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2023

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Overview

Chris H. Marvin is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada, contributing to the field of environmental science through multiple research endeavors. Their work primarily focuses on toxic organic pollutants and environmental contamination, with a substantial body of publications addressing the impact and risks associated with these substances.

Their research spans topics such as toxic organic pollutants impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, microplastics and plastic pollution, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, pesticide exposure and toxicity, recycling and waste management techniques, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Chris H. Marvin are Gregg T. Tomy, Philippe J. Thomas, Zhe Xia, Ifeoluwa Idowu, and Thor Halldorson.

Their work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Separations

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Considerations for Prioritization of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds as Environmental Contaminants," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Halogenated organic contaminants of concern in urban-influenced waters of Lake Ontario, Canada: Passive sampling with targeted and non-targeted screening," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "New approaches to reduce sample processing times for the determination of polycyclic aromatic compounds in environmental samples," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Factors driving the spatial distribution of microplastics in nearshore and offshore sediment of Lake Huron, North America," 2022, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "A review of 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane in the environment and assessment of its persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity," 2020, Environmental Research

The main field of study for Chris H. Marvin is Environmental Science, with more specific expertise in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Science, and Analytical Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Source apportionment of PAH in Hamilton Harbour suspended sediments: comparison of two factor analysis methods.

    Uwayemi M. Sofowote;Brian E. McCarry;Christopher H. Marvin

  • Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record

    Patricia L. Corcoran;Todd Norris;Trevor Ceccanese;Mary Jane Walzak

  • Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of some brominated flame retardants in a Lake Winnipeg (Canada) food web.

    Kerri Law;Kerri Law;Thor Halldorson;Robert Danell;Gary Stern

  • Hexabromocyclododecane: current understanding of chemistry, environmental fate and toxicology and implications for global management.

    Christopher H. Marvin;Gregg T. Tomy;Gregg T. Tomy;James M. Armitage;James M. Armitage;Jon A. Arnot

  • Biomagnification of α- and γ-Hexabromocyclododecane Isomers in a Lake Ontario Food Web

    Gregg T Tomy;Wes Budakowski;Thor Halldorson;D Michael Whittle

  • Dechlorane Plus Levels in Sediment of the Lower Great Lakes

    E. D. Sverko;Gregg T. Tomy;Chris H. Marvin;Donna Zaruk

  • Dechlorane plus and other flame retardants in a sediment core from Lake Ontario.

    Xinghua Qiu;Chris H. Marvin;Ronald A. Hites

  • Factors influencing the occurrence and distribution of neonicotinoid insecticides in surface waters of southern Ontario, Canada.

    John Struger;Josey Grabuski;Steve Cagampan;Ed Sverko

  • Occurrence of Glyphosate in Surface Waters of Southern Ontario

    John Struger;Dean Thompson;Bozena Staznik;Pamela Martin

  • Trophodynamics of some PFCs and BFRs in a western Canadian Arctic marine food web.

    Gregg T. Tomy;Kerri Pleskach;Steve H. Ferguson;Jonathon Hare

  • Evidence of Estrogen- and TCDD-Like Activities in Crude and Fractionated Extracts of PM10 Air Particulate Material Using in Vitro Gene Expression Assays

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  • Dietary accumulation of hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) I: Bioaccumulation parameters and evidence of bioisomerization

    Kerri Law;Vince P. Palace;Thor Halldorson;Robert Danell

  • Enantioselective bioaccumulation of hexabromocyclododecane and congener-specific accumulation of brominated diphenyl ethers in an eastern Canadian Arctic marine food web.

    Gregg T. Tomy;Kerri Pleskach;Tyler Oswald;Thor Halldorson

  • Distribution of hexabromocyclododecane in Detroit River suspended sediments

    Chris H. Marvin;Gregg T. Tomy;Mehran Alaee;Gordia MacInnis

  • Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in Lake Ontario, Canada, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) between 1979 and 2004 and possible influences of food-web changes

    Nargis Ismail;Sarah B. Gewurtz;Sarah B. Gewurtz;Kerri Pleskach;D. Michael Whittle

  • Identification and Screening Analysis of Halogenated Norbornene Flame Retardants in the Laurentian Great Lakes: Dechloranes 602, 603, and 604

    Li Shen;Eric J. Reiner;Karen A. Macpherson;Terry M. Kolic

  • Perfluoroalkyl substances and extractable organic fluorine in surface sediments and cores from Lake Ontario.

    Leo W.Y. Yeung;Amila O. De Silva;Eva I.H. Loi;Chris H. Marvin

  • Examination of isomer specific bioaccumulation parameters and potential in vivo hepatic metabolites of syn- and anti-Dechlorane Plus isomers in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Gregg T. Tomy;Caden R. Thomas;Thane M. Zidane;Kathryn E. Murison

  • Advances in analytical techniques for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and dioxin-like PCBs

    Eric J. Reiner;Ray E. Clement;Allan B. Okey;Chris H. Marvin

  • Spatial and temporal patterns in mercury contamination in sediments of the laurentian Great Lakes

    Chris Marvin;Scott Painter;Ronald Rossmann

  • Changes in Environmental Conditions During Dreissena Colonization of a Monitoring Station in Eastern Lake Erie

    E. Todd Howell;Christopher H. Marvin;Robert W. Bilyea;Peter B. Kauss

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregg T. Tomy
Gregg T. Tomy University of Manitoba
Paul A. Helm
Paul A. Helm Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ed Sverko
Ed Sverko Harbin Institute of Technology
Eric J. Reiner
Eric J. Reiner Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Mehran Alaee
Mehran Alaee Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Sean Backus
Sean Backus Environment and Climate Change Canada
Scott A. Mabury
Scott A. Mabury University of Toronto

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