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Roland Weber

Roland Weber

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
15329
World Ranking
3782
National Ranking
46

Overview

Roland Weber is affiliated with Örebro University in Sweden, specializing in Environmental Science with a notable focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics prominently include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Among the recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese drinking water: risk assessment and geographical distribution, 2021, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Enabling a circular economy for chemicals in plastics, 2021, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  • Characterization of PCDD/Fs and heavy metal distribution from municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash sintering process, 2020, Waste Management
  • Chlorinated paraffins in the technosphere: A review of available information and data gaps demonstrating the need to support the Stockholm Convention implementation, 2020, Emerging contaminants

Frequent co-authors in their works include Jun Huang, Yago Guida, Natsuko Kajiwara, Sam Adu-Kumi, and Peter Behnisch.

Roland Weber's publications are commonly found across several venues, notably:

  • Emerging contaminants
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling.

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  • Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

    Frederic Gallo;Cristina Fossi;Roland Weber;David Santillo

  • Halogenated flame retardants: do the fire safety benefits justify the risks?

    Susan D. Shaw;Arlene Blum;Roland Weber;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as new Stockholm Convention POPs--a global perspective on the management of Lindane and its waste isomers.

    John Vijgen;P. C. Abhilash;P. C. Abhilash;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Rup Lal;Rup Lal

  • Relevance of BFRs and thermal conditions on the formation pathways of brominated and brominated–chlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans

    Roland Weber;Bertram Kuch

  • Dioxin- and POP-contaminated sites—contemporary and future relevance and challenges

    Roland Weber;Caroline Gaus;Mats Tysklind;Paul Johnston

  • Review Article: Persistent organic pollutants and landfills - a review of past experiences and future challenges

    Roland Weber;Alan Watson;Martin Forter;Fardin Oliaei

  • The Madrid Statement on Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

    Arlene Blum;Simona A. Balan;Martin Scheringer;Xenia Trier

  • Formation of PCDF, PCDD, PCB, and PCN in de novo synthesis from PAH: mechanistic aspects and correlation to fluidized bed incinerators.

    Roland Weber;Fukuya Iino;Takashi Imagawa;Masao Takeuchi

  • The Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban.

    Rolf U. Halden;Avery E. Lindeman;Allison E. Aiello;David Andrews

  • Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

    Joshua O. Babayemi;Innocent C. Nnorom;Innocent C. Nnorom;Oladele Osibanjo;Roland Weber

  • PFOS and PFC releases and associated pollution from a PFC production plant in Minnesota (USA)

    Fardin Oliaei;Don Kriens;Don Kriens;Roland Weber;Alan Watson

  • Reviewing the relevance of dioxin and PCB sources for food from animal origin and the need for their inventory, control and management

    Roland Weber;Christine Herold;Henner Hollert;Josef Kamphues

  • Dioxin in the Elbe river basin: policy and science under the water framework directive 2000–2015 and toward 2021

    Ulrich Förstner;Henner Hollert;Markus Brinkmann;Kathrin Eichbaum

  • Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health

    Sarah E. Crawford;Markus Brinkmann;Jacob D. Ouellet;Frank Lehmkuhl

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese drinking water: risk assessment and geographical distribution

    Liquan Liu;Yingxi Qu;Jun Huang;Roland Weber

  • Relevance of PCDD/PCDF formation for the evaluation of POPs destruction technologies--review on current status and assessment gaps.

    Roland Weber

  • HCH and lindane contaminated sites: European and global need for a permanent solution for a long-time neglected issue.

    John Vijgen;Bram de Borst;Roland Weber;Tomasz Stobiecki

  • Changes in toxicity and Ah receptor agonist activity of suspended particulate matter during flood events at the rivers Neckar and Rhine : a mass balance approach using in vitro methods and chemical analysis

    Jan Wölz;Jan Wölz;Magnus Engwall;Sibylle Maletz;Sibylle Maletz;Helena Olsman Takner

  • Effects of selected metal oxides on the dechlorination and destruction of PCDD and PCDF.

    R Weber;K Nagai;J Nishino;H Shiraishi

  • PCDD/PCDF formation in fluidized bed incineration

    Roland Weber;Hanspaul Hagenmaier

  • Evaluation of hexachlorocyclohexane contamination from the last lindane production plant operating in India.

    Simran Jit;Mandeep Dadhwal;Hansi Kumari;Swati Jindal

  • Dechlorination and destruction of PCDD, PCDF and PCB on selected fly ash from municipal waste incineration.

    R. Weber;T. Takasuga;K. Nagai;H. Shiraishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Oladele Osibanjo
Oladele Osibanjo University of Ibadan
Olaf Päpke
Olaf Päpke Eurofins (Germany)
Peter Fantke
Peter Fantke Technical University of Denmark
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Rup Lal
Rup Lal University of Delhi
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
João Paulo Machado Torres
João Paulo Machado Torres Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan

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