Brad Clarke

Microplastic contamination of an unconfined groundwater aquifer in Victoria, Australia

Subharthe Samandra, Julia M Johnston, Julia E Jaeger, Bob Symons, Shay Xie, Matthew Currell, Amanda Ellis, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

This is the first study to show microplastics contamination in an alluvial sedimentary aquifer that has been capped from the atmos..

Occurrence and fate of legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in freshwater after an industrial fire of unknown chemical stockpiles

Jaye Marchiandi, Drew Szabo, Sonia Dagnino, Mark P Green, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

An industrial warehouse illegally storing a large quantity of unknown chemical and industrial waste ignited in an urban area in Me..

Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Australian biosolids.

Damien Moodie, Timothy Coggan, Kathryn Berry, Adam Kolobaric, Milena Fernandes, Elliot Lee, Suzie Reichman, Dayanthi Nugegoda, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2021  |  Chemosphere

Biosolids samples were collected from 19 Australian WWTPs during 2018 that cover a range of catchment types (urban, rural, industr..

Correlations between Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Body Morphometrics in Fledgling Shearwaters Impacted by Plastic Consumption from a Remote Pacific Island

Drew Szabo, Jennifer L Lavers, Jeff Shimeta, Mark P Green, Raoul A Mulder, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

We investigated the concentrations of 45 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in fledgling flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna..

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in Western Australian biosolids and implications for land application.

Thomas J McGrath, Adam Kolobaric, Elliot Lee, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  Chemosphere

This study evaluates the prevalence of eight priority polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs; -28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, -183..

Characterising the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) on health and disease: An opportunity for exposomics?

J Marchiandi, MP Green, S Dagnino, T Anumol, BO Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Human exposure to mixtures of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) constitutes an important ..

Biochar sorption of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS and PFHxA in two soils with contrasting texture

Matthew Askeland, Bradley O Clarke, Sardar Alam Cheema, Ana Mendez, Gabriel Gasco, Jorge Paz-Ferreiro

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMOSPHERE

The ability to immobilise PFAS in soil may be an essential interim tool while technologies are developed for effective long-term t..

Dietary Uptake and Depuration Kinetics of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic Acid, and Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (GenX) in a Benthic Fish

Kathryn L Hassell, Timothy L Coggan, Tom Cresswell, Adam Kolobaric, Kathryn Berry, Nicholas D Crosbie, Judy Blackbeard, Vincent J Pettigrove, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Per‐ and poly‐fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitously distributed throughout aquatic environments and can bioaccumulate in ..

Persistent organic pollutants sorbed in plastic resin pellet - "Nurdles" from coastal areas of Central Chile

Karla Pozo, Williams Urbina, Victoria Gomez, Mariett Torres, Dariela Nunez, Petra Pribylova, Ondrej Audy, Bradley Clarke, Andres Arias, Norma Tombesi, Yago Guida, Jana Klanova

Journal article  |  2020  |  MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic resin pellets were collected from coastal areas (n = 7) of central Chile. Pellets were analyzed using Fourier-transform in..

A serial PFASs sorption technique coupled with adapted high volume direct aqueous injection LCMS method.

Matthew Askeland, Bradley Clarke, Jorge Paz-Ferreiro

Journal article  |  2020  |  MethodsX

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous global environmental contaminants, environmentally persistent, mobile, c..