Reports & Publications

Faculty: Ronald Hites
Selected Works:

• “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere near the Great Lakes: Why do their concentrations vary?” Environmental Science and Technology, 55, 9444-9449 (2021) 
• “The rise and fall of chlorpyrifos in the United States,” Environmental Science and Technology, 55, 1354-1358 (2021)
• “Temporal environmental hysteresis: A definition and implications for polybrominated diphenyl ethers,” (with D. C. Lehman, A. Salamova, and M. Venier), Science of the Total Environment, 753, 141849  (2021)
• “Broad exposure of the North American environment to phenolic and amino antioxidants and to ultraviolet filters,” (with Y. Wu and M. Venier), Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 9345-9355 (2020)
• Elements of Environmental Chemistry, Third Edition, (with J. D. Raff),  John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (2020)
• “Statistical approach for assessing the Stockholm Convention’s effectiveness: Great Lakes atmospheric data,” Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 8585-8590 (2019)
• “Identification of unusual antioxidants in the natural and built environments,” (with Y. Wu and M. Venier), Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 6, 443-447 (2019)
• “Break point analyses of human or environmental temporal trends of POPs,” Science of the Total Environment, 664, 518-521 (2019)
• “Tri(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl) phosphate: A previously unrecognized, abundant, ubiquitous pollutant in the built and natural environment,” (with M. Venier, W. A. Stubbings, J. Guo, K. Romanak, L. V. Nguyen, L. Jantunen, L. Melymuk, V. Arrandale, and M. L. Diamond), Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 12997-13003 (2018)
• “Atmospheric concentrations of PCB-11 near the Great Lakes have not decreased since 2004,” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5, 131-135 (2018)

Reports and Publications:

• “Spatial and seasonal distributions of current use pesticides (CUPs) in the atmospheric particle phase in the Great Lakes region,”  (with S. Wang, A. Salamova, and M. Venier), Environmental Science & Technology, 52, 6177-6186 (2018);
• “Atmospheric concentrations of PCB-11 near the Great Lakes have not decreased since 2004,” Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5, 131-135 (2018)
• “Atmospheric concentrations of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) diastereomers in the Great Lakes region,” (with O. Olukunle, M. Venier, and A. Salamova), Chemosphere, 200, 464-470 (2018)
• Umweltchemie: Eine Einführung mit Aufgaben und Lösungen, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, (with J. D. Raff and P. Wiesen (translator)). (German version of textbook: Elements of Environmental Chemistry, 2nd edition, 2012) (2017)
• “Updated polychlorinated biphenyl mass budget for Lake Michigan,” (with M.Venier, J. Guo, K. Romanak, S. Westenbroek, A. Li, and R.G. Kreis, Jr.), Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (21 12455-12465 (2017)
• “Current-use flame retardants in the water of Lake Michigan tributaries,” (with J. Guo, K. Romanak, S. Westenbroek, and M. Venier), Environmental Science & Technology, 51, 9960-9969 (2017)
• “Bioaccumulation of dechloranes, organophosphate esters, and other flame retardants in Great Lakes fish,” (with J. Guo, M. Venier, and A. Salamova), Science of the Total Environment, 583, 1-9 (2017)
• "Correcting for Censored Environmental Measurements," Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (19): 11059-11060, (2019)
• "Break point analyses of human or environmental temporal trends of POPs," Science of the Total Environment, 664: 518-521, (2019)
• "Identification of Unusual Antioxidants in the Natural and Built Environments," (with Y.Wu and M. Venier), Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 6 (8): 443-447, (2019)
• "Statistical Approach for Assessing the Stockholm Convention's Effectiveness: Great Lakes Atmospheric Data," Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (15): 8585-8590, (2019)
• "Temporal trends of PCBs and DDTs in Great Lakes fish compared to those in air," (with T. Holsen), Science of the Total Environment, 646: 1413-1418, (2019)
• "Response to "Letter to the Editor: Optimism for Nontarget Analysis in Environmental Chemistry," (with K. Jobst), Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (10): 5531-5533, (2019)
• "Is Nontargeted Screening Reproducible?" (with K. Jobst), Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (21): 11975-11976, (2018)
• "The Academic Office Visit," Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (8): 4490-4490, (2018)
• "Atmospheric flows of semi-volatile organic pollutants to the Great Lakes estimated by the United States' Integrated Atmospheric Deposition and Canada's Great Lakes Basin Monitoring and Surveillance Networks," (with J. Guo, A. Salamova, M. Venier, H. Dryfhout-Clark, N. Alexandrou, S. Backus, L. Bradley, and H. Hung), Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44 (4): 670-681, (2018)
• "Temporal trends of Dechlorane Plus in air and precipitation around the North American Great Lakes," (with O. Olubiyi, D. Lehman, A. Salamova, and M. Venier), Science of the Total Environment, 642: 537-542, (2018)
• "The IADN data visualization tool," (with M. Venier, D. Lehman, and A. Salamova), Science of the Total Environment, 645: 1617-1619, (2018)
• "Tri(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl) Phosphate: A Previously Unrecognized, Abundant, Ubiquitous Pollutant in the Built and Natural Environment," (with M. Venier, W. Stubbings, J. Guo, K. Romanak, L. Nguyen, L. Jantunen, L. Melymuk, V. Arrandale, and M. Diamond), Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (22): 12997-13003, (2018)
• "Temporal trends of PCBs and DDTs in Great Lakes fish compared to those in air," (with T. Holsen), Science of the Total Environment, 646: 1413-1418, (2018)
• “Updated polychlorinated biphenyl mass budget for Lake Michigan,” (with M.Venier, J. Guo, K. Romanak, S. Westenbroek, A. Li, and R.G. Kreis, Jr.), Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (21 12455-12465 (2017)
• “Review of Environmental Organic Chemistry,” (with J. Raff), Science of the Total Environment, (2017)
• “Calculating the Confidence and Prediction Limits of a Rate Constant at a Given Temperature from an Arrhenius Equation Using Excel,” Journal of Chemical Education, (3) 398-400 (2017)
• “A Novel Flame Retardant in the Great Lakes Atmosphere: 3,3 ',5,5 '-Tetrabromobisphenol A Bis(2,3-dibromopropyl) Ether,” (with Liang-Ying Liu, Marta Venier, Amina Salamova ), Environmental Science & Technology Letters, (5) 194-199 (2017)
• “Development of Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometry,” Analytical Chemistry, (14) 6955-6961 (2016)
• “Hair and Nails as Noninvasive Biomarkers of Human Exposure to Brominated and Organophosphate Flame Retardants,” (with Liang-Ying Liu, Ka He, Amina Salamova), Environmental Science and TechnologyE, (24) 3065-3073, (2016)
• “Identification of Marbon in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal,” (Jiehong Guo, Marta Venier, Kevin Romanak, Stephen Westenbroek), Environmental Science and Technology, (23) 13232-13238 (2016)
• “Precision of atmospheric POPs concentration measurements,” (with Daniel C. Lehman, James C. Bays), Environmental Science and Technology, 13464-13469 (2016)
• “Spatial and temporal trends of particle phase organophosphate ester concentrations in the atmosphere of the Great Lakes,” (with Amina Salamova, Angela A. Peverly, Marta Venier), Environmental Science and Technology, 13249-13255 (2016)
• “Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutant concentrations in precipitation around the Great Lakes,” (with Marta Venier, Amina Salamova), Environmental Pollution, 143-148 (2016)
• “Ten years after entry into force of the Stockholm Convention: What do air monitoring data tell about its effectiveness?” (with Henry Wohrnschimmell, Martin Scheringer, Christian Bogdal, Hayley Hung, Amina Salamova, Marta Venier, Athanasios Katsoyiannis , Konrad Hungerbuhler , Heidelore Fiedler), Environmental Pollution,149-158 (2016)
• “Trends in the levels of halogenated flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere over the period 2005-2013,” (with Liang-Ying Liu, Amina Salamova, Malta Venier), Environment International, 442-449 (2016)
• “Comment on ‘Halogenated indigo dyes: A likely source of 1,3,6,8-tetrabromocarbazole and some other halogenated carbazoles in the environment,’” (with A.A. Peverly), Chemosphere (273-4), (201
• "Interstudy and intrastudy temporal variations of PCB, pesticide, and PAH concentrations in air and precipitation at a rural site in Ontario," (with L. Y. Liu and A. Salamova), Environmental Science and Technology Letters, (1) 4: 226-230 (2014)
• "High levels of organophosphate flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere," (with Y. Ma, A. Salamova, and M. Venier), Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 1(1): 8-14 (2014)
• "DDT and HCH, two discontinued organochlorine insecticides in the Great Lakes region: Isomer trends and sources," (with M. Venier), Environment International, 69: 159-165 (2014)
• "Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in tree bark from around the globe," (with A. Salamova), Environmental Science and Technology, 47(1): 349-354 (2013)
• "Post-1990 temporal trends of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere and in fish from Lakes Erie, Michigan, and Superior," (with T. Holsen, J. Pagano , and A. Salamova), Environmental Science and Technology, 47: 9109-9114 (2013).
• "Kinetic isotope effects and rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of three deuterated toluenes with OH from 298 to 353 K," (with D. Kim and P. Stevens), International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 44(12): 821-827 (2012)
• "Tribromophenoxy flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere," (with Y. Ma and M. Venier), Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (24): 13112-13117 (2012)
• "Bromobenzene flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere," (with Y. Ma and M. Venier), Environmental Science and Technology, 46(24): 13112-13117 (2012)
• “Atmospheric concentrations of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) diastereomers in the Great Lakes region,” (with A. Salamova, M. Venier, R. Hites, and O. Olukunle), Chemosphere (200) 464-70 (June 2018)
• “Atmospheric Concentrations of PCB-11 Near the Great Lakes Have Not Decreased Since 2004,” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5 (3) 131-135 (February 2018)
• Buehler, S.S., I. Basu, and Ronald A. Hites. "Gas-Phase Polychlorinated Biphenyl And Hexachlorocyclohexane Concentrations Near The Great Lakes: An Historical Perspective." Environmental Science and Technology 36:5051-5056. 2002.
• Buehler, S.S. and Ronald A. Hites. "The Great Lakes Integrated Atmosphere Deposition Network." Environmental Science and Technology 36:354-359. 2002.
• James, R.R. and Ronald A. Hites. "Atmospheric Transport Of Toxaphene From The Southern United States to the Great Lakes Region." Environmental Science and Technology 36:3474-3481. 2002.
• Gill, K.J, and Ronald A. Hites. "Rate Constants for the Gas-Phase Reactions of the Hydroxyl Radical with Isoprene, Alpha-And Beta-Pinene, and Limonene." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 106:2538-2544. 2002.
• Dodder, N.G., B. Strandberg and Ronald A. Hites. "Concentrations and Spatial Variations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Other Organochlorine Compounds in Fish from the Northeastern United States." Environmental Science and Technology 36: 146- 2002.
• Zhu, L.Y. and Ronald A. Hites. "Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Environmental Standard Reference Materials." Analytical Chemistry 75:6696-6700. 2003.
• Lee, W., P.S. Stevens, and Ronald A. Hites. "Rate Constants for the Gas-Phase Reactions of Methylphenanthrenes with OH as a Function Of Temperature." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107:6603-6608. 2003.
• Hafner, W.D., and Ronald A. Hites. 2003. Potential Sources Of Pesticides, PCB's, And Pah's To The Atmosphere Of The Great Lakes. Environmental Science And Technology 37: 3764-3773.
• Mazdai, A., N.G. Dodder, M.P. Abernathy, R.A. Hites, and R.M. Bigsby. 2003. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers In Maternal And Fetal Blood Samples. Environmental Health Perspectives 111(9):1249-1252.
• Neilson, M.A., D.S. Painter, G. Warren, R.A. Hites et al. 2003. Ecological Monitoring For Assessing The State Of The Nearshore And Open Waters Of The Great Lakes. Environmental Monitoring And Assessment 88:103-117.
• Mcdonald, J.G., and Ronald A. Hites.. 2003. A Radial Dilution Model For The Distribution Of Toxaphene In The United States And Canada Based On Measured Concentrations In Tree Bark. Environmental Science And Technology 37(3):475-481.
• Dodder, N.G., B. Strandberg, T. Augspurger and R.A. Hites. 2003. Lipophilic Organic Compounds In Lake Sediment And American Coot Tissues ... Science Of The Total Environment. 311:81-89.
• HITES, RONALD A., S.S. BUEHLER, AND I. BASU. 2004. CAUSES OF VARIABILITY IN PESTICIDE AND PCB CONCENTRATIONS IN AIR NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 38:414-422.
• Lee, W., M. Baasandorj, P. S. Stevens, and R.A. Hites. 2005. Monitoring OH Initiated Oxidation Kinetics of Isoprene and Its Products Using On-Line Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology 39:1030-1036.
• Zhu, L.Y. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Brominated Flame Retardants in Sediment Cores from Lakes Michigan and Erie. Environmental Science and Technology 39:3488-3494
• Zhu, L. Y. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Identification of Brominated Carbazoles in Sediment Cores from Lake Michigan. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 9446-9451.
• Hafner, W.D., D.L. Carlson, and R.A. Hites. 2005. Influence of Local Human Population on Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations. Environmental Science and Technology 39:7374-7379.
• Hoh, E. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Brominated Flame Retardants in the Atmosphere of the East-Central United States. Environmental Science and Technology 39:7794-7802.
• Hafner, W.D. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Effects of Wind and Air Trajectory Directions on Atmospheric Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants Near the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 39:7817-7825.
• Carlson, D.L. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Temperature Dependence of Atmospheric PCB Concentrations. Environmental Science and Technology 39:740-747.
• Carlson. D.L. and R.A. Hites. 2005. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Salmon and Salmon Feed: Global Differences and Bioaccumulation. Environmental Science and Technology 39:7389-7395.
• Raff, J.D., P.S. Stevens, and R.A. Hites. 2005. Relative Rate and Product Studies of the OH-Acetone Reaction. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109:4728-4735.
• Hoh, E., L.Y. Zhu, and R.A. Hites. 2005. Novel Flame Retardants, 1,2-Bis(2,4,6-Tribromophenoxy)Ethane and 2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromoethylbenzene, in United States Environmental Samples. Environmental Science and Technology 39:2472-2477.
• Hamilton, M.C., R.A. Hites, S.J. Schwager, J.A. Foran, B.A. Knuth, and D.O. Carpenter. 2005. Lipid Composition and Contaminants in Farmed and Wild Salmon. Environmental Science and Technology 39:8622-8629.
• Carlson, D.L. and R.A. Hites. 2004. Comment on Simulating the Influence of Snow on the Fate of Organic Compounds. Environmental Science and Technology 38:6904.
• Carlson, D.L., I. Basu, and R.A. Hites. 2004. Annual Variations of Pesticide Concentrations in Great Lakes Precipitation. Environmental Science and Technology 38:5290-5296.
• Hites, R.A., J.A. Foran, S.J. Schwager, B.A. Knuth, M.C. Hamilton, and D.O. Carpenter. 2004. Global Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Farmed and Wild Salmon. Environmental Science and Technology 38:4945-4949
• Hoh, E. and R.A. Hites. 2004. Sources of Toxaphene and Other Organochlorine Pesticides in North America as Determined by Air Measurements and Potential Source Contribution Function Analyses. Environmental Science and Technology 38:4187-4194.
• Foran, J.A., R.A. Hites, D.O. Carpenter, M.C. Hamilton, A. Mathews Amos, and S.J. Schwager. 2004. A Survey of Metals in Tissues of Farmed Atlantic and Wild Pacific Salmon. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:2108-2110.
• Raff, J.D. and R.A. Hites. 2004. Transport of Suspended Sediment Bound Toxaphene in the Mississippi River. Environmental Science and Technology 38:2785-2791.
• Zhu, L.Y. and R.A. Hites. 2004. Temporal Trends and Spatial Distributions of Brominated Flame Retardants in Archived Fishes from the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 38:2779-2784.
•  Basu, I., W.D. Hafner, W. Mills, and R.A. Hites. 2004. Differences between Atmospheric Persistent Organic Pollutant Concentrations at Two Locations in Chicago. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30:310-315.
• Hites, R.A., J.A. Foran, D.O. Carpenter, M.C. Hamilton, B.A. Knuth, and S.J. Schwager. 2004. Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon. Science 303:226-229
• Hites, R.A. 2004. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Environment and in People: A Meta-Analysis of Concentrations. Environmental Science and Technology 38:945-956.
• Buehler, S.S., I Basu, and R.A. Hites. 2004. Causes of Variability in Pesticide and PCB Concentrations in Air near The Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 38:414-422.
• Hites, R.A. 2007. Elements of Environmental Chemistry. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons.
• Hites, R.A. 2006. Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes. In Ronald A. Hites (ed.), Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes, Handbook in Environmental Chemistry. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag: 5(Part N):328-366.
• Hites, R.A. (Ed.). 2006. Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes, Handbook in Environmental Chemistry. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag: 5(Part N):430.
• Dye, J., M. Venier, L.Y. Zhu, C.R. Ward, R.A. Hites, and L.S. Birnbaum. 2007. Elevated PBDE Levels in Pet Cats: Sentinels for Humans? Environmental Science and Technology 41:6350-6356.
• Qiu, X.H., C.H. Martin, and R.A. Hites. 2007. Dechlorane Plus and Other Flame Retardants in a Sediment Core from Lake Ontario. Environmental Science and Technology 41:6014-6019.
• Qiu, X.H., M. Mercado-Feliciano, R.A. Hites, and R.M. Bigsby. 2007. Measurement of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Metabolites in Mouse Plasma After Exposure to a Commercial Pentabromo Diphenyl Ether Mixture. Environmental Health Perspectives 115:1052-
• Raff, J.D. and R.A. Hites. 2007. Deposition Versus Photochemical Removal of PBDEs from Lake Superior Air. Environmental Science and Technology 41:6725-6731.
• Sun, P., P. Blanchard, K.A. Brice, and R.A. Hites. 2007. Temporal and Spatial Trends of Atmospheric Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations Near the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 41:1131-1136.
• Venier, M. and R.A. Hites. 2007. Chiral Organochlorine Pesticides in the Atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment 41:768-775.
• Foran, J.A., D.O. Carpenter, D.H. Good, M.C. Hamilton, R.A. Hites, B.A. Knuth, and S.J. Schwager. 2006. Risks and Benefits of Seafood Consumption. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30:438-439.
• Hoh, E., L. Zhu, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Dechlorane Plus, A Chlorinated Flame Retardant, in the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 40:1184-1189.
• Huang, X., J.A. Foran, M.C. Hamilton, R.A. Hites, B.A. Knuth, S. Schwager, and D.O. Carpenter. 2006. Consumption Advisories for Salmon Based on Risk of Cancer and Non-cancer Health Effects. Environmental Research 101:263-274.
• Raff, J.D. and R.A. Hites. 2006. Gas-phase Reactions of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers with OH Radicals. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110:10783-10792.
• Sun, P., I. Basu, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Temporal Trends of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Precipitation and Air at Chicago. Environmental Science and Technology 40:1178-1183.
• Sun, P., P. Blanchard, K.A. Brice, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Atmospheric Organochlorine Pesticide Concentrations Near the Great Lakes: Temporal and Spatial Trends. Environmental Science and Technology 40:6587-6593.
• Sun, P., P. Blanchard, K.A. Brice, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Trends in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in the Great Lakes Atmosphere. Environmental Science and Technology 40:6221-6227.
• Sun, P., S. Backhus, P. Blanchard, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Annual Variations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Precipitation Collected Near the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 40:696-701.
• Sun, P., S. Backhus, P. Blanchard, and R.A. Hites. 2006. Temporal and Spatial Trends of Organochlorine Pesticides in Great Lakes Precipitation. Environmental Science and Technology 40:2135-2141.
• Zhu, L.Y. and R.A. Hites. 2006. Brominated Flame Retardants in Tree Bark from North America. Environmental Science and Technology 40:3711-3716.
• Hydroxylated metabolites of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in human blood samples from the United States Hydroxylated metabolites of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in human blood samples from the United States, Environmental Health Perspectives, 117, 93-98 (2009); with X. Qiu and R. M. Bigsby.
• Atmospheric deposition of PBDEs to the Great Lakes featuring a Monte Carlo analysis of errors M. Venier and R. A. Hites, Atmospheric deposition of PBDEs to the Great Lakes featuring a Monte Carlo analysis of errors, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 9058-9064.
• A. M. Turner and R. A. Hites, Rate constants for the gas-phase β-myrcene + OH and isoprene + OH reactions as a function of temperature, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 41, 407-413.
• M. Venier, J. Ferrario, and R. A. Hites, Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in the air around the Great Lakes, Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 1036-1041.
• M. Venier and R. A. Hites, Flame retardants in the atmosphere near the Great Lakes, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 4745-4751 (2008)
• X. H. Qiu and R. A. Hites, Dechlorane Plus and other flame retardants in tree bark from the northeastern United States, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 31-36 2008
• R. A. Hites, Electron impact and electron capture negative ionization mass spectra of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 2243-2252, 2008
• X. H. Qiu, R. M. Bigsby, and R. A. Hites, Hydroxylated metabolites of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in human blood sam-ples from the United States, Environmental Health Perspectives, on-line.
• R. Wu, S. Backus, I. Basu, P. Blanchard, K. A. Brice, H. Dryfhout-Clark, P. Fowlie, M. L. Hulting, and R. A. Hites, Findings from quality assurance activities of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Net-work, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11, 277-2.
• Dechlorane Plus and related compounds in the environment: A review, Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 5088-5098 (2011); with E. Sverko, G. T. Tomy, E. J. Reiner, Y. F. Li, B. E. McCarry, J. A. Arnot, and R. J. Law.
• Flame retardants in the serum of pet dogs and in their food, Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 4602-4608 (2011); with M. Venier.
• Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of OH and O₃ with, β-ocimene, β-myrcene, and α- and β-farnesene as a function of temperature, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115, 500-506 (2011); with D. Kim and P. S Stevens.
• Radical dependence of the yields of methacrolein and methyl vinyl ketone from the OH-initiated oxidation of isoprene under NO_x-free conditions, Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 923-929 (2011); with M. A. Navarro, S. Dusanter, and P. S. Stevens.
• Dioxins: An overview and history, Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 16-20
• Toward identifying the next generation of Superfund and hazardous waste site contaminants, Environmental Health Perspectives, 119, 6-10 (2011); with W. P. Ela, D. L. Sedlak, and 20 others,
• Time trend analysis of atmospheric POPs concentrations near the Great Lakes since 1990, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 8050-8055 (2010); with M. Venier.
• Evaluation of tree bark as a passive atmospheric sampler for flame retardants, PCBs, and organochlorine pesticides, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 6196-6201 (2010); with A. Salamova.
• Flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in bald eagle plasma from the Great Lakes region, Chemosphere, 80, 1234-1240 (2010); with M. Venier, M. Wierda, and W. W. Bowerman.
• Regression model of partial pressures of PCBs, PAHs, and organochlorine pesticides in the Great Lakes' atmosphere, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 618-623 (2010); with M. Venier.