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Liisa M. Jantunen

Liisa M. Jantunen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
8889
World Ranking
4103
National Ranking
171

Overview

Liisa M. Jantunen is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their body of work includes a strong focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, alongside research related to pollution and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, toxic organic pollutants impact, and recycling and waste management techniques. Further topics include the effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, air quality and health impacts, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research.

Some of Liisa M. Jantunen's recent papers include:

  • "The Widespread Environmental Footprint of Indigo Denim Microfibers from Blue Jeans", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Anthropogenic particles (including microfibers and microplastics) in marine sediments of the Canadian Arctic", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "A first assessment of microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Hudson Bay and the surrounding eastern Canadian Arctic waters of Nunavut", 2020, FACETS
  • "Phthalates: Relationships between Air, Dust, Electronic Devices, and Hands with Implications for Exposure", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent collaborators in Liisa M. Jantunen's research include Miriam L. Diamond, Sarah N. Bernstein, Terry F. Bidleman, Paul A. Helm, and Gary A. Stern.

Jantunen's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • FACETS
  • Environmental Research

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

  • 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

  • Residues of organochlorine pesticides in Alabama soils

    T. Harner;J.L. Wideman;L.M.M. Jantunen;T.F. Bidleman

  • Soil-air exchange model of persistent pesticides in the United States cotton belt.

    Tom Harner;Terry F. Bidleman;Liisa M. M. Jantunen;Don Mackay

  • Organochlorine pesticides and PAHs in the surface water and atmosphere of the north Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.

    Rainer Lohmann;Rosalinda Gioia;Kevin C. Jones;Luca Nizzetto

  • Chlordane enantiomers and temporal trends of chlordane isomers in arctic air.

    Terry F. Bidleman;Liisa M. M. Jantunen;Paul A. Helm;Eva Brorström-Lunden

  • The transport of β-hexachlorocyclohexane to the western Arctic Ocean: a contrast to α-HCH

    Y.-F. Li;R.W. Macdonald;L.M.M. Jantunen;T. Harner

  • Organophosphate Esters in Canadian Arctic Air: Occurrence, Levels and Trends

    Roxana Sühring;Miriam L. Diamond;Martin Scheringer;Martin Scheringer;Fiona Wong

  • Air-Soil Exchange of Organochlorine Pesticides in Agricultural Soils. 1. Field Measurements Using a Novel in Situ Sampling Device

    S. N. Meijer;M. Shoeib;L. M. M. Jantunen;Kevin C. Jones

  • Air‐water gas exchange of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and the enantiomers of α‐HCH in Arctic regions

    Liisa M. Jantunen;Terry Bidleman

  • Toxaphene, chlordane, and other organochlorine pesticides in Alabama air

    Liisa M. M. Jantunen;Terry F. Bidleman;Tom Harner;William J. Parkhurst

  • Reversal of the air-water gas exchange direction of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas : 1993 versus 1988

    Liisa M. Jantunen;Terry F. Bidleman

  • Organochlorine pesticides and enantiomers of chiral pesticides in Arctic Ocean water.

    L. M. M. Jantunen;T. F. Bidleman

  • Heterogeneous OH Initiated Oxidation: A Possible Explanation for the Persistence of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Air

    Yongchun Liu;John Liggio;Tom Harner;Liisa Jantunen

  • The Widespread Environmental Footprint of Indigo Denim Microfibers from Blue Jeans

    Samantha N. Athey;Jennifer K. Adams;Lisa M. Erdle;Liisa M. Jantunen

  • Organochlorine Pesticides in the Soils and Atmosphere of Costa Rica

    Gillian L Daly;Ying D Lei;Camilla Teixeira;Derek C G Muir

  • Concentrations in air of organobromine, organochlorine and organophosphate flame retardants in Toronto, Canada

    Mahiba Shoeib;Lutz Ahrens;Lutz Ahrens;Liisa Jantunen;Tom Harner

  • Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean.

    Mario Lebrato;Dieter Garbe-Schönberg;Marius N. Müller;Sonia Blanco-Ameijeiras

  • Decline of hexachlorocyclohexane in the Arctic atmosphere and reversal of air‐sea gas exchange

    T. F. Bidleman;L. M. Jantunen;R. L. Falconer;L. A. Barrie

  • Organophosphate ester (OPEs) flame retardants and plasticizers in air and soil from a highly industrialized city in Turkey

    Perihan Kurt-Karakus;Henry A. Alegria;Askin Birgul;Elif Gungormus

  • Henry's law constants for α-, β-, and γ-hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) as a function of temperature and revised estimates of gas exchange in Arctic regions

    Liz Sahsuvar;Paul A. Helm;Liisa M. Jantunen;Terry F. Bidleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry F. Bidleman
Terry F. Bidleman Umeå University
Paul A. Helm
Paul A. Helm Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Henrik Kylin
Henrik Kylin Linköping University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Hayley Hung
Hayley Hung Environment and Climate Change Canada
Robie W. Macdonald
Robie W. Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Marta Venier
Marta Venier Indiana University

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