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Overview

Ruthann A. Rudel is affiliated with the Silent Spring Institute in the United States. Their research centers on environmental science, with a significant focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of chemical exposures and their effects on human health.

The primary fields of study associated with Rudel include Environmental Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Occupational Therapy, Cancer Research, Environmental Chemistry, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Key topics explored in their research encompass:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Rudel has published in a range of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Health
  • Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Adverse outcome pathways for ionizing radiation and breast cancer involve direct and indirect DNA damage, oxidative stress, inflammation, genomic instability, and interaction with hormonal regulation of the breast," 2020, Archives of Toxicology
  • "Consumer behavior and exposure to parabens, bisphenols, triclosan, dichlorophenols, and benzophenone-3: Results from a crowdsourced biomonitoring study," 2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • "Reactive Oxygen Species in the Adverse Outcome Pathway Framework: Toward Creation of Harmonized Consensus Key Events," 2022, Frontiers in Toxicology
  • "A science-based agenda for health-protective chemical assessments and decisions: overview and consensus statement," 2023, Environmental Health

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rudel include:

  • Rachel Morello-Frosch
  • Jessica Trowbridge
  • Heather Buren
  • Vincent Bessonneau
  • Roy Gerona

Best Publications

  • Phthalates, alkylphenols, pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and other endocrine-disrupting compounds in indoor air and dust.

    Ruthann A Rudel;David E Camann;John D Spengler;Leo R Korn

  • The precautionary principle in environmental science.

    David Kriebel;Joel Tickner;Paul Epstein;John Lemons

  • Food Packaging and Bisphenol A and Bis(2-Ethyhexyl) Phthalate Exposure: Findings from a Dietary Intervention

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Janet M. Gray;Connie L. Engel;Teresa W. Rawsthorne

  • Endocrine disrupting chemicals in indoor and outdoor air.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Laura J. Perovich

  • Endocrine Disruptors and Asthma-Associated Chemicals in Consumer Products

    Robin E. Dodson;Marcia Nishioka;Laurel J. Standley;Laura J. Perovich

  • After the PBDE Phase-Out: A Broad Suite of Flame Retardants in Repeat House Dust Samples from California

    Robin E. Dodson;Laura J. Perovich;Adrian Covaci;Nele Van den Eede

  • Environmental pollutants and breast cancer: epidemiologic studies.

    Julia Green Brody;Kirsten B. Moysich;Olivier Humblet;Kathleen R. Attfield

  • Environmental chemicals and breast cancer: An updated review of epidemiological literature informed by biological mechanisms.

    Kathryn M. Rodgers;Julia O. Udesky;Ruthann A. Rudel;Julia Green Brody

  • Environmental pollutants and breast cancer.

    Julia Green Brody;Ruthann A Rudel

  • Identification of Alkylphenols and Other Estrogenic Phenolic Compounds in Wastewater, Septage, and Groundwater on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Steven J. Melly;Paul W. Geno;Gang Sun

  • Correction: Guideline levels for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water: the role of scientific uncertainty, risk assessment decisions, and social factors

    Alissa Cordner;Vanessa Y. De La Rosa;Vanessa Y. De La Rosa;Laurel A. Schaider;Ruthann A. Rudel

  • Steroid estrogens, nonylphenol ethoxylate metabolites, and other wastewater contaminants in groundwater affected by a residential septic system on Cape Cod, MA.

    Christopher H. Swartz;Sharanya Reddy;Mark J. Benotti;Haifei Yin

  • Pharmaceuticals, perfluorosurfactants, and other organic wastewater compounds in public drinking water wells in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer.

    Laurel A. Schaider;Ruthann A. Rudel;Janet M. Ackerman;Sarah C. Dunagan

  • Elevated house dust and serum concentrations of PBDEs in California: unintended consequences of furniture flammability standards?

    Ami R. Zota;Ruthann A. Rudel;Rachel A. Morello-Frosch;Julia Green Brody

  • Chemicals causing mammary gland tumors in animals signal new directions for epidemiology, chemicals testing, and risk assessment for breast cancer prevention.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Kathleen R. Attfield;Jessica N. Schifano;Julia Green Brody

  • Environmental exposures and mammary gland development: state of the science, public health implications, and research recommendations.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Suzanne E. Fenton;Janet M. Ackerman;Susan Y. Euling

  • Review of Organic Wastewater Compound Concentrations and Removal in Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

    Laurel A. Schaider;Kathryn M. Rodgers;Ruthann A. Rudel

  • Semivolatile endocrine-disrupting compounds in paired indoor and outdoor air in two northern California communities.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Robin E. Dodson;Laura J. Perovich;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • Environmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?

    Laurel A. Schaider;Lucien Swetschinski;Christopher Campbell;Ruthann A. Rudel

  • Identification of selected hormonally active agents and animal mammary carcinogens in commercial and residential air and dust samples.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Julia G. Brody;John D. Spengler;Jose Vallarino

  • Response to Comment on “Elevated House Dust and Serum Concentrations of PBDEs in California: Unintended Consequences of Furniture Flammability Standards?”

    Ami R. Zota;Ruthann A. Rudel;Rachel A. Morello-Frosch;Julia Green Brody

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Morello-Frosch
Rachel Morello-Frosch University of California, Berkeley
Phil Brown
Phil Brown Northeastern University
Russ Hauser
Russ Hauser Harvard University
John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
David Camann
David Camann Southwest Research Institute
Holger M. Koch
Holger M. Koch Ruhr University Bochum
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Bruce P. Lanphear
Bruce P. Lanphear Simon Fraser University
Michael A. Stoto
Michael A. Stoto Georgetown University
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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