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Canada
2023

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Citations
13430
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Paul A. Helm is affiliated with the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a strong emphasis on pollution and industrial processes linked to environmental impact.

The main fields of study for Paul A. Helm include environmental science, with subfields covering pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, water science and technology, and molecular biology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Recycling and waste management techniques
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Water treatment and disinfection
  • Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies

Paul A. Helm has authored papers published in several frequent venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources (2020, Water Research)
  • Sampling and Quality Assurance and Quality Control: A Guide for Scientists Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastics Across Matrices (2020, Applied Spectroscopy)
  • The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed (2021, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology)
  • Evidence of Microplastic Translocation in Wild-Caught Fish and Implications for Microplastic Accumulation Dynamics in Food Webs (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Detection of selected tire wear compounds in urban receiving waters (2021, Environmental Pollution)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul A. Helm include:

  • Chelsea M. Rochman
  • Miriam L. Diamond
  • Karl J. Jobst
  • Sonya Kleywegt
  • Liisa M. Jantunen

This combination of frequent venues, research topics, and collaborations indicates an active engagement in studies related to environmental contamination, particularly involving microplastics, toxic pollutants, and emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

    Anika Ballent;Patricia L. Corcoran;Odile Madden;Paul A. Helm

  • Fluorinated organic compounds in an eastern Arctic marine food web.

    Gregg T Tomy;Wes Budakowski;Thor Halldorson;Paul A Helm

  • Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in marine biota of the Canadian Arctic: An overview of spatial and temporal trends

    B.M. Braune;P.M. Outridge;A.T. Fisk;D.C.G. Muir

  • Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record

    Patricia L. Corcoran;Todd Norris;Trevor Ceccanese;Mary Jane Walzak

  • Impacts of temperature and selected chemical digestion methods on microplastic particles.

    Keenan Munno;Paul A. Helm;Donald A. Jackson;Chelsea Rochman

  • 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

  • Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources

    Jelena Grbić;Paul Helm;Samantha Athey;Chelsea M. Rochman

  • Sampling and Quality Assurance and Quality Control: A Guide for Scientists Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastics Across Matrices.

    Susanne M Brander;Violet Compton Renick;Melissa M Foley;Clare Steele

  • Isomers of dechlorane plus in Lake Winnipeg and Lake Ontario food webs.

    Gregg T. Tomy;Kerri Pleskach;Nargis Ismail;D. Michael Whittle

  • Sampling in the Great Lakes for pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and endocrine-disrupting substances using the passive polar organic chemical integrative sampler.

    Hongxia Li;Paul A. Helm;Chris D. Metcalfe

  • The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed

    Cassandra Johannessen;Paul Helm;Brent Lashuk;Viviane Yargeau

  • Dechlorane Plus Levels in Sediment of the Lower Great Lakes

    E. D. Sverko;Gregg T. Tomy;Chris H. Marvin;Donna Zaruk

  • Evidence of Microplastic Translocation in Wild-Caught Fish and Implications for Microplastic Accumulation Dynamics in Food Webs.

    Hayley K. McIlwraith;Joel Kim;Paul Helm;Paul Helm;Satyendra P. Bhavsar;Satyendra P. Bhavsar

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

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

  • Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: Scientific rationale supporting use of freely dissolved concentrations

    Philipp Mayer;Thomas F Parkerton;Rachel G Adams;John G Cargill

  • Detection of selected tire wear compounds in urban receiving waters.

    Cassandra Johannessen;Paul Helm;Chris D. Metcalfe

  • Current combustion-related sources contribute to polychlorinated naphthalene and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl levels and profiles in air in Toronto, Canada.

    Paul A. Helm;Terry F. Bidleman

  • The effects of dissolved organic matter and pH on sampling rates for polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS).

    Hongxia Li;Paul A. Helm;Gordon Paterson;Chris D. Metcalfe

  • Enantioselective bioaccumulation of hexabromocyclododecane and congener-specific accumulation of brominated diphenyl ethers in an eastern Canadian Arctic marine food web.

    Gregg T. Tomy;Kerri Pleskach;Tyler Oswald;Thor Halldorson

  • Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in Lake Ontario, Canada, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) between 1979 and 2004 and possible influences of food-web changes

    Nargis Ismail;Sarah B. Gewurtz;Sarah B. Gewurtz;Kerri Pleskach;D. Michael Whittle

  • Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: Scientific rationale supporting use of freely dissolved concentrations

    Philipp Mayer;Thomas F Parkerton;John G Cargill;Jay Gan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris H. Marvin
Chris H. Marvin Environment and Climate Change Canada
Eric J. Reiner
Eric J. Reiner Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Liisa M. Jantunen
Liisa M. Jantunen University of Toronto
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Gregg T. Tomy
Gregg T. Tomy University of Manitoba
Terry F. Bidleman
Terry F. Bidleman Umeå University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Satyendra P. Bhavsar
Satyendra P. Bhavsar University of Toronto
Chris D. Metcalfe
Chris D. Metcalfe Trent University
Chelsea M. Rochman
Chelsea M. Rochman University of Toronto

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