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Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro

Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro

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Environmental Sciences

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Overview

Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their research primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ocean Engineering, Cancer Research, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

They have contributed to publications in a range of venues, notably:

  • Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology

Some recent papers associated with Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro include:

  • One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste (2022, Environmental Sciences Europe)
  • Carcinogenicity of aspartame, methyleugenol, and isoeugenol (2023, The Lancet Oncology)
  • Occurrence of pesticides in waters from the largest sugar cane plantation region in the world (2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research)
  • Carcinogenicity of gentian violet, leucogentian violet, malachite green, leucomalachite green, and CI Direct Blue 218 (2021, The Lancet Oncology)
  • Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in urban rivers from Piracicaba watershed (Brazil) (2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research)

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Amanda dos Santos
  • Marina Tenório Botelho
  • Anjaína Fernandes de Albuquerque
  • Harold S. Freeman
  • Riikka Räisänen

Best Publications

  • Mutagenic and carcinogenic potential of a textile azo dye processing plant effluent that impacts a drinking water source.

    Rodrigo Otávio Alves de Lima;Ana Paula Bazo;Daisy Maria Fávero Salvadori;Célia Maria Rech

  • Environmental science and pollution research.

    Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro;Tracy K. Collier

  • Assessment of water contamination caused by a mutagenic textile effluent/dyehouse effluent bearing disperse dyes.

    Patricia A. Carneiro;Gisela A. Umbuzeiro;Danielle P. Oliveira;Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni

  • The contribution of azo dyes to the mutagenic activity of the Cristais River.

    Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro;Harold S. Freeman;Sarah H. Warren;Danielle Palma de Oliveira

  • Effect-directed analysis supporting monitoring of aquatic environments - An in-depth overview

    Werner Brack;Selim Ait-Aissa;Robert M. Burgess;Wibke Busch

  • Future water quality monitoring--adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management.

    Rolf Altenburger;Selim Ait-Aissa;Philipp Antczak;Thomas Backhaus

  • Future water quality monitoring: improving the balance between exposure and toxicity assessments of real-world pollutant mixtures

    Rolf Altenburger;Rolf Altenburger;Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Robert M. Burgess;Wibke Busch

  • Pesticides in Brazilian freshwaters: a critical review.

    A. F. Albuquerque;J. S. Ribeiro;F. Kummrow;F. Kummrow;A. J. A. Nogueira;A. J. A. Nogueira

  • Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality

    Werner Brack;Selim Ait Aissa;Thomas Backhaus;Valeria Dulio

  • The SOLUTIONS project: challenges and responses for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management.

    Werner Brack;Rolf Altenburger;Gerrit Schüürmann;Martin Krauss

  • Genotoxic, mutagenic and cytotoxic effects of the commercial dye CI Disperse Blue 291 in the human hepatic cell line HepG2

    M.S. Tsuboy;J.P.F. Angeli;M.S. Mantovani;S. Knasmüller

  • Development of a bioanalytical test battery for water quality monitoring: Fingerprinting identified micropollutants and their Contribution to effects in surface water

    Peta A. Neale;Rolf Altenburger;Selim Aït-Aïssa;François Brion

  • Aquatic toxicity of dyes before and after photo-Fenton treatment.

    Luis A.V. de Luna;Thiago H.G. da Silva;Raquel F. Pupo Nogueira;Fábio Kummrow;Fábio Kummrow

  • The Salmonella Mutagenicity Assay: The Stethoscope of Genetic Toxicology for the 21st Century

    Larry D. Claxton;Gisela de A. Umbuzeiro;David M. DeMarini

  • Mutagenicity and DNA adduct formation of PAH, nitro-PAH, and oxy-PAH fractions of atmospheric particulate matter from São Paulo, Brazil.

    Gisela A. Umbuzeiro;Alexandre Franco;Maria Helena Martins;Fábio Kummrow

  • Differential toxicity of Disperse Red 1 and Disperse Red 13 in the Ames test, HepG2 cytotoxicity assay, and Daphnia acute toxicity test.

    E. R. A. Ferraz;G. A. Umbuzeiro;G. de-Almeida;A. Caloto-Oliveira

  • Mixture effects in samples of multiple contaminants - An inter-laboratory study with manifold bioassays.

    Rolf Altenburger;Martin Scholze;Wibke Busch;Beate Escher

  • An integrated approach to evaluate emerging contaminants in drinking water

    Wilson F. Jardim;Cassiana C. Montagner;Igor C. Pescara;Gisela A. Umbuzeiro;Gisela A. Umbuzeiro

  • Nutrients, emerging pollutants and pesticides in a tropical urban reservoir: Spatial distributions and risk assessment

    Julio C. López-Doval;Julio C. López-Doval;Cassiana C. Montagner;Anjaína Fernandes de Alburquerque;Viviane Moschini-Carlos

  • Ten Years-Snapshot of the Occurrence of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking, Surface and Ground Waters and Wastewaters from São Paulo State, Brazil

    Cassiana C. Montagner;Fernando F. Sodré;Raphael D. Acayaba;Cristiane Vidal

  • Chemical characterization of a dye processing plant effluent--identification of the mutagenic components.

    Danielle P. Oliveira;Patricia A. Carneiro;Maureen K. Sakagami;Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni
Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni Sao Paulo State University
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Wilson F. Jardim
Wilson F. Jardim State University of Campinas
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Klára Hilscherová
Klára Hilscherová Masaryk University
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University
Oswaldo Luiz Alves
Oswaldo Luiz Alves State University of Campinas

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