Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release
Lee, Sung-Woo, Gregory V. Lowry, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 18, no. 2 (February 2016): 176–89. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5em00561b.
Kiefer, A. M., Drace, K., Seney, C. S., & Veiga, M. M. (2015). Challenges associated with using retorts to limit mercury exposure in artisanal and small-scale gold mining: Case studies from mozambique, ecuador, and guyana. Trace materials in air, soil, and water, Chapter 3, pp 51-77. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2015-1210.ch003
Pham, Anh Le-Tuan, Carol Johnson, Devon Manley, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Influence of Sulfide Nanoparticles on Dissolved Mercury and Zinc Quantification by Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Passive Samplers.” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 21 (November 2015): 12897–903. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02774.
Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA
Deonarine, Amrika, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Tong Zhang, Yong Cai, and Curtis J. Richardson. “Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA.” Chemosphere 138 (November 2015): 960–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.038.
Kucharzyk, Katarzyna H., Marc A. Deshusses, Kaitlyn A. Porter, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Relative contributions of mercury bioavailability and microbial growth rate on net methylmercury production by anaerobic mixed cultures.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 17, no. 9 (September 2015): 1568–77. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5em00174a.
Thiol-Based Selective Extraction Assay to Comparatively Assess Bioavailable Mercury in Sediments
Ticknor, Jonathan L., Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Kaitlyn A. Porter, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Thiol-Based Selective Extraction Assay to Comparatively Assess Bioavailable Mercury in Sediments.” Environmental Engineering Science 32, no. 7 (July 2015): 564–73. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2014.0526
Master’s Project: Factors associated with distribution of leishmaniasis disease and vectors in Madre de Dios, Peru
Lucero D, Vasquez G, Zorilla V, Fernandez R, Stoops C, Ortiz E, Richter D, Pan W. Factors associated with distribution of leishmaniasis disease and vectors in Madre de Dios, Peru. International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. Sao Paolo, Brazil: ISEE; 2015
Diringer S, Feingold B, Ortiz E, Gallis J, Araujo-Flores J, Berky A, Pan WK, Hsu-Kim H. River transport of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 2015; 17(2): 478-87.
Mercury hair levels and factors that influence exposure for residents of Huancavelica, Peru
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Enrique Ecos, Daniel Richter, and John Vandenberg. “Mercury hair levels and factors that influence exposure for residents of Huancavelica, Peru.” Environ Geochem Health 37, no. 3 (June 2015): 507–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9665-9.
| A robust framework to predict mercury speciation in combustion flue gases |
Ticknor, Jonathan L., Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Marc A. Deshusses. “A robust framework to predict mercury speciation in combustion flue gases.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 264, 2014, Pages 380-385, ISSN 0304-3894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.052.
Speciation and bioaccessibility of mercury in adobe bricks and dirt floors in Huancavelica, Peru
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Speciation and bioaccessibility of mercury in adobe bricks and dirt floors in Huancavelica, Peru.” Environmental Geochemistry and Health 37, no. 2 (April 2015): 263–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9644-1.
Zhang, Tong, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Bojeong Kim, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Net methylation of mercury in estuarine sediment microcosms amended with dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides.” Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 16 (August 2014): 9133–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/es500336j.
Masters Project: Community vulnerability of malaria in Madre de Dios, Peru
Cain J. Community vulnerability of malaria in Madre de Dios, Peru [Masters Project]. Durham, NC: Duke University; 2014
Evaluation of mercury content in amalgams from Munhena mine, Mozambique
Adam M. Kiefer, Kevin Drace, Samuel Gottlieb, Stephen Coursey, Marcello M. Veiga, Prudêncio Noélio da Cruz Marrumbe, Micaela Arlete Jose Chapo, Evaluation of mercury content in amalgams from Munhena mine, Mozambique, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 84, 2014, Pages 783-785, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.039.
Residential mercury contamination in adobe brick homes in Huancavelica, Peru
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Daniel deB Richter, and John Vandenberg. “Residential mercury contamination in adobe brick homes in Huancavelica, Peru.” Plos One 8, no. 9 (2013): e75179. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075179.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Tong Zhang, and Marc A. Deshusses. “Mechanisms regulating mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review.” Environ Sci Technol 47, no. 6 (March 19, 2013): 2441–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304370g.
Drace, K., Kiefer, A.M., Veiga, M.M., Williams, M.K., Ascari, B., Knapper, K.A., Logan, K.M., Breslin, V.M., Skidmore, A., Bolt, D.A., Geist, G., Reidy, L., & Cizdziel, J.V. (2012). Mercury-free, small-scale artisanal gold mining in Mozambique: utilization of magnets to isolate gold at clean tech mine. Journal of Cleaner Production, 32, 88-95.
Robins, Nicholas A., Nicole Hagan, Susan Halabi, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Mark Morris, George Woodall, et al. “Estimations of historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from mercury refining and present-day soil concentrations of total mercury in Huancavelica, Peru.” Sci Total Environ 426 (June 1, 2012): 146–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.082
Zhang, T., B. Kim, C. Levard, B. C. Reinsch, G. V. Lowry, M. A. Deshusses, and H. Hsu Kim. “Methylation of mercury by bacteria exposed to dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 13 (2012): 6950–58. https://doi.org/10.1021/es203181m.
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports
Swenson JJ, Carter CE, Domec JC, Delgado CI. Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports. PLoS One 2011; 6(4): e18875Swenson JJ, Carter CE, Domec JC, Delgado CI. Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports. PLoS One 2011; 6(4): e18875
