Publications, 2016–present

The Methylmercury Lab

2025

Li, Y., Zhang, T., Ma, J., Ma, R., Liu, J., Xu, J., Rothenberg, S.E., Yan, C., Zhang, J., Luo, Z., Wang, X., Ouyang, F.  (2025)  Early pregnancy blood heavy metal(loid)s and low sea-fish consumption in relation to risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Shanghai Birth cohort (SBC) women  Environment International  206
Rothenberg, S.E., Flores, A.C., Anderson, M.K.  (2025)  Recreational fishing downstream from the Black Butte Mine Superfund Site in Oregon, USA  Scientific Reports  15
Mock, A.J., Virzi, T., Reed, T.A., Rothenberg, S.E., Rodriguez-Jorquera, I.A., Trexler, J.C., Frederick, P.  (2025)  Mercury exposure in an endangered songbird: influence of marsh hydrology and evidence for early breeding impairment  Ecotoxicology  34

2022

Punshon T, Jackson BP, Donohue A, Hong C, Rothenberg SE. Distribution and accumulation of mercury in pot-grown African rice cultivars (Oryza glaberrima Steud. and Oryza sativa L.) determined via LA-ICP-MS. Environ Geochem Health. 2022. doi:10.1007/s10653-021-01169-6. PubMed: 34981270

Rothenberg SE, Furrer JM, Ingram LA, et al. Sanitary sewage overflows, boil water advisories, and emergency room and urgent care visits for gastrointestinal illness: a case-crossover study in South Carolina, USA, 2013-2017. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41370-022-00498-7. PubMed: 36376586

2021

Rothenberg SE, Chen Q, Shen J, et al. Neurodevelopment correlates with gut microbiota in a cross-sectional analysis of children at 3 years of age in rural China. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):7384. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86761-7. PubMed: 33795717

Rothenberg SE, Korrick SA, Liu J, et al. Maternal methylmercury exposure through rice ingestion and child neurodevelopment in the first three years: a prospective cohort study in rural China. Environ Health. 2021;20(1):50. doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00732-z. PubMed: 33910568

Rothenberg SE, Sweitzer DN, Rackerby BR, et al. Fecal Methylmercury Correlates With Gut Microbiota Taxa in Pacific Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021;12. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.648685.

2020

Thessen AE, Grondin CJ, Kulkarni RD, et al. Community Approaches for Integrating Environmental Exposures into Human Models of Disease. Environ Health Perspect. 2020;128(12):125002. doi:10.1289/EHP7215. PubMed: 33369481

2019

Rothenberg SE, Wagner CL, Hamidi B‎, Alekseyenko AV, M. Azcarate-Peril A. Longitudinal Changes During Pregnancy in Gut Microbiota and Methylmercury Biomarkers, and Reversal of Microbe-Exposure Correlations. Environmental Research. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.01.014.

Loosli F, Wang J, Rothenberg SE, et al. Sewage spills are a major source of titanium dioxide engineered (nano)-particle release into the environment. Environmental Science: Nano. 2019. doi:10.1039/C8EN01376D.

2018

Emmons AM, Bizimis M, Lang SQ, et al. Enrichments of Metals, Including Methylmercury, in Sewage Spills in South Carolina, USA. J Environ Qual. 2018;47(5):1258-1266. doi:10.2134/jeq2018.02.0067. PubMed: 30272795

Donohue A, Wagner CL, Burch JB, Rothenberg SE. Blood total mercury and methylmercury among pregnant mothers in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2018;28(5):494-504. doi:10.1038/s41370-018-0033-1. PubMed: 29670220

2017

Rothenberg SE, Jackson BP, G McCalla C, Donohue A, Emmons AM. Co-exposure to methylmercury and inorganic arsenic in baby rice cereals and rice-containing teething biscuits. Environ Res. 2017;159:639-647. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.046. PubMed: 28938205

Rothenberg SE, Yin R, Hurley JP, et al. Stable Mercury Isotopes in Polished Rice (Oryza sativa L.) and Hair from Rice Consumers. Environ Sci Technol. 2017;51(11):6480-6488. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01039. PubMed: 28482656

2016

Rothenberg SE, Anders M, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Balogh E. Water management impacts rice methylmercury and the soil microbiome. Sci Total Environ. 2016;572:608-617. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.017. PubMed: 27450246

Rothenberg SE, Yu X, Liu J, et al. Maternal methylmercury exposure through rice ingestion and offspring neurodevelopment: A prospective cohort study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2016;219(8):832-842. doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.07.014. PubMed: 27503636


Sen IS, Mitra A, Peucker-Ehrenbrink B, Rothenberg SE, Tripathi SNand, Bizimis M. Emerging airborne contaminants in India: Platinum Group Elements from catalytic converters in motor vehicles. Applied Geochemistry. 2016;75:100 - 106. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.10.006.


Hong C, Yu X, Liu J, Cheng Y, Rothenberg SE. Low-level methylmercury exposure through rice ingestion in a cohort of pregnant mothers in rural China. Environ Res. 2016;150:519-27. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.038. PubMed: 27423706

Drevnick PE, Cooke CA, Barraza D, et al. Spatiotemporal patterns of mercury accumulation in lake sediments of western North America. Sci Total Environ. 2016;568:1157-1170. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.167. PubMed: 27102272

Rothenberg SE, Keiser S, Ajami NJ, et al. The role of gut microbiota in fetal methylmercury exposure: Insights from a pilot study. Toxicol Lett. 2016;242:60-67. doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.11.022. PubMed: 26626101