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Detections and concentrations of compounds of emerging concern at water treatment plants and in the Trinity River Basin, Dallas, Texas, 2009-13

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Dallas Compounds of Emerging Concern Study

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Detections, concentrations, and distributional patterns of compounds of emerging concern in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, 2011-12

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Compounds of emerging concern detected in water samples from potable water and wastewater treatment plants and detected in water and bed-sediment samples from sites on the Trinity River, Dallas, Texas, 2009–13

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Compounds of emerging concern in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, 2011–12

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Assessing contaminants of emerging concern in the Great Lakes Ecosystem: A decade of method development and practical application

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U.S. Geological Survey. Laboratory for the Analysis of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

USGS Laboratory for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

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Occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hormones, and organic wastewater compounds in Pennsylvania waters, 2006-09

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Reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and wastewater indicators in streambed sediments of the lower Columbia River basin, Oregon and Washington

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Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Data for Discrete Water-Quality Samples Collected in McHenry County, Illinois, 2020

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Harmful algal blooms in the Alaskan Arctic: An emerging threat as oceans warm

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Pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and wastewater indicator compounds in water and bottom sediment samples collected from Great Lake tributaries, 2019

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Common insecticide disrupts aquatic communities: A mesocosm-to-field ecological risk assessment of fipronil and its degradates in U.S. streams

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Pharmaceutical compounds in shallow groundwater in non-agricultural areas of Minnesota: study design, methods, and data, 2013

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An “EAR” on environmental surveillance and monitoring: A case study on the use of Exposure–Activity Ratios (EARs) to prioritize sites, chemicals, and bioactivities of concern in Great Lakes waters

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A landscape-based reconnaissance survey of estrogenic activity in streams of the upper Potomac, upper James,and Shenandoah Rivers, USA

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The importance of quality control in validating concentrationsof contaminants of emerging concern in source and treateddrinking water samples

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Emerging Contaminants

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Transcriptome discovery in non-model wild fish species for the development of quantitative transcript abundance assays

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Assessing Occurrence and Persistence of Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater

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Phytoforensics: Trees as bioindicators of potential indoor exposure via vapor intrusion

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Treatment of trace organic compounds in common onsite wastewater systems

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Emerging Contaminants, Pharmaceuticals in S. Carolina Rivers & Streams

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Identifying non-point sources of endocrine active compounds and their biological impacts in freshwater lakes

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2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies

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Endocrine Disruptors and Intersex Fish in Minnesota Lakes

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Monitoring water quality downstream of a wastewater treatment plant, Fourmile Creek, South Carolina.

Environmental Fate and Transport of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC), South Carolina

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National Liaison Committee Meeting for the NWQP — Part 1

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video thumbnail: Bat White-nose Syndrome: There is a New Fungus Among Us By Dr. David Blehert

Bat White-nose Syndrome: There is a New Fungus Among Us By Dr. David Blehert

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GEOSMIN in South Carolina Water's, What is it?