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Silvia Lacorte is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a substantial emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, as well as pollution and industrial engineering aspects related to environmental chemistry and analytical chemistry.

The scientist's work spans several key topics including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Silvia Lacorte has contributed significantly to the body of research on microplastics and environmental pollutants. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Analysis of microplastics in drinking water and other clean water samples with micro-Raman and micro-infrared spectroscopy: minimum requirements and best practice guidelines (2021), published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Microplastics from headwaters to tap water: occurrence and removal in a drinking water treatment plant in Barcelona Metropolitan area (Catalonia, NE Spain) (2021), published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Overview on the occurrence of microplastics in air and implications from the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microplastics: Human exposure assessment through air, water, and food (2023), published in Environment International
  • Anticancer drugs in the aquatic ecosystem: Environmental occurrence, ecotoxicological effect and risk assessment (2021), published in Environment International

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Maria Dulsat-Masvidal
  • Romá Tauler
  • Angeliki Karanasiou
  • Rafael Mateo
  • Bernat Oró-Nolla

Publication venues where Silvia Lacorte has frequently contributed are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Pollution

The scope of their research integrates analytical chemistry techniques applied to environmental samples, as well as studies on pollution dynamics and impact assessment. This combination supports a multidisciplinary approach towards understanding and mitigating environmental contaminants and their effects on ecosystems and human health.

Best Publications

  • Pilot survey monitoring pharmaceuticals and related compounds in a sewage treatment plant located on the Mediterranean coast.

    M.J. Gómez;M.J. Martínez Bueno;S. Lacorte;A.R. Fernández-Alba

  • Migration of phthalates, alkylphenols, bisphenol A and di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate from food packaging

    Evelina Fasano;Francisco Bono-Blay;Teresa Cirillo;Paolo Montuori

  • Impact of pesticides used in agriculture and vineyards to surface and groundwater quality (North Spain)

    Alain Hildebrandt;Míriam Guillamón;Sílvia Lacorte;Romà Tauler

  • Sorption behaviour of perfluoroalkyl substances in soils

    Jelena Milinovic;Silvia Lacorte;Miquel Vidal;Anna Rigol

  • Data analysis strategies for targeted and untargeted LC-MS metabolomic studies: Overview and workflow

    Eva Gorrochategui;Joaquim Jaumot;Sílvia Lacorte;Romà Tauler

  • Priority and emerging flame retardants in rivers: occurrence in water and sediment, Daphnia magna toxicity and risk assessment.

    Joyce Cristale;Alejandro García Vázquez;Carlos Barata;Silvia Lacorte

  • Simplified procedures for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediments and mussels

    Elena Martinez;Meritxell Gros;Sílvia Lacorte;Damià Barceló

  • Determination and occurrence of phthalates, alkylphenols, bisphenol A, PBDEs, PCBs and PAHs in an industrial sewage grid discharging to a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Juan Sánchez-Avila;Jordi Bonet;Gemma Velasco;Silvia Lacorte

  • Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in the River Aire (UK)

    Joyce Cristale;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • New Methodology for the Determination of Phthalate Esters, Bisphenol A, Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether, and Nonylphenol in Commercial Whole Milk Samples

    Neus Casajuana;Sílvia Lacorte

  • Monitoring of priority pesticides and other organic pollutants in river water from portugal by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry.

    Débora de Almeida Azevedo;Sı́lvia Lacorte;Tereza Vinhas;Paula Viana

  • Time of flight mass spectrometry applied to the liquid chromatographic analysis of pesticides in water and food.

    Sílvia Lacorte;Amadeo R. Fernandez-Alba

  • Presence and release of phthalic esters and other endocrine disrupting compounds in drinking water

    N. Casajuana;S. Lacorte

  • Migration of plasticizersphthalates, bisphenol A and alkylphenols from plastic containers and evaluation of risk

    A. Guart;F. Bono-Blay;A. Borrell;S. Lacorte

  • Analysis of microplastics in drinking water and other clean water samples with micro-Raman and micro-infrared spectroscopy: minimum requirements and best practice guidelines.

    Darena Schymanski;Barbara E. Oßmann;Nizar Benismail;Kada Boukerma

  • Integrated procedure for determination of endocrine-disrupting activity in surface waters and sediments by use of the biological technique recombinant yeast assay and chemical analysis by LC-ESI-MS

    Raquel Céspedes;Mira Petrovic;Demetrio Raldúa;Úrsula Saura

  • Determination of Parts per Trillion Levels of Organophosphorus Pesticides in Groundwater by Automated On-Line Liquid−Solid Extraction Followed by Liquid Chromatography/Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry Using Positive and Negative Ion Modes of Operation

    Silvia Lacorte;Damià Barceló

  • Organic compounds in paper-mill process waters and effluents

    S. Lacorte;A. Latorre;D. Barceló;A. Rigol

  • Organic micropollutants in coastal waters from NW Mediterranean Sea: sources distribution and potential risk.

    Juan Sánchez-Avila;Romà Tauler;Silvia Lacorte

  • Distribution of endocrine disruptors in the Llobregat River basin (Catalonia, NE Spain).

    Raquel Céspedes;Sílvia Lacorte;Demetrio Raldúa;Antonio Ginebreda

  • Rapid degradation of fenitrothion in estuarine waters.

    Silvia. Lacorte;Damia. Barcelo

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Romà Tauler
Romà Tauler Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Barata
Carlos Barata Spanish National Research Council
Arminda Alves
Arminda Alves University of Porto
Cinta Porte
Cinta Porte Spanish National Research Council
Benjamin Piña
Benjamin Piña Spanish National Research Council
Sergi Díez
Sergi Díez Spanish National Research Council
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Jean-Louis Marty
Jean-Louis Marty University of Perpignan

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