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Tom Harner
Researcher at Environment Canada
Publications - 221
Citations - 19303
Tom Harner is an academic researcher from Environment Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers & Oil sands. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 214 publications receiving 17363 citations. Previous affiliations of Tom Harner include University of Toronto & New York State Department of Health.
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Development of an antioxidant assay to study oxidative potential of airborne particulate matter
TL;DR: A chromatographic method, employing an ultra-high-performance liquid chromatograph coupled to a triple–quadruple mass spectrometer, is developed to determine the oxidative potential of PM from different sources, showing high precision and finding that cysteine could be used as an alternative to glutathione for probing oxidative potential.
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Composition and transformation chemistry of tire-wear derived organic chemicals and implications for air pollution
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors summarized the current state of knowledge surrounding atmospheric tire wear pollution by detailing relevant studies conducted under both laboratory and ambient environmental conditions, highlighting the potential implications for air.
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Assessing the relationship between extensive use of organochlorine pesticides and cooling trend during the mid-20th century in the southeastern United States.
TL;DR: It is shown that enthalpies associated with the endothermic evaporation of pesticides from soil resulted in surface temperature decreases of up to -0.2 degrees C, the first study to show the inverse correlation between surface air temperature and pesticide use.
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Insights into sources and occurrence of oxy- and nitro-PAHs in the alberta oil sands region using a network of passive air samplers.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided a more extensive outlook into the sources, occurrence in air, and spatial and seasonal patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and related compounds to ambient air by using passive air sampling.
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Organochlorine contamination of the Canadian Arctic, and speculation on future trends
TL;DR: In this article, future trends of organochlorines in the Canadian Arctic are discussed and related to global warming effects and the physical chemistry of the compounds of interest, and it is conceivable that high levels of certain contaminants in the Arctic environment may persist for decades despite recent reductions in global emissions.