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Michelle L. Hladik is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple areas within environmental science, with a particular focus on the intersection of insect and pesticide studies, environmental toxicology, and agricultural ecosystems.

The scientist's work covers several main fields of study including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader domains, key subfields of study they address are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Insect Science, Pollution, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The primary topics of research for Michelle L. Hladik include:

  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Frequent publishing venues highlight the scientist's engagement with leading journals in environmental science, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Chemosphere
  • PLoS ONE

Michelle L. Hladik has collaborated extensively with several co-authors who contribute to similar research areas. Frequent co-authors include Dana W. Kolpin, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael S. Gross, Paul M. Bradley, and Carrie E. Givens.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "A critical review on the potential impacts of neonicotinoid insecticide use: current knowledge of environmental fate, toxicity, and implications for human health" (2020) published in Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • "Beyond neonicotinoids - Wild pollinators are exposed to a range of pesticides while foraging in agroecosystems" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas" (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Widespread Use of the Nitrification Inhibitor Nitrapyrin: Assessing Benefits and Costs to Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environmental Health" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment

This body of work illustrates Michelle L. Hladik's consistent focus on understanding the environmental impact of pesticides and chemical exposures, particularly on insects and pollinators, within agricultural and aquatic systems. Their research contributes to environmental toxicology by examining pesticide fate, toxicity, and ecological interactions.

Best Publications

  • Environmental risks and challenges associated with neonicotinoid insecticides

    Michelle L. Hladik;Anson R. Main;Dave Goulson

  • Widespread occurrence of neonicotinoid insecticides in streams in a high corn and soybean producing region, USA.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Dana W. Kolpin;Kathryn M. Kuivila

  • A critical review on the potential impacts of neonicotinoid insecticide use: Current knowledge of environmental fate, toxicity, and implications for human health

    Darrin A. Thompson;Hans Joachim Lehmler;Dana W. Kolpin;Michelle L. Hladik

  • Expanded Target-Chemical Analysis Reveals Extensive Mixed-Organic-Contaminant Exposure in U.S. Streams

    Paul M. Bradley;Celeste A. Journey;Kristin M. Romanok;Larry B. Barber

  • Occurrence of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Finished Drinking Water and Fate during Drinking Water Treatment

    Kathryn L. Klarich;Nicholas C. Pflug;Eden M. DeWald;Michelle L. Hladik

  • Urban Stormwater: An Overlooked Pathway of Extensive Mixed Contaminants to Surface and Groundwaters in the United States.

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Larry B. Barber

  • First national-scale reconnaissance of neonicotinoid insecticides in streams across the USA

    Michelle L. Hladik;Dana W. Kolpin

  • Exposure of native bees foraging in an agricultural landscape to current-use pesticides.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Mark Vandever;Kelly L. Smalling

  • Occurrence and potential sources of pyrethroid insecticides in stream sediments from seven U.S. metropolitan areas.

    Kathryn M. Kuivila;Michelle L. Hladik;Christopher G. Ingersoll;Nile E. Kemble

  • Year-round presence of neonicotinoid insecticides in tributaries to the Great Lakes, USA.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Steven R. Corsi;Dana W. Kolpin;Austin K. Baldwin

  • Complex mixtures of dissolved pesticides show potential aquatic toxicity in a synoptic study of Midwestern U.S. streams

    Lisa H. Nowell;Patrick W. Moran;Travis S. Schmidt;Julia E. Norman

  • Discharges of produced waters from oil and gas extraction via wastewater treatment plants are sources of disinfection by-products to receiving streams.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Michael J. Focazio;Mark Engle;Mark Engle

  • Pesticide concentrations in frog tissue and wetland habitats in a landscape dominated by agriculture.

    Kelly L. Smalling;Rebecca A. Reeves;Erin Muths;Mark Vandever

  • Increasing neonicotinoid use and the declining butterfly fauna of lowland California.

    Matthew L. Forister;Bruce Cousens;Joshua G. Harrison;Kayce Anderson

  • A multi-residue method for the analysis of pesticides and pesticide degradates in water using HLB solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-ion trap mass spectrometry.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Kelly L. Smalling;Kathryn M. Kuivila

  • Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas.

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  • Chlorinated Byproducts of Neonicotinoids and Their Metabolites: An Unrecognized Human Exposure Potential?

    Kathryn L. Klarich Wong;Danielle T. Webb;Matthew R. Nagorzanski;Dana W. Kolpin

  • Neutral chloroacetamide herbicide degradates and related compounds in Midwestern United States drinking water sources.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Edward J. Bouwer;A. Lynn Roberts

  • Assessing the occurrence and distribution of pyrethroids in water and suspended sediments.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Kathryn M. Kuivila

  • Beyond neonicotinoids - Wild pollinators are exposed to a range of pesticides while foraging in agroecosystems.

    Anson R. Main;Michelle L. Hladik;Elisabeth B. Webb;Keith W. Goyne

  • Pyrethroid insecticide concentrations and toxicity in streambed sediments and loads in surface waters of the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

    Joseph L. Domagalski;Donald P. Weston;Minghua Zhang;Michelle L. Hladik

  • Are neutral chloroacetamide herbicide degradates of potential environmental concern? Analysis and occurrence in the upper Chesapeake Bay.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Jonie J. Hsiao;A. Lynn Roberts

  • Analysis of the herbicide diuron, three diuron degradates, and six neonicotinoid insecticides in water-Method details and application to two Georgia streams

    Michelle L. Hladik;Daniel L. Calhoun

  • Removal of neutral chloroacetamide herbicide degradates during simulated unit processes for drinking water treatment.

    Michelle L. Hladik;A. Lynn Roberts;Edward J. Bouwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Paul M. Bradley
Paul M. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Michael T. Meyer
Michael T. Meyer United States Geological Survey
Edward T. Furlong
Edward T. Furlong United States Geological Survey
Christopher P. Higgins
Christopher P. Higgins Colorado School of Mines
Barbara J. Mahler
Barbara J. Mahler United States Geological Survey
Larry B. Barber
Larry B. Barber United States Geological Survey
R. Blaine McCleskey
R. Blaine McCleskey United States Geological Survey
William A. Battaglin
William A. Battaglin United States Geological Survey
Edward J. Bouwer
Edward J. Bouwer Johns Hopkins University

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