-icing salt: Assessment of a potential new source and pathway of microplastics particles from roads. Science of the Total Environment, 738 139352, 139352. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139352

Saini, Amandeep, Clarke, Jenna, Jariyasopit, Narumol, Rauert, Cassandra, Schuster, Jasmin K., Halappanavar, Sabina, Evans, Greg J., Su, Yushan and Harner, Tom (2019). Flame retardants in urban air: a case study in Toronto targeting distinct source sectors. Environmental Pollution, 247, 89-97. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.027

Muir, D., Bossi, Rossana, Carlsson, Pernilla, Evans, Marlene, De Silva, A., Halsall, Crispin, Rauert, Cassandra, Herzke, D., Hung, Hayley, Letcher, Robert, Rigét, F. and Roos, Anna (2019). Levels and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment – an update. Emerging Contaminants, 5, 240-271. doi: 10.1016/j.emcon.2019.06.002

Harner, Tom, Rauert, Cassandra, Muir, Derek, Schuster, Jasmin K., Hsu, Yu-Mei, Zhang, Leiming, Marson, George, Watson, John G., Ahad, Jason, Cho, Sunny, Jariyasopit, Narumol, Kirk, Jane, Korosi, Jennifer, Landis, Matthew S., Martin, Jonathan W., Zhang, Yifeng, Fernie, Kim, Wentworth, Gregory R., Wnorowski, Andrzej, Dabek, Ewa, Charland, Jean-Pierre, Pauli, Bruce, Wania, Frank, Galarneau, Elisabeth, Cheng, Irene, Makar, Paul, Whaley, Cynthia, Chow, Judith C. and Wang, Xiaoliang (2018). Air synthesis review: polycyclic aromatic compounds in the oil sands region. Environmental Reviews, 26 (4), 430-468. doi: 10.1139/er-2018-0039

Rauert, Cassandra, Harner, Tom, Schuster, Jasmin K., Eng, Anita, Fillmann, Gilberto, Eugenia Castillo, Luisa, Fentanes, Oscar, Villa Ibarra, Martin, Miglioranza, Karina S. B., Moreno Rivadeneira, Isabel, Pozo, Karla and Aristizabal Zuluaga, Beatriz Helena (2018). Air monitoring of new and legacy POPs in the Group of Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) region. Environmental Pollution, 243, 1252-1262. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.048

Rauert, Cassandra, Harner, Tom, Schuster, Jasmin K., Eng, Anita, Fillmann, Gilberto, Castillo, Luisa Eugenia, Fentanes, Oscar, Villa Ibarra, Martín, Miglioranza, Karina S. B., Moreno Rivadeneira, Isabel, Pozo, Karla and Aristizábal Zuluaga, Beatriz Helena (2018). Atmospheric Concentrations of New Persistent Organic Pollutants and Emerging Chemicals of Concern in the Group of Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) Region. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (13), 7240-7249. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00995

Rauert, Cassandra, Shoieb, Mahiba, Schuster, Jasmin K., Eng, Anita and Harner, Tom (2018). Atmospheric concentrations and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) over 7 years of sampling in the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) network. Environmental Pollution, 238, 94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.017

Rauert, Cassandra, Schuster, Jasmin K., Eng, Anita and Harner, Tom (2018). Global atmospheric concentrations of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants and organophosphate esters. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (5), 2777-2789. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06239

Lai, Foon Yin, Rauert, Cassandra, Gobelius, Laura and Ahrens, Lutz (2018). A critical review on passive sampling in air and water for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 121 115311, 115311. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.009

Bramwell, L., Harrad, S., Abdallah, M. Abou-Elwafa, Rauert, C., Rose, M., Fernandes, A. and Pless-Mulloli, T. (2017). Predictors of human PBDE body burdens for a UK cohort. Chemosphere, 189, 186-197. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.062

Rauert, Cassandra, Kananathalingam, Ajitha and Harner, Tom (2017). Characterization and modeling of polycyclic aromatic compound uptake into spruce tree wood. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (9), 5287-5295. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01297

Rauert, Cassandra, Harner, Tom, Schuster, Jasmin K., Quinto, Karen, Fillmann, Gilberto, Castillo, Luisa Eugenia, Fentanes, Oscar, Ibarra, Martin Villa, Miglioranza, Karina S. B., Rivadeneira, Isabel Moreno, Pozo, Karla, Puerta, Andrea Padilla and Zuluagaj, Beatriz Helena Aristizabal (2016). Towards a regional passive air sampling network and strategy for new POPs in the GRULAC region: Perspectives from the GAPS Network and first results for organophosphorus flame retardants. Science of the Total Environment, 573, 1294-1302. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.229

Shoeib, Mahiba, Schuster, Jasmin, Rauert, Cassandra, Su, Ky, Smyth, Shirley-Anne and Harner, Tom (2016). Emission of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances, UV-filters and siloxanes to air from wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Pollution, 218, 595-604. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.043

Garcia-Alcega, Sonia, Rauert, Cassie, Harrad, Stuart and Collins, Chris D. (2016). Does the source migration pathway of HBCDs to household dust influence their bio-accessibility?. Science of the Total Environment, 569, 244-251. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.178

Saini, Amandeep, Rauert, Cassandra, Simpson, Myrna J., Harrad, Stuart and Diamond, Miriam L. (2016). Characterizing the sorption of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) to cotton and polyester fabrics under controlled conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 563, 99-107. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.099

Rauert, Cassandra and Harner, Tom (2016). A preliminary investigation into the use of Red Pine (Pinus Resinosa) tree cores as historic passive samplers of POPs in outdoor air. Atmospheric Environment, 140, 514-518. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.024

Rauert, Cassandra, Kuribara, Isamu, Kataoka, Toshiyuki, Wada, Takeharu, Kajiwara, Natsuko, Suzuki, Go, Takigami, Hidetaka and Harrad, Stuart (2016). Direct contact between dust and HBCD-treated fabrics is an important pathway of source-to-dust transfer. Science of the Total Environment, 545, 77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.054

Shoeib, Tamer, Hassan, Yasmeen, Rauert, Cassandra and Harner, Tom (2016). Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in indoor dust and food packaging materials in Egypt: Trends in developed and developing countries. Chemosphere, 144, 1573-1581. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.08.066

Rauert, C. and Harrad, S. (2015). Mass transfer of PBDEs from plastic TV casing to indoor dust via three migration pathways - a test chamber investigation. Science of the Total Environment, 536, 568-574. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.050

Rauert, C., Harrad, S., Stranger, M. and Lazarov, B. (2015). Test chamber investigation of the volatilization from source materials of brominated flame retardants and their subsequent deposition to indoor dust. Indoor Air, 25 (4), 393-404. doi: 10.1111/ina.12151

Rauert, C., Harrad, S., Suzuki, G., Takigami, H., Uchida, N. and Takata, K. (2014). Test chamber and forensic microscopy investigation of the transfer of brominated flame retardants into indoor dust via abrasion of source materials. Science of the Total Environment, 493, 639-648. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.029

Rauert, Cassandra, Lazarov, Borislav, Harrad, Stuart, Covaci, Adrian and Stranger, Marianne (2014). A review of chamber experiments for determining specific emission rates and investigating migration pathways of flame retardants. Atmospheric Environment, 82, 44-55. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.003

Allen, Joseph G., Stapleton, Heather M., Vallarino, Jose, McNeely, Eileen, McClean, Michael D., Harrad, Stuart J., Rauert, Cassandra B. and Spengler, John D. (2013). Exposure to flame retardant chemicals on commercial airplanes. Environmental Health, 12 (1) 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-069x-12-17

Dr Cassandra Rauert

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