Writing Examples - Academic, Technical, Media

Science communication in all its forms.

Paleah has written for a broad range of clients, academic journals, and media.

Client and Technical Writing

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Academic Writing

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Environmental Research

Residents in close proximity to agricultural land are at risk of higher pesticide exposures. The purpose of this study was to generate national population-level exposure estimates for Canada for three commonly applied pesticides that are suspected carcinogens

Int J Enviro Research

Kristian Larsen, Paleah Black, Sara Plain, Sehar Jemal, Cheryl E. Peters. Screening-level assessment of cancer risk associated with ambient air exposure in Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Int J Environ Health Res. 2020 Oct 7;1-12. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2020.1827226.

BMC Res Notes

Pelletier G, Feng YL, Leingartner K, Black P. 2019. Co-administration of a Rhododendron tomentosum extract does not affect mercury tissue concentrations and excretion rate in methylmercury-treated adult male rats. BMC Res Notes (1):369. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4409-7.

Environmental Research

Black P, Richard M, Rossin R, Telmer K. 2016. Assessing occupational mercury exposures and behaviours of artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Burkina Faso using passive mercury vapour badges. Environ Res. Jan;152:462-469. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.004.

Toxicology Letters

Pelletier G, Masson S, Wade MJ, Nakai J, Alwis R, Black P, Bowers WJ, Chu I, Vincent R. 2009. Contribution of methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides to the toxicity of a mixture based on the blood contaminant profile of Canadian Arctic populations. Toxicology Letters, 184(3):176-185

Environmental Research

Kristian Larsen, Paleah Black, Cheryl E. Peters. Using geographic information systems to estimate pesticide exposure at the population level in Canada. Environmental Research. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110100.

Botany

Black P, Arnason JT, Currier A. 2008. Medicinal Plants Used by the Inuit of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island, Nunavut). Botany, 86(2):157-163

Scientific Reports

Elias de Barros Santos, Paleah Moher, Stacy Ferlin, Anne Hélène Fostier, Italo Odone Mazali, Kevin Telmer & Alexandre Guimarães Brolo. 2017. Proof of concept for a passive sampler for monitoring of gaseous elemental mercury in artisanal gold mining. Scientific Reports. 7: 16513

Phytochemicals

Jose A. Guerrero-Analco, Asim Muhammad, Ammar Saleem, Paleah Black, et al. 2014. Bioactive Phytochemicals from Canadian Boreal Forest Species Used Traditionally by Eastern James Bay Cree Aboriginals to Treat Diabetes Mellitus. Phytochemicals Vol. 44, Chapter 4: 57-84; Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-04044-8.

J of Food and Chemical Toxicology

Black P, Niu L, Sachdeva M, Lean D, Poon R, Bowers WJ, Chan HM, Arnason JT, Pelletier G. 2011. Modulation of the effects of methylmercury on rat neurodevelopment by co-exposure with Labrador Tea (Rhododendron tomentosum ssp. subarcticum). Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology. 49(9):2336-42

Planta Medica

Black P, Saleem A, Dunford A, Walshe-Roussel B, Haddad P, Cuerrier A, Arnason JT. 2011. Seasonal variation of phenolic constituents and medicinal activities of Northern Labrador Tea, Rhododendron tomentosum ssp. subarcticum, an Inuit and Cree First Nations Traditional Medicine. Planta Medica. 77(14):1655-6

J of Applied Geochemistry

Castillo A, Valdes J, Sibaja J, Vega I, Alfaro R, Morales J, Esquivel G, Barrantes E, Black P, and Lean D. 2010. Seasonal and Diel Patterns of Total Gaseous Mercury Concentration in Atmospheric Air of the Central Valley of Costa Rica. J. Applied Geochemistry 26(2) 242-8