Publications

Submitted
Jonathan M. Petali, Erin L. Pulster, Christopher McCarthy, Heidi M. Pickard, Elsie M. Sunderland, Jacqueline Bangma, Courtney C. Carignan, Anna Robuck, Kathryn A. Crawford, Megan E. Romano, Rainer Lohmann, and Katherine von Stackelberg. Submitted. “Considerations and Challenges in Developing Fish Consumption Advisories for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).” Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.
Nicholas I. Hill, Jitka Becanova, Simon Vojta, Larry B. Barber, Denis R. LeBlanc, Alan M. Vajda, Heidi M. Pickard, and Rainer Lohmann. Submitted. “Bioconcentration of PFAS and precursors in fathead minnow tissues environmentally exposed to AFFF-contaminated waters.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
2024
Heidi M. Pickard, Faiz Haque, and Elsie Sunderland. 3/14/2024. “Bioaccumulation of perfluoroalkyl sulfonamides (FASA).” Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Publisher's Version
Fabian C. Fischer, Sophia Ludtke, Colin Thackray, Heidi M. Pickard, Faiz Haque, Clifton Dassuncao, Satoshi Endo, Laurel Schaider, and Elsie M. Sunderland. 1/3/2024. “Binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to serum proteins: Implications for toxicokinetics in humans.” Environmental Science & Technology. Publisher's Version
2023
Matthew Dunn, Nicholas Noons, Simon Vojta, Jitka Becanova, Heidi Pickard, Elsie Sunderland, and Rainer Lohmann. 12/15/2023. “Unregulated Active and Closed Textile Mills Represent a Significant Vector of PFAS Contamination into Coastal Rivers.” Environmental Science & Technology Water. Publisher's Version
Bridger J. Ruyle, Heidi M. Pickard, Lara Schultes, Felicia Fredriksson, Amy L. Heffernan, Detlef R.U. Knappe, Heather L. Lord, PingPing Meng, Marc A. Mills, Kuria Ndung'u, Philipp Roesch, Jan Thomas Rundberget, Daniel R. Tettenhorst, Jean Van Buren, Christian Vogel, Danielle C. Westerman, Leo W. Y. Yeung, and Elsie M. Sunderland. 11/7/2023. “An Interlaboratory Comparison of Extractable Organofluorine Measurements in Groundwater and Eel (Anguilla rostrata): Recommendations for Methods and Standardization.” Environmental Science & Technology. Publisher's Version
Bridger Ruyle, Lara Schultes, Denise Akob, Cassandra Harris, Michelle Lorah, Simon Vojta, Jitka Becanova, Shelley McCann, Heidi Pickard, Ann Pearson, Rainer Lohmann, Chad Vecitis, and Elsie Sunderland. 3/27/2023. “Nitrifying microorganisms linked to biotransformation of perfluoroalkyl sulfonamido precursors from legacy aqueous film forming foam.” Environmental Science & Technology. Publisher's Version
Larry B. Barber, Heidi M. Pickard, David A. Alvarez, Jitka Becanova, Steffanie H. Keefe, Denis R. LeBlanc, Rainer Lohmann, Jeffery Steevens, and Alan M. Vadja. 3/27/2023. “Uptake of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances by Fish, Mussel, and Passive Samplers in Mobile-Laboratory Exposures Using Groundwater from a Contamination Plume at a Historical Fire Training Area, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.” Environmental Science and Technology . Publisher's Version
2022
Anna S. Young, Heidi M. Pickard, Elsie M. Sunderland, and Joseph G. Allen. 11/4/2022. “Organic fluorine as an indicator of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in dust from buildings with healthier versus conventional materials.” Environmental Science and Technology . Publisher's Version
Heidi Pickard, Bridger Ruyle, Colin Thackray, Adela Chovancova, Clifton Dassuncao, Jitka Becanova, Simon Vojta, Rainer Lohmann, and Elsie Sunderland. 10/24/2022. “PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories.” Environmental Science and Technology . Publisher's Version
2021
Andrea Tokranov, Denis LeBlanc, Heidi Pickard, Bridger Ruyle, Larry Barber, Robert Hull, Elsie Sunderland, and Chad Vecitis. 10/23/2021. “Surface-water / groundwater boundary effects on seasonal PFAS concentrations and PFAA precursor transformations.” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Publisher's Version
Bradley Wilkinson, Anna R. Robuck, Rainer Lohmann, Heidi M. Pickard, and Patrick G.R. Jodice. 9/9/2021. “Urban proximity while breeding is not a predictor of perfluoroalkyl substance contamination in the eggs of brown pelicans.” Science of The Total Environment, 803. Publisher's Version
Bridger Ruyle, Heidi Pickard, Denis LeBlanc, Andrea Tokranov, Xindi Hu, Chad Vecitis, and Elsie Sunderland. 3/5/2021. “Isolating the AFFF Signature in Coastal Watersheds Using Oxidizable PFAS Precursors and Unexplained Organofluorine.” Environmental Science and Technology. Publisher's Version
Anna S. Young, Emily H. Sparer-Fine, Heidi M. Pickard, Elsie M. Sunderland, Graham F. Peaslee, and Joseph G. Allen. 2/5/2021. “Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and total fluorine in fire station dust.” Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology . Publisher's Version
2020
Heidi M. Pickard, Alison S. Criscitiello, Daniel Persuad, Christine Spencer, Derek C. G. Muir, Igor Lehnherr, Martin J. Sharp, Amila O. De Silva, and Cora J. Young. 4/23/2020. “Ice core record of persistent short-chain fluorinated alkyl acids: Evidence of the impact from global environmental regulations .” Geophysical Research Letters. Publisher's Version
2019
Clifton Dassuncao, Heidi Pickard, Marisa Pfohl, Andrea Tokranov, Miling Li, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Angela Slitt, and Elsie Sunderland. 2/20/2019. “Phospholipid levels predict tissue distribution of long-chained poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a marine mammal.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 6, 3, Pp. 119-125. Publisher's Version
2018
Andrea Tokranov, Nicole Nishizawa, Carlo Amadei, Jenny Zenobio, Heidi Pickard, Joseph Allen, Chad Vecitis, and Elsie Sunderland. 12/11/2018. “How do we measure the poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) most relevant to human exposure in consumer products?” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 6, 1, Pp. 38-43. Publisher's Version
Heidi M. Pickard, Alison S. Criscitiello, Christine Spencer, Martin J. Sharp, Derek C. G. Muir, Amila O. De Silva, and Cora J. Young. 4/13/2018. “Continuous non-marine inputs of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the High Arctic: a multi-decadal temporal record.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 7, Pp. 5045-5058. Publisher's Version
2017
Timothy S. Anderson, Glen G. Briand, Ralf Bruning, Andreas Decken, Matthew J. Margeson, Heidi M. Pickard, and Eric E. Trevors. 6/30/2017. “Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of (dithiolato)indium complexes.” Polyhedron, 135, Pp. 101-108. Publisher's Version