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Project Publications: University of New Mexico: Toxic Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter Originating from Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Sites

Superfund Research Program

Toxic Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter Originating from Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Sites

Project Leader: Melissa Gonzales
Co-Investigators: Adrian J. Brearley, Joseph Galewsky, Christopher L. Shuey (Southwest Research and Information Center)
Grant Number: P42ES025589
Funding Period: 2017-2022

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Publications

2022

  • Scieszka D, Hunter R, Begay J, Bitsui M, Lin Y, Galewsky J, Morishita M, Klaver Z, Wagner JG, Harkema JR, Herbert G, Lucas S, McVeigh C, Bolt AM, Bleske B, Canal CG, Mostovenko E, Ottens AK, Gu H, Campen M, Noor S. 2022. Neuroinflammatory and neurometabolomic consequences from inhaled wildfire smoke-derived particulate matter in the western United States. Toxicol Sci 186(1):doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfab147 PMID:34865172 PMCID:PMC8883349
  • Van Horne YO, Alcala CS, Peltier RE, Quintana PJ, Seto E, Gonzales M, Johnston JE, Montoya LD, Quiros-Alcala L, Beamer P. 2022. An applied environmental justice framework for exposure science. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol doi:10.1038/s41370-022-00422-z PMID:35260805 PMCID:PMC8902490

2021

  • Hayek EE, Medina S, Guo J, Noureddine A, Zychowski KE, Hunter R, Velasco CA, Wiesse M, Maestas-Olguin A, Brinker CJ, Brearley AJ, Spilde MN, Howard T, Lauer FT, Herbert G, Ali AS, Burchiel SW, Campen M, Cerrato JM. 2021. Uptake and toxicity of respirable carbon-rich uranium-bearing particles: Insights into the role of particulates in uranium toxicity. Environ Sci Technol 55(14):9949-9957. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c01205 PMID:34235927 PMCID:PMC8413144
  • Velasco CA, Brearley AJ, Gonzalez-Estrella J, Ali AS, Meza MI, Cabaniss S, Thomson BM, Forbes T, Lezama-Pacheco JS, Cerrato JM. 2021. From adsorption to precipitation of U(VI): What is the role of pH and natural organic matter?. Environ Sci Technol 55(23):16246-16256. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c05429 PMID:34797046
  • Wilson A, Velasco CA, Herbert G, Lucas S, Sanchez B, Cerrato JM, Spilde MN, Li Q, Campen M, Zychowski KE. 2021. Mine-site derived particulate matter exposure exacerbates neurological and pulmonary inflammatory outcomes in an autoimmune mouse model. J Toxicol Environ Health A 84(12):503-517. doi:10.1080/15287394.2021.1891488 PMID:33682625 PMCID:PMC8052313

2020

  • Begay J, Sanchez B, Wheeler A, Baldwin F, Lucas S, Herbert G, Suarez YO, Shuey C, Klaver Z, Harkema JR, Wagner JG, Morishita M, Bleske B, Zychowski KE, Campen M. 2020. Assessment of particulate matter toxicity and physicochemistry at the Claim 28 uranium mine site in Blue Gap, AZ. J Toxicol Environ Health A 1-18. doi:10.1080/15287394.2020.1830210 PMID:33050837
  • Sanchez B, Zhou X, Gardiner SA, Herbert G, Lucas S, Morishita M, Wagner JG, Lewandowski R, Harkema JR, Shuey CL, Campen M, Zychowski KE. 2020. Serum-borne factors alter cerebrovascular endothelial microRNA expression following particulate matter exposure near an abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation. Part Fibre Toxicol 17:29. doi:10.1186/s12989-020-00361-3 PMID:32611356 PMCID:PMC7329534

2019

  • DeVore C, Rodriguez-Freire L, Mehdi-Ali A, Ducheneaux C, Artyushkova K, Zhou Z, Latta DE, Lueth VW, Gonzales M, Lewis JL, Cerrato JM. 2019. Effect of bicarbonate and phosphate on arsenic release from mining-impacted sediments in the Cheyenne River watershed, South Dakota, USA. Environ Sci Process Impacts 21(3):456-468. doi:10.1039/c8em00461g PMID:30714588 PMCID:PMC6474758
  • Hayek EE, Brearley AJ, Howard T, Hudson P, Torres C, Spilde MN, Cabaniss S, Ali AS, Cerrato JM. 2019. Calcium in carbonate water facilitates the transport of U(VI) in brassica juncea roots and enables root-to-shoot translocation. ACS Earth Space Chem 3(10):2190-2196. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00171 PMID:31742240 PMCID:PMC6859903
  • Hoover JH, Erdei E, Nash J, Gonzales M. 2019. A review of metal exposure studies conducted in the rural Southwestern and Mountain West Region of the United States. Curr Epidemiol Rep 6(1):34-49. doi:10.1007/s40471-019-0182-3 PMID:30906686 PMCID:PMC6429957

2018

  • Gonzales M, Erdei E, Hoover JH, Nash J. 2018. A review of environmental epidemiology studies in southwestern and mountain west rural minority populations. Curr Epidemiol Rep 5(2):101-113. doi:10.1007/s40471-018-0146-z PMID:30906685 PMCID:PMC6426134
  • Gonzales M, King E, Bobelu J, Ghahate DM, Madrid T, Lesansee S, Shah V. 2018. Perspectives on biological monitoring in environmental health research: A focus group study in a Native American community. Int J Environ Res Public Health 15(6):E1129. doi:10.3390/ijerph15061129 PMID:29857506 PMCID:PMC6025825
  • Harmon M, Lewis JL, Miller C, Hoover JH, Ali AS, Shuey CL, Cajero M, Lucas S, Pacheco B, Erdei E, Ramone S, Nez T, Campen M, Gonzales M. 2018. Arsenic association with circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein in a Native American community. J Toxicol Environ Health A 81:535-548. doi:10.1080/15287394.2018.1443860 PMID:29641933 PMCID:PMC6042213
  • Hayek EE, Torres C, Rodriguez-Freire L, Blake JM, De Vore CL, Brearley AJ, Spilde MN, Cabaniss S, Ali AS, Cerrato JM. 2018. Effect of calcium on the bioavailability of dissolved uranium(VI) in plant roots under circumneutral pH. Environ Sci Technol 52(22):13089-13098. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b02724 PMID:30412391
  • Zychowski KE, Kodali V, Harmon M, Tyler CR, Sanchez B, Suarez YO, Herbert G, Wheeler A, Avasarala S, Cerrato JM, Kunda NK, Muttil P, Shuey CL, Brearley AJ, Ali AS, Lin Y, Shoeb M, Erdely A, Campen M. 2018. Respirable Uranyl-Vanadate-Containing Particulate Matter Derived From a Legacy Uranium Mine Site Exhibits Potentiated Cardiopulmonary Toxicity. Toxicol Sci 164:101-114. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfy064 PMID:29660078 PMCID:PMC6016706
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