Michael Focazio, PhD (Former Employee)
Science and Products
GeoHEALTH–USGS Newsletter Issues Prior to 2020
U.S. Geological Survey Microbiologist Selected as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer
How are Mercury Sources Determined?
Pilot Study Provides Information on Contaminant Exposure from Tap Water at Residential and Workplace Sites in the United States
Is Uranium in Water Resources near the Grand Canyon a Health Hazard?
Can There be Unintended Benefits when Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure is Upgraded?
Can Spills from Swine Lagoons Result in Downstream Health Hazards?
Are there Health Hazards from Contaminants Released to the Environment by Natural Disasters?
Are Naturally Occurring Algal Toxins in Water Resources a Health Hazard?
What is the Chemical and Microbial Content of Our Tap Waters?
Are Tumors in Wild Fish Harvested in the Great Lakes Region Related to Contaminants in Water Resources?
Are Spills Associated with Deep Well Injection of Wastewater from Oil and Gas Operations a Health Hazard?
Machine learning models of arsenic in private wells throughout the conterminous United States as a tool for exposure assessment in human health studies
Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA
The presence of antibiotic resistance genes in coastal soil and sediment samples from the eastern seaboard of the USA
Reconnaissance of mixed organic and inorganic chemicals in private and public supply tapwaters at selected residential and workplace sites in the United States
Safe drinking water at the point-of-use (tapwater, TW) is a United States public health priority. Multiple lines of evidence were used to evaluate potential human health concerns of 482 organics and 19 inorganics in TW from 13 (7 public supply, 6 private well self-supply) home and 12 (public supply) workplace locations in 11 states. Only uranium (61.9 μg L–1, private well) exceeded a National Prim
Concentrations of lead and other inorganic constituents in samples of raw intake and treated drinking water from the municipal water filtration plant and residential tapwater in Chicago, Illinois, and East Chicago, Indiana, July–December 2017
Grand challenges for integrated USGS science — A workshop report
USGS integrated drought science
Regional variability in bed-sediment concentrations of wastewater compounds, hormones and PAHs for portions of coastal New York and New Jersey impacted by hurricane Sandy
Resetting the bar: Establishing baselines for persistent contaminants after Hurricane Sandy in the coastal environments of New Jersey and New York, USA
Contamination with bacterial zoonotic pathogen genes in U.S. streams influenced by varying types of animal agriculture
Dairy-impacted wastewater is a source of iodinated disinfection byproducts in the environment
Strategy to evaluate persistent contaminant hazards resulting from sea-level rise and storm-derived disturbances—Study design and methodology for station prioritization
Science and Products
GeoHEALTH–USGS Newsletter Issues Prior to 2020
U.S. Geological Survey Microbiologist Selected as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer
How are Mercury Sources Determined?
Pilot Study Provides Information on Contaminant Exposure from Tap Water at Residential and Workplace Sites in the United States
Is Uranium in Water Resources near the Grand Canyon a Health Hazard?
Can There be Unintended Benefits when Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure is Upgraded?
Can Spills from Swine Lagoons Result in Downstream Health Hazards?
Are there Health Hazards from Contaminants Released to the Environment by Natural Disasters?
Are Naturally Occurring Algal Toxins in Water Resources a Health Hazard?
What is the Chemical and Microbial Content of Our Tap Waters?
Are Tumors in Wild Fish Harvested in the Great Lakes Region Related to Contaminants in Water Resources?
Are Spills Associated with Deep Well Injection of Wastewater from Oil and Gas Operations a Health Hazard?
Machine learning models of arsenic in private wells throughout the conterminous United States as a tool for exposure assessment in human health studies
Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA
The presence of antibiotic resistance genes in coastal soil and sediment samples from the eastern seaboard of the USA
Reconnaissance of mixed organic and inorganic chemicals in private and public supply tapwaters at selected residential and workplace sites in the United States
Safe drinking water at the point-of-use (tapwater, TW) is a United States public health priority. Multiple lines of evidence were used to evaluate potential human health concerns of 482 organics and 19 inorganics in TW from 13 (7 public supply, 6 private well self-supply) home and 12 (public supply) workplace locations in 11 states. Only uranium (61.9 μg L–1, private well) exceeded a National Prim