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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
70
Citations
13931
World Ranking
1721
National Ranking
44

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Ethel Eljarrat is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and related subfields. Their work covers a broad array of environmental concerns including the impact of toxic organic pollutants, microplastics, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and pharmaceutical environmental impacts.

Their research topics include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

Eljarrat has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Julio Fernández-Arribas, Andrea Peris, Teresa Moreno, Aleix Balasch, and Berta Sala. These collaborations have contributed to a significant body of scientific literature.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on environmental contamination, pollutant fate, and associated ecological and human risks. Notable recent papers include:

  • Evaluation of the occurrence and fate of pesticides in a typical Mediterranean delta ecosystem (Ebro River Delta) and risk assessment for aquatic organisms, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • COVID-19 face masks: A new source of human and environmental exposure to organophosphate esters, 2021, Environment International
  • Biodegradation of hydrophobic pesticides by microalgae: Transformation products and impact on algae biochemical methane potential, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Organophosphate ester plasticizers in edible fish from the Mediterranean Sea: Marine pollution and human exposure, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Emerging and legacy flame retardants in indoor air and dust samples of Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain), 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Eljarrat's work is frequently published in specific venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Chemosphere
  • Environment International

Eljarrat has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature:

  • Pyrethroid Insecticides, 2020

Best Publications

  • Analysis and environmental levels of endocrine-disrupting compounds in freshwater sediments

    Mira Petrović;Ethel Eljarrat;Maria J López de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Endocrine disrupting compounds and other emerging contaminants in the environment: a survey on new monitoring strategies and occurrence data.

    M. Petrovic;E. Eljarrat;M. J. Lopez de Alda;D. Barceló

  • Occurrence and Bioavailability of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Hexabromocyclododecane in Sediment and Fish from the Cinca River, a Tributary of the Ebro River (Spain)

    Ethel Eljarrat;Agustina de la Cal;Demetrio Raldúa;Concha Durán

  • Recent advances in the mass spectrometric analysis related to endocrine disrupting compounds in aquatic environmental samples

    Mira Petrovic;Ethel Eljarrat;Maria J López de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • First Determination of UV Filters in Marine Mammals. Octocrylene Levels in Franciscana Dolphins

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Carolina P. Bertozzi;Juliana Marigo

  • Occurrence of halogenated and organophosphate flame retardants in sediment and fish samples from three European river basins.

    Monica Giulivo;Ettore Capri;Eleni Kalogianni;Radmila Milacic

  • Analysis of selected emerging contaminants in sewage sludge

    M.S. Díaz-Cruz;M.J. García-Galán;P. Guerra;A. Jelic

  • Presence of pyrethroid pesticides in water and sediments of Ebro River Delta

    M.L. Feo;A. Ginebreda;E. Eljarrat;D. Barceló;D. Barceló

  • Occurrence of polybrominated diphenylethers, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls in coastal sediments from Spain.

    Ethel Eljarrat;Agustina De La Cal;David Larrazabal;Begoña Fabrellas

  • Priority lists for persistent organic pollutants and emerging contaminants based on their relative toxic potency in environmental samples

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  • Determination of PBDEs, HBB, PBEB, DBDPE, HBCD, TBBPA and related compounds in sewage sludge from Catalonia (Spain)

    Marina Gorga;Elena Martínez;Antoni Ginebreda;Ethel Eljarrat

  • Effect of sewage sludges contaminated with polybrominated diphenylethers on agricultural soils.

    Ethel Eljarrat;Göran Marsh;Ana Labandeira;Damià Barceló

  • Pyrethroids in human breast milk: occurrence and nursing daily intake estimation.

    Cayo Corcellas;Maria Luisa Feo;Joao Paulo Torres;Olaf Malm

  • First report of pyrethroid bioaccumulation in wild river fish: A case study in Iberian river basins (Spain)

    Cayo Corcellas;Ethel Eljarrat;Damià Barceló

  • Occurrence, fate and analysis of polychlorinated n-alkanes in the environment

    M.L. Feo;E. Eljarrat;D. Barceló

  • Determination of pyrethroid insecticides in environmental samples

    María Luisa Feo;Ethel Eljarrat;Damià Barceló

  • Determination of 39 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners in sediment samples using fast selective pressurized liquid extraction and purification

    Agustina de la Cal;Ethel Eljarrat;Damià Barceló

  • Pyrethroids: A new threat to marine mammals?

    Mariana B. Alonso;Maria Luisa Feo;Cayo Corcellas;Lara G. Vidal;Lara G. Vidal

  • Occurrence of hydrophobic organic pollutants (BFRs and UV-filters) in sediments from South America.

    Enrique Barón;Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Marina Gorga;Ignacio Rudolph

  • Toxic heritage: Maternal transfer of pyrethroid insecticides and sunscreen agents in dolphins from Brazil.

    Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Maria Luisa Feo;Cayo Corcellas;Pablo Gago-Ferrero

  • Hexabromocyclododecane in human breast milk: levels and enantiomeric patterns.

    Ethel Eljarrat;Paula Guerra;Elena Martínez;Marinella Farré

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Josep Rivera
Josep Rivera Spanish National Research Council
Josep Caixach
Josep Caixach Spanish National Research Council
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
João Paulo Machado Torres
João Paulo Machado Torres Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Olaf Malm
Olaf Malm Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marinella Farré
Marinella Farré Spanish National Research Council
Demetrio Raldúa
Demetrio Raldúa Spanish National Research Council
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Eduardo R. Secchi
Eduardo R. Secchi Federal University of Rio Grande

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