Publications

ChempPop

Johnson, A.C. (2019). Is freshwater macroinvertebrate biodiversity being harmed by synthetic chemicals in municipal wastewater? Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 11, 8-12.

Johnson, A.C. (2019) The necessity for wildlife population studies to assess real chemical impacts. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 11, A1_A3.

Shore, R.F., Taggart, M.A. (2019). Population level impacts of chemical contaminants on apex avian species. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 11 65–70.

Mancini, F., Woodcock, B.A., Isaac, N.J.B. (2019). Agrochemicals in the wild: Identifying links between pesticide use and declines of nontarget organisms. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 11. 53-58.

Johnson, A.C., Jin, X., Nakada, N. Sumpter, J.P. (2020). Learning from the past and considering the future of chemicals in the environment. Science, 367, 384-387.

Johnson, A.C., Jurgens, M.D., Edwards, F.K., Scarlett, P.M., Vincent, H.M., von der Ohe, P. (2019). What works? The influence of changing wastewater treatment type, including tertiary granular activated charcoal, on downstream macroinvertebrate biodiversity over time. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38, 1820-1832.

Greenop, A., Cook, S.M., Wilby, A., Pywell, R.F., Woodcock, B.A., (2020). Arthropod community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 2441-2453.Invertebrate community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure (wiley.com)

Greenop, A., Mica-Hawkyard, N., Walkington, S., Wilby, A., Cook, S.M., Pywell, R.F., Woodcock, B.A., 2020. Equivocal evidence for colony level stress effects on Bumble Bee pollination services. Insects 11, 119.

Mancini, F., Woodcock, B.A., Redhead, J., Spurgeon, D.J., Jarvis, S.G., Pywell, R.F., Shore, R.F., Johnson, A.C., Isaac, N.J.B. (2020). Detecting landscape scale consequences of insecticide use on invertebrate communities. Advances in Ecological Research, 63, 93-126.

Sumpter, J.P., Runnalls, T.J., Donnachie, R.L., Owen, S.F. (2021). A comprehensive aquatic risk assessment of the beta-blocker propranolol, based on the results of over 600 research papers. Science of the Total Environment, 793, 148617.

Greenop, A., Woodcock, B.A., Outhwaite, C.L., Edwards, F.K., Johnson, A.C., Isaac, N.J.B. (2021). Patterns of invertebrate functional diversity highlight the vulnerability of ecosystem services over a 45-year period. Current Biology, 31, 1-8.

Johnson, A.C., Sumpter, J.P., Depledge, M.H. (2021). The Weight of Evidence approach and the need for greater international acceptance of its use in tackling questions of chemical harm to the environment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40, 2968-2977.

Johnson, A.C., Sumpter, J.P., Depledge, M.H. (2021). The future of the Weight of Evidence: A response to Suter’s comments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40, 2947-2949.

Whelan, MJ., Linstead, C.,Worrall, F., Ormerod, S.J., Durance, I., Johnson, A.C., Johnson, D., Owen, M., Wiik, E., Howden, N.J.K., Burt, T.P., Boxall, A., Brown, C.D., Oliver, D.M., Tickner, D.T. (2022). Is water quality in British rivers “better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution”? Science of the Total Environment, 843, 157014

Sumpter, J.P., Johnson, A.C., Runnalls, T.J. (2022). Renewing and improving the environmental risk assessment of chemicals. Science of the Total Environment, 845, 157256

Sumpter, J.P., Johnson, A.C., Runnalls, T.J. (2022). Pharmaceuticals in the environment. No answers yet to the major questions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, In Press

R. K. Broughton, K.R. Searle L.A. Walker, E.D. Potter, M Glória Pereira, H. Carter, D. Sleep, D.G. Noble, A. Butler, A.C. Johnson (2022). Long-term trends of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) show widespread 2 contamination of a bird-eating predator, the Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) in Britain. Environmental Pollution (in press)

Sumpter, J.P., Runnalls, T.J. Johnson, A.C., Barcelo, D. (2022). A ‘limitations’ section should be mandatory in all scientific papers. Science of the Total Environment, 857, 159395

Chemical Mixtures

Spurgeon D, Wilkinson H, Civil W, Hutt L, Armenise E, Kieboom N, Sims K… Besien T. (2022). Proportional contributions to organic chemical mixture effects in groundwater and surface water.. Water research, pp. 118641

Scott-Fordsmand J, Amorim M, de Garidel-Thoron C, Castranova V, Hardy B, Linkov I….. Hendren C, (2021). Bridging international approaches on nanoEHS. Nature Nanotechnology

Schultz CL, Bart S, Lahive E, Spurgeon DJ. (2021). What Is on the Outside Matters-Surface Charge and Dissolve Organic Matter Association Affect the Toxicity and Physiological Mode of Action of Polystyrene Nanoplastics to C. elegans.. Environmental science & technology, 55 (9), pp. 6065-6075

Bart S, Jager T, Robinson A, Lahive E, Spurgeon D, Ashauer R, (2021). Predicting Mixture Effects over Time with Toxicokinetic-Toxicodynamic Models (GUTS): Assumptions, Experimental Testing, and Predictive Power.. Environmental science & technology, 55 (4), pp. 2430-2439

Short S, Robinson A, Lahive E, Green Etxabe A, Hernádi S, Pereira M….. Spurgeon D, (2021). Off-Target Stoichiometric Binding Identified from Toxicogenomics Explains Why Some Species Are More Sensitive than Others to a Widely Used Neonicotinoid.. Environmental science & technology, 55 (5), pp. 3059-3069

Mancini F, Woodcock B, Redhead J, Spurgeon D, Jarvis S, Pywell R, Shore R, Johnson A, Isaac N. (2020). Detecting landscape scale consequences of insecticide use on invertebrate communities. The Future of Agricultural Landscapes, Part I. (pp. 93-126).

Forbes V, Agatz A, Ashauer R, Butt K, Capowiez Y, Duquesne S….. Roeben V, (2021). Mechanistic Effect Modeling of Earthworms in the Context of Pesticide Risk Assessment: Synthesis of the FORESEE Workshop.. Integrated environmental assessment and management, 17 (2), pp. 352-363

Spurgeon D, Lahive E, Robinson A, Short S, Kille P, (2020). Species Sensitivity to Toxic Substances: Evolution, Ecology and Applications. Frontiers in Environmental Science

Kienzler A, Connors K, Bonnell M, Barron M, Beasley A, Inglis C….. Embry M, (2019). Mode of Action Classifications in the EnviroTox Database: Development and Implementation of a Consensus MOA Classification.. Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 38 (10), pp. 2294-2304

Novo M, Lahive E, Díez Ortiz M, Spurgeon D, Kille P, (2020). Toxicogenomics in a soil sentinel exposure to Zn nanoparticles and ions reveals the comparative role of toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic mechanisms. Environmental Science: Nano

Lahive E, Walton A, Horton A, Spurgeon D, Svendsen C, (2019). Microplastic particles reduce reproduction in the terrestrial worm Enchytraeus crypticus in a soil exposure.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 255 (Pt 2), pp. 113174

Robinson A, Lahive E, Short S, Carter H, Sleep D, Pereira G, Kille P… Spurgeon D. (2021). Chemicals with increasingly complex modes of action result in greater variation in sensitivity between earthworm species.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), pp. 115914

Spurgeon DJ, Lahive E, Schultz CL. (2020). Nanomaterial Transformations in the Environment: Effects of Changing Exposure Forms on Bioaccumulation and Toxicity.. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 16 (36), pp. e2000618

Schultz C, Adams J, Jurkschat K, Lofts S, Spurgeon D. (2020). Chemical transformation and surface functionalisation affect the potential to group nanoparticles for risk assessment. Environmental Science: Nano

Svendsen C, Walker LA, Matzke M, Lahive E, Harrison S, Crossley A, Park B… Spurgeon DJ. (2020). Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment.. Nature nanotechnology, 15 (9), pp. 731-742

Newbold L, Robinson A, Rasnaca I, Lahive E, Soon G, Lapied E….. Spurgeon D, (2019). Genetic, epigenetic and microbiome characterisation of an earthworm species (Octolasion lacteum) along a radiation exposure gradient at Chernobyl.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 255 (Pt 1), pp. 113238

Carnesecchi E, Svendsen C, Lasagni S, Grech A, Quignot N, Amzal B….. Dorne J, (2019). Investigating combined toxicity of binary mixtures in bees: Meta-analysis of laboratory tests, modelling, mechanistic basis and implications for risk assessment.. Environment international, 133 (Pt B), pp. 105256

Wamucho A, Unrine J, Kieran T, Glenn T, Schultz C, Farman M….. Tsyusko O, (2019). Genomic mutations after multigenerational exposure of Caenorhabditis elegans to pristine and sulfidized silver nanoparticles.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 254 (Pt B), pp. 113078

Horemans N, Spurgeon D, Lecomte-Pradines C, Saenen E, Bradshaw C, Oughton D….. Adam-Guillermin C, (2019). Current evidence for a role of epigenetic mechanisms in response to ionizing radiation in an ecotoxicological context.. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), pp. 469-483

Horton A, Newbold L, Palacio-Cortés A, Spurgeon D, Pereira M, Carter H….. Lahive E, (2020). Accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and microbiome response in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis with exposure to nylon (polyamide) microplastics.. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, pp. 109882

Petersen EJ, Mortimer M, Burgess RM, Handy R, Hanna S, Ho KT, Johnson M… Holden P. (2019). Strategies for robust and accurate experimental approaches to quantify nanomaterial bioaccumulation across a broad range of organisms.. Environmental science. Nano

Van den Brink P, Boxall A, Maltby L, Brooks B, Rudd M, Backhaus T….. van Wensem J, (2018). Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe.. Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 37 (9), pp. 2281-2295

Ecosystems

Systems thinking for the transition to zero pollution. Imperial College London; Liam Kirkpatrick, Professor Claire S. Adjiman, Professor Helen Apsimon, Dr Alex Berry, Dr Audrey De Nazelle, Dr Ana Mijic, Dr Rupert J. Myers, Professor Guy Woodward, Dr Mark Workman (2023) PDF

Are urban areas hotspots for pollution from pet parasiticides? Imperial College London; Rhys G. G. Preston-Allen, Dr Dania Albini, Dr Leon Barron, Dr Tilly Collins, Professor Alex Dumbrell, Hamish Duncalf-Youngson, Dr Michelle Jackson, Professor Andrew Johnson, Dr Rosemary Perkins, Dr Andrew Prentis, Dr David Spurgeon, Nicole Stasik, Clodagh Wells, Professor Guy Woodward (2023) PDF

Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems: biocides and climate change. Imperial College London; Dr Michelle Jackson, Professor Nick Voulvoulis, Professor Guy Woodward (2018) PDF