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Bert van Bavel is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on pollution and its impacts. The work spans several subfields including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ocean engineering, and chemical health and safety.

The scientist's contributions are concentrated around key topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, marine biology and environmental chemistry, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, chemical safety and risk management, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Microplastics distribution in the Eurasian Arctic is affected by Atlantic waters and Siberian rivers, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Microplastics in sea-surface waters surrounding Sweden sampled by manta trawl and in-situ pump, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let's cooperate!, 2020, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Quantitative assessment of visual microscopy as a tool for microplastic research: Recommendations for improving methods and reporting, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Results of WEPAL-QUASIMEME/NORMAN's first global interlaboratory study on microplastics reveal urgent need for harmonization, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bert van Bavel include:

  • Amy Lusher
  • Svetlana Pakhomova
  • Sebastian Primpke
  • E. V. Yakushev
  • Dorte Herzke

Best Publications

  • Exposure of perfluorinated chemicals through lactation : levels of matched human milk and serum and a temporal trend, 1996-2004, in Sweden

    Anna Kärrman;Ingrid Ericson;Bert van Bavel;Per Ola Darnerud

  • Human exposure to perfluorinated chemicals through the diet: intake of perfluorinated compounds in foods from the Catalan (Spain) market.

    Ingrid Ericson;Roser Martí-Cid;Martí Nadal;Bert Van Bavel

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in plasma predict development of type 2 diabetes in the elderly: the prospective investigation of the vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study

    Duk Hee Lee;P. Monica Lind;David R. Jacobs;Samira Salihovic

  • Analytical challenges hamper perfluoroalkyl research

    Jonathan W. Martin;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Urs Berger;Pim De Voogt

  • Increased concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and chlordanes in mothers of men with testicular cancer

    Lennart Hardell;Bert van Bavel;Gunilla Lindström;Michael Carlberg

  • Emerging pollutants in the EU: 10 years of NORMAN in support of environmental policies and regulations

    Valeria Dulio;Bert van Bavel;Eva Brorström-Lundén;Joop Harmsen

  • Levels in food and beverages and daily intake of perfluorinated compounds in Norway.

    Line Småstuen Haug;Samira Salihovic;Ingrid Ericson Jogsten;Cathrine Thomsen

  • Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soils by Fenton's reagent : A multivariate evaluation of the importance of soil characteristics and PAH properties

    Sofia Jonsson;Ylva Persson;Sofia Frankki;Bert van Bavel

  • Levels of 12 perfluorinated chemicals in pooled Australian serum, collected 2002-2003, in relation to age, gender, and region

    Anna Kärrman;Jochen F. Mueller;Bert van Bavel;Fiona Harden

  • Congener-specific accumulation and food chain transfer of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in two arctic food chains.

    Hans Wolkers;Bert Van Bavel;Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig

  • Perfluorinated chemicals in relation to other persistent organic pollutants in human blood.

    Anna Kärrman;Bert van Bavel;Ulf Järnberg;Lennart Hardell

  • Identification of 19 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) from the Atlantic.

    G. Lindström;H. Wingfors;M. Dam;B. v. Bavel

  • Biomonitoring perfluorinated compounds in Catalonia, Spain: concentrations and trends in human liver and milk samples

    Anna Kärrman;José L. Domingo;Xavier Llebaria;Martí Nadal

  • In utero exposure to persistent organic pollutants in relation to testicular cancer risk.

    Lennart Hardell;Bert Van Bavel;Gunilla Lindström;Mikael Eriksson

  • Levels of perfluorochemicals in water samples from Catalonia, Spain : is drinking water a significant contribution to human exposure?

    Ingrid Ericson;Martí Nadal;Bert van Bavel;Gunilla Lindström

  • Struggle for quality in determination of perfluorinated contaminants in environmental and human samples.

    Stefan P. J. van Leeuwen;Anna Kärrman;Bert van Bavel;Jacob de Boer

  • A time trend study of significantly elevated perfluorocarboxylate levels in humans after using fluorinated ski wax

    Helena Nilsson;Anna Kärrman;Håkan Westberg;Anna Rotander

  • High resolution mass spectrometry-based non-target screening can support regulatory environmental monitoring and chemicals management

    Juliane Hollender;Juliane Hollender;Bert van Bavel;Valeria Dulio;Eivind Farmen

  • Perfluorinated chemicals in blood of residents in Catalonia (Spain) in relation to age and gender: a pilot study.

    Ingrid Ericson;Mercedes Gómez;Martí Nadal;Bert van Bavel

  • Evaluation of total lipids using enzymatic methods for the normalization of persistent organic pollutant levels in serum.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Cathrine Thomsen;Bert van Bavel

  • Influence of combustion parameters on the formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, benzenes, and biphenyls and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in a pilot incinerator

    Ingrid Faengmark;Bert van Bavel;Stellan Marklund;Birgitta Stroemberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunilla Lindström
Gunilla Lindström Örebro University
Lars Lind
Lars Lind Uppsala University
Lennart Hardell
Lennart Hardell National Foundation for Cancer Research
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Christoffer Rappe
Christoffer Rappe Umeå University
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Heidelore Fiedler
Heidelore Fiedler Örebro University
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota

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