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Will J Backe

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Balgooyen S, Scott M, Blackwell B, Pulster E, Mahon M, Lepak R, et al.
Environ Sci Technol . 2025 Feb; 59(7):3759-3770. PMID: 39954005
This study describes and validates a new method for extracting perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from whole-body fish tissue, demonstrates that freeze-dry preservation of tissue conserves bioaccumulative PFAS, and details...
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Kadlec S, Backe W, Erickson R, Hockett J, Howe S, Mundy I, et al.
Environ Toxicol Chem . 2023 Nov; 43(2):359-373. PMID: 37933805
Seven-day sublethal toxicity tests were performed with the freshwater invertebrates Ceriodaphnia dubia, Hyalella azteca, and Chironomus dilutus to determine the effects of per- or polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) of varying...
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Chemosphere . 2020 Nov; 266:128961. PMID: 33243572
Eight samples were obtained to characterize the chemical loads in water recycled for reuse applications. The sources included stormwater, rooftop runoff, wastewater, mixed water, and drinking water as a comparison....
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Ferrey M, Hamilton M, Backe W, Anderson K
Sci Total Environ . 2017 Sep; 612:1488-1497. PMID: 28910962
Air and precipitation samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and other commercial chemicals within the...
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Backe W
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom . 2017 Apr; 31(12):1047-1056. PMID: 28386963
Rationale: New legislation in the state of Minnesota prohibits the sale of children's personal-care products (PCPs) that contain more than 500 ng/mg formaldehyde. Previous attempts to quantify formaldehyde in PCPs...
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Backe W
Environ Sci Technol . 2015 Nov; 49(24):14311-8. PMID: 26580084
An analytical method is presented here that is sensitive to the parts-per-quadrillion (pg/L) for estrogens in surface water. The estrogens included for study were estrone, 17β-estradiol, estriol, 17α-ethinylestradiol, and equilin....
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McGuire M, Schaefer C, Richards T, Backe W, Field J, Houtz E, et al.
Environ Sci Technol . 2014 May; 48(12):6644-52. PMID: 24866261
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of fluorinated chemicals that are utilized in firefighting and have been reported in groundwater and soil at several firefighter training areas. In...
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Backe W, Yingling V, Johnson T
J Chromatogr A . 2014 Mar; 1334:72-8. PMID: 24582391
A simple and sensitive analytical method was developed to quantify levels of acrylamide in environmental and drinking waters. The analytical method consisted of solvent exchanging acrylamide from 2mL of water...
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Backe W, Day T, Field J
Environ Sci Technol . 2013 Apr; 47(10):5226-34. PMID: 23590254
A new analytical method was developed to quantify 26 newly-identified and 21 legacy (e.g. perfluoroalkyl carboxylates, perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, and fluorotelomer sulfonates) per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater and...
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Backe W, Field J
Environ Sci Technol . 2012 May; 46(12):6750-8. PMID: 22626028
Environmental analysis by large-volume injection (LVI) was compared to solid-phase extraction (SPE) based methods using matrix effects as a quantitative indicator of analytical signal quality. LVI was performed by the...