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Kerry M. Peru
Researcher at Environment Canada
Publications - 150
Citations - 6478
Kerry M. Peru is an academic researcher from Environment Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Naphthenic acid & Oil sands. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 147 publications receiving 5702 citations. Previous affiliations of Kerry M. Peru include University of Saskatchewan & University of Warwick.
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Widespread Use and Frequent Detection of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Wetlands of Canada's Prairie Pothole Region
Anson R. Main,John V. Headley,Kerry M. Peru,Nicole L. Michel,Allan J. Cessna,Christy A. Morrissey +5 more
TL;DR: Distribution maps indicate neonicotinoid use is increasing and becoming more widespread with concerns for environmental loading, while frequently detected neonicsotinoid concentrations in Prairie wetlands suggest high persistence and transport into wetlands.
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Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture
Richard A. Frank,Richard J. Kavanagh,B. Kent Burnison,Gilles Arsenault,John V. Headley,Kerry M. Peru,Glen Van Der Kraak,Keith R. Solomon +7 more
TL;DR: Results support field observations of microbial degradation of low molecular weight NAs decreasing OSPW toxicity, but it is not clear why larger NAs, given their greater hydrophobicity, would be less toxic.
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Human Colon Microbiota Transform Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Estrogenic Metabolites
Tom Van de Wiele,Lynn Vanhaecke,Charlotte Boeckaert,Kerry M. Peru,John V. Headley,Willy Verstraete,Steven D. Siciliano +6 more
TL;DR: The results imply that the PAH bioactivation potency of colon microbiota is not eliminated by the presence of soil, and suggests that current risk assessment may underestimate the risk from ingested PAHs.
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Effect of Carboxylic Acid Content on the Acute Toxicity of Oil Sands Naphthenic Acids
Richard A. Frank,Katharina Fischer,Richard J. Kavanagh,B. Kent Burnison,Gilles Arsenault,John V. Headley,Kerry M. Peru,Glen Van Der Kraak,Keith R. Solomon +8 more
TL;DR: Increased carboxylic acid content within NA structures of higher MW decreases hydrophobicity and, consequently, offers a plausible explanation as to why lower MW NAs in oil sands process-affected water are more toxic than the greaterMW NAs.
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Athabasca oil sands process water: characterization by atmospheric pressure photoionization and electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.
TL;DR: The research described here applied Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry in conjunction with electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure photoionization, in both positive-ion and negative-ion modes, to the characterization of oil sands process water for the first time.