Investigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia
Siegel H, Nason S, Warren J, Prunas O, Deziel N, Saiers J. Investigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 17452-17464. PMID: 37923386, PMCID: PMC10653085, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorthern West VirginiaMaximum contaminant levelWater supplySurface water concentrationsNearby point sourcesSurface water samplesGas-producing regionsSurface water sourcesPFAS concentrationsPoint sourcesPrivate wellsPublic water supplyGeochemical controlsGroundwater chemistryRecharge zoneWest VirginiaWater wellsInvestigation of sourcesModel resultsPrivate water suppliesPFAS sourcesTopographic characteristicsPFAS transportWater receptorPolyfluoroalkyl substancesPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study
Rosen Vollmar A, Lin E, Nason S, Santiago K, Johnson C, Ma X, Godri Pollitt K, Deziel N. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 737-747. PMID: 37730931, PMCID: PMC10541328, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00603-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid hormone concentrationsNeonatal characteristicsThyroid hormone measurementsHormone concentrationsThyroid hormonesBlood spotsPilot studyNewborn DBSHormone measurementsPopulation-based studyThyroid hormone levelsEnvironmental risk factorsPFAS concentrationsNewborn screening testNon-parametric WilcoxonThyroid diseaseRisk factorsHormone levelsKruskal-Wallis testPFAS exposureThyroid hormone dataScreening testNeonatal DBSEnvironmental exposuresPerformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry