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Crispin J. Halsall is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus spanning several interconnected subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their research topics extensively cover areas such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies.

They have contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Climate change influence on the levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) in the Arctic physical environment - a review, 2022, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Recommendations for the conduct of systematic reviews in toxicology and environmental health research (COSTER), 2020, Environment International
  • Increasing Accumulation of Perfluorocarboxylate Contaminants Revealed in an Antarctic Firn Core (1958-2017), 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Investigating the Uptake and Fate of Poly- and Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) in Sea Ice Using an Experimental Sea Ice Chamber, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pollution in the Arctic Ocean: An overview of multiple pressures and implications for ecosystem services, 2021, AMBIO

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Halsall include Jack Garnett, Shengkai Cao, Quynh Nhu Phan Le, Linke Ge, and Paul Whaley. These collaborations reflect consistent engagement in multi-author research efforts.

The scientist has a consistent record of publishing in leading venues related to environmental sciences, notably:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Advances
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Environment International

Their scientific work is characterized by an emphasis on environmental chemical processes and their impacts on ecosystems and human health, with particular attention to persistent pollutants and emerging contaminants in sensitive regions such as the Arctic.

Best Publications

  • Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways.

    R.W. Macdonald;L.A. Barrie;T.F. Bidleman;M.L. Diamond

  • Endosulfan, a global pesticide: a review of its fate in the environment and occurrence in the Arctic.

    Jan Weber;Crispin J. Halsall;Derek Muir;Camilla Teixeira

  • Temporal and spatial variabilities of atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine (OC) pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Canadian Arctic: Results from a decade of monitoring

    H. Hung;P. Blanchard;C.J. Halsall;T.F. Bidleman

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the British environment: Sinks, sources and temporal trends

    Stuart J. Harrad;Andrew P. Sewart;Ruth E. Alcock;Ruth Boumphrey

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in u.k. Urban air.

    Crispin J. Halsall;Peter J. Coleman;Brian J. Davis;Victoria. Burnett

  • Modelling the behaviour of PAHs during atmospheric transport from the UK to the Arctic.

    Crispin J. Halsall;Andrew Sweetman;L. A. Barrie;Kevin C. Jones

  • Spatial and temporal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the arctic atmosphere

    C. J. Halsall;L. A. Barrie;P. Fellin;D. C. G. Muir

  • Multi-year observations of organohalogen pesticides in the arctic atmosphere.

    C.J. Halsall;R. Bailey;G.A. Stern;L.A. Barrie

  • PCBs in UK urban air.

    Crispin J. Halsall;R. G. M. Lee;P. J. Coleman;V. Burnett

  • Organochlorine pesticide residues in archived UK soil.

    Sandra N. Meijer;Crispin J. Halsall;T. Harner;A. J. Peters

  • PCBs in U.K. Urban Air.

    Crispin J. Halsall;Robert G. M. Lee;Peter J. Coleman;Victoria. Burnett

  • Temporal Trends of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Canadian Arctic Atmosphere

    Hayley H. Hung;Crispin J. Halsall;P. Blanchard;H. H. Li

  • Levels and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment – An update

    Derek Muir;Rossana Bossi;Pernilla Carlsson;Marlene Evans

  • The role of the global cryosphere in the fate of organic contaminants

    Amanda Grannas;Christian Bogdal;Kimberly Hageman;Crispin Halsall

  • Atmospheric organochlorine pesticides in the western Canadian Arctic: Evidence of transpacific transport

    R. E. Bailey;L. A. Barrie;Crispin J. Halsall;P. Fellin

  • Seasonal and long-term trends in atmospheric PAH concentrations: evidence and implications

    Konstantinos Prevedouros;Eva Brorström-Lundén;Crispin J. Halsall;Kevin C. Jones

  • Prioritising anticancer drugs for environmental monitoring and risk assessment purposes.

    Victoria Booker;Crispin Halsall;Neville Llewellyn;Andrew Johnson

  • The importance of reactive oxygen species on the aqueous phototransformation of sulfonamide antibiotics: kinetics, pathways, and comparisons with direct photolysis.

    Linke Ge;Peng Zhang;Crispin Halsall;Yanying Li

  • Nonlinearity in the Slopes of Clausius−Clapeyron Plots for SVOCs.

    R. M. Hoff;K. A. Brice;Crispin J. Halsall

  • Polychlorinated naphthalenes in U.K. soils: time trends, markers of source, and equilibrium status.

    Sandra N. Meijer;Tom Harner;Paul A. Helm;Crispin J. Halsall

  • Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Coplanar Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Arctic Air

    Tom Harner;Henrik Kylin;Terry F. Bidleman;Crispin Halsall

  • Spatial and temporal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Arctic atmosphere

    C. J. Halsall;L. A. Barrie;P. Fellin;D. C. G. Muir

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Roland Kallenborn
Roland Kallenborn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Hayley Hung
Hayley Hung Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Andrew J. Sweetman
Andrew J. Sweetman Lancaster University
Leonard A. Barrie
Leonard A. Barrie Stockholm University
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

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