Publications

2024

Ferguson, P. L., N. Jayasundara, J. C. Ulrich, K. Hoffman, T. D. K. S. C. Gunasekara, P. M. M. A. Sandamini, B. P. Jackson, and P. M. C. S. De Silva. “Rebuttal to Comment on “Glyphosate and Fluoride in High-Hardness Drinking Water Are Positively Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka”.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00151.

2023

Overdahl, Kirsten E., Robert M. Tighe, Heather M. Stapleton, and P Lee Ferguson. “Investigating sensitization activity of azobenzene disperse dyes via the Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA).” Food Chem Toxicol 182 (December 2023): 114108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.114108.

Overdahl, Kirsten E., Christopher D. Kassotis, Kate Hoffman, Gordon J. Getzinger, Allison Phillips, Stephanie Hammel, Heather M. Stapleton, and P Lee Ferguson. “Characterizing azobenzene disperse dyes and related compounds in house dust and their correlations with other organic contaminant classes.” Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) 337 (November 2023): 122491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122491.

Ulrich, J. C., K. Hoffman, T. D. K. S. C. Gunasekara, P. M. M. A. Sandamini, B. P. Jackson, P. M. C. S. De Silva, N. Jayasundara, and P. L. Ferguson. “Glyphosate and Fluoride in High-Hardness Drinking Water Are Positively Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters 10, no. 10 (October 10, 2023): 916–23. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00504.

Muir, Derek C. G., Gordon J. Getzinger, Matt McBride, and P Lee Ferguson. “How Many Chemicals in Commerce Have Been Analyzed in Environmental Media? A 50 Year Bibliometric Analysis.” Environmental Science & Technology 57, no. 25 (June 2023): 9119–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c09353.

Lindborg, A. R., K. E. Overdahl, B. Vogler, D. Lin, R. Sutton, and P. L. Ferguson. “Assessment of Long-Chain Polyethoxylate Surfactants in Wastewater Effluent, Stormwater Runoff, and Ambient Water of San Francisco Bay, CA.” ACS ES and T Water 3, no. 4 (April 14, 2023): 1233–42. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00024.

Camdzic, Dino, Rebecca A. Dickman, Abigail S. Joyce, Joshua S. Wallace, P Lee Ferguson, and Diana S. Aga. “Quantitation of Total PFAS Including Trifluoroacetic Acid with Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.” Analytical Chemistry 95, no. 13 (April 2023): 5484–88. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05354.

2022

Shojaei, M., A. S. Joyce, P. L. Ferguson, and J. L. Guelfo. “Novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in an active-use C6-based aqueous film forming foam.” Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 3 (November 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2022.100061.

Pétré, M. -. A., K. R. Salk, H. M. Stapleton, P. L. Ferguson, G. Tait, D. R. Obenour, D. R. U. Knappe, and D. P. Genereux. “Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river discharge: Modeling loads upstream and downstream of a PFAS manufacturing plant in the Cape Fear watershed, North Carolina.” The Science of the Total Environment 831 (July 2022): 154763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154763.

Markovich, Zachary R., Jessica H. Hartman, Ian T. Ryde, Kathleen A. Hershberger, Abigail S. Joyce, Patrick L. Ferguson, and Joel N. Meyer. “Mild pentachlorophenol-mediated uncoupling of mitochondria depletes ATP but does not cause an oxidized redox state or dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Current Research in Toxicology 3 (January 2022): 100084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crtox.2022.100084.

Herkert, Nicholas J., Christopher D. Kassotis, Sharon Zhang, Yuling Han, Vivek Francis Pulikkal, Mei Sun, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “Characterization of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances Present in Commercial Anti-fog Products and Their In Vitro Adipogenic Activity.” Environmental Science & Technology 56, no. 2 (January 2022): 1162–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06990.

2021

Overdahl, Kirsten E., David Gooden, Benjamin Bobay, Gordon J. Getzinger, Heather M. Stapleton, and P Lee Ferguson. “Characterizing azobenzene disperse dyes in commercial mixtures and children's polyester clothing.” Environ Pollut 287 (October 15, 2021): 117299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117299.

Hunter, Brandon, Imari Walker, Robert Lassiter, Vanessa Lassiter, Jackie MacDonald Gibson, P Lee Ferguson, and Marc A. Deshusses. “Evaluation of private well contaminants in an underserved North Carolina community.” The Science of the Total Environment 789 (October 2021): 147823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147823.

Walker, I., M. D. Montaño, R. S. Lankone, D. H. Fairbrother, and P. L. Ferguson. “Influence of CNT loading and environmental stressors on leaching of polymer-associated chemicals from epoxy and polycarbonate nanocomposites.” Environmental Chemistry 18, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 131–41. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN21043.

Ulrich, Jake C., and P Lee Ferguson. “Development of a sensitive direct injection LC-MS/MS method for the detection of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in hard waters.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 413, no. 14 (June 2021): 3763–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03324-5.

Getzinger, Gordon, and Lee Ferguson. “High-Throughput Trace-Level Suspect Screening for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Waters by Peak-Focusing Online Solid Phase Extraction and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.” ACS ES&T Water, April 8, 2021.

Overdahl, Kirsten E., Rebecca Sutton, Jennifer Sun, Noelle J. DeStefano, Gordon J. Getzinger, and P Lee Ferguson. “Assessment of emerging polar organic pollutants linked to contaminant pathways within an urban estuary using non-targeted analysis.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 23, no. 3 (March 2021): 429–45. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00463d.

Getzinger, Gordon J., Christopher P. Higgins, and P Lee Ferguson. “Structure Database and In Silico Spectral Library for Comprehensive Suspect Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Environmental Media by High-resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Analytical Chemistry 93, no. 5 (February 2021): 2820–27. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04109.

Montaño, Manuel D., Keira Liu, Tara Sabo-Attwood, and P Lee Ferguson. “Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Estuarine Sediments by Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation Coupled to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Spectroscopy Reveals Disassociation of Residual Metal Catalyst Nanoparticles.” Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 2 (January 2021): 1015–23. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06058.

2020

Getzinger, Gordon, Christopher P. Higgins, and P Lee Ferguson. “Data and scripts from: A structure database and in silico spectral library for comprehensive suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in environmental media by high-resolution mass spectrometry,” November 20, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4c53n875.

Babich, Remy, Jake C. Ulrich, EM Dilini V. Ekanayake, Andrey Massarsky, P Mangala C. S. De Silva, Pathmalal M. Manage, Brian P. Jackson, et al. “Kidney developmental effects of metal-herbicide mixtures: Implications for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology.” Environment International 144 (November 2020): 106019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106019.

Czaplicki, Lauren M., Lauren K. Redfern, Ellen M. Cooper, P Lee Ferguson, Rytas Vilgalys, and Claudia K. Gunsch. “Investigating the mycobiome of the Holcomb Creosote Superfund Site.” Chemosphere 252 (August 2020): 126208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126208.

Phillips, Allison L., Nicholas J. Herkert, Jake C. Ulrich, Jessica H. Hartman, Matthew T. Ruis, Ellen M. Cooper, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “In Vitro Metabolism of Isopropylated and tert-Butylated Triarylphosphate Esters Using Human Liver Subcellular Fractions.” Chemical Research in Toxicology 33, no. 6 (June 2020): 1428–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00002.

Getzinger, G. J., and P. L. Ferguson. “Illuminating the exposome with high-resolution accurate-mass mass spectrometry and nontargeted analysis.” Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 15 (June 1, 2020): 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2020.05.005.

McDonough, Carrie A., Sarah Choyke, P Lee Ferguson, Jamie C. DeWitt, and Christopher P. Higgins. “Bioaccumulation of Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Mice Dosed with an Aqueous Film-Forming Foam.” Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 9 (May 2020): 5700–5709. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00234.