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Overview

John Munthe is affiliated with IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work in health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. They have also contributed to subfields including pollution, chemical health and safety, cancer research, and atmospheric science.

The research topics that John Munthe has explored include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Chemical Safety and Risk Management
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

John Munthe has published papers in several scientific venues, including:

  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Biogeosciences
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by John Munthe, detailing the paper title, year of publication, and publication venue:

  • The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let's cooperate!, 2020, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Computational material flow analysis for thousands of chemicals of emerging concern in European waters, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Mercury accumulation in leaves of different plant types - the significance of tissue age and specific leaf area, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • A field intercomparison of three passive air samplers for gaseous mercury in ambient air, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • The Effects of Forest Harvesting on Total and Methylmercury Concentrations in Surface Waters Depend on Harvest Practices and Physical Site Characteristics, 2025, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Munthe include:

  • Werner Brack
  • Leo Posthuma
  • Jaroslav Slobodnı́k
  • Michelle Nerentorp
  • Carl P. J. Mitchell

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric mercury—An overview

    William H. Schroeder;John Munthe

  • Global emission of mercury to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in 2005 and projections to 2020

    E. G. Pacyna;J. M. Pacyna;K. Sundseth;J. Munthe

  • Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: Recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination in European surface water resources.

    Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Valeria Dulio;Marlene Ågerstrand;Ian Allan

  • Recovery of Mercury-Contaminated Fisheries

    John Munthe;R. A (Drew) Bodaly;Brian A. Branfireun;Charles T. Driscoll

  • 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

  • Vertical fluxes of volatile mercury over forest soil and lake surfaces in Sweden

    Z. F. Xiao;J. Munthe;W. H. Schroeder;O. Lindqvist

  • Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

    Francesca Sprovieri;Nicola Pirrone;Mariantonia Bencardino;Francesco D'Amore

  • The aqueous oxidation of elemental mercury by ozone

    John Munthe

  • Worldwide trend of atmospheric mercury since 1977

    Franz Slemr;Ernst-Günther Brunke;Ralf Ebinghaus;Christian Temme

  • 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

  • International field intercomparison measurements of atmospheric mercury species at Mace Head, Ireland

    R. Ebinghaus;S.G. Jennings;W.H. Schroeder;T. Berg

  • 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

  • Forestry practices increase mercury and methyl mercury output from boreal forest catchments.

    Petri Porvari;Matti Verta;John Munthe;Merja Haapanen

  • Atmospheric mercury species over central and Northern Europe. Model calculations and nordic air and precipitation network for 1987 and 1988

    G. Petersen;Å. Iverfeldt;J. Munthe

  • Intercomparison of methods for sampling and analysis of atmospheric mercury species

    J Munthe;I Wängberg;N Pirrone;Å Iverfeldt

  • Current and future levels of mercury atmospheric pollution on a global scale

    Jozef M. Pacyna;Jozef M. Pacyna;Oleg Travnikov;Francesco De Simone;Ian M. Hedgecock

  • Xylem sap as a pathway for total mercury and methylmercury transport from soils to tree canopy in the boreal forest

    Kevin H. Bishop;Ying-Hua Lee;John Munthe;Etienne Dambrine

  • Cycling of mercury between water, air, and soil compartments of the environment

    W. H. Schroeder;J. Munthe;O. Lindqvist

  • MECHANISMS OF DEPOSITION OF METHYLMERCURY AND MERCURY TO CONIFEROUS FORESTS

    John Munthe;Hans Hultberg;Åke Iverfeldt

  • THE AQUEOUS REDUCTION OF DIVALENT MERCURY BY SULFITE

    J. Munthe;Z. F. Xiao;O. Lindqvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Oliver Lindqvist
Oliver Lindqvist University of Gothenburg
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Jonas Sommar
Jonas Sommar Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jozef M. Pacyna
Jozef M. Pacyna AGH University of Science and Technology
Nicola Pirrone
Nicola Pirrone National Research Council (CNR)
Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Annemarie P. van Wezel
Annemarie P. van Wezel University of Amsterdam

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