Dr Alistair Boxall
Team Leader
a.boxall@csl.gov.uk
Alistair Boxall is joint leader of the EcoChemistry Research Group – a joint initiative between the University of York and the Defra Central Science Laboratory. The group specialises in the fate, effects and risk assessment of organic chemicals in the environment. With a broad-based training in environmental chemistry and toxicology from Leicester Polytechnic and the University of Sheffield, Alistair had previously worked at the Water Research Centre, Liverpool John Moores University and Cranfield University.
He has particular interest in the fate, behaviour and effects of pharmaceuticals and pesticides and co-ordinates a large number of research projects in this area. He regularly works for a number of national and international organisations including the UK Environment Agency, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Health and Safety Executive, The European Commission, the American Water Works Research Foundation and chemical manufacturers.
He was co-ordinator of the EC-funded project ERAVMIS, involving research institutes from the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain and the UK. He has a number ongoing collaborations with groups in Europe (including Danish Pharmaceutical University, EAWAG, University of Ljubljiana, ECT), N. America (including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Trent University, University of Guelph, University of Missouri and the USGS) and Australasia (LandCare New Zealand).
Alistair is a member of the UK Government Veterinary Products Committee and an ad hoc member of the European Food Safety Authority Working Group on Risk Assessment of Feed Additives. Alistair has acted as a project advisor for the EC, AwwaRF, Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Publications
Tiede, K., Hassellov, M., Breitbarth, E., Chaudhry, Q. and Boxall, A.B.A.(2009) Considerations for environmental fate and ecotoxicity testing to support environmental risk assessments for engineered nanoparticles Journal of Chromatography A 1216(3):503-509
Tiede, K., Boxall, A.B.A., Tear, S.P., Lewis, J., David, H. and Hassellov, M.(2008) Detection and characterisation of engineered nanoparticles in food and the environment Food Additives and Contaminants 25(7):795-821
Boxall, A.B.A., Tiede, K. and Chaudhry, Q(2007) Engineered nanomaterials in soils and water: How do they behave and could they pose a risk to human health Nanomedicine 2(6):919-927
Sanderson, H., Laird, B., Pope, L., Brain, R., Wilson, C., Johnson, D., Bryning, G., Peregrine, A.S., Boxall, A. and Solomon K.(2007) Assessment of the environmental fate and effects of ivermectin in aquatic mesocosms Aquatic Toxicology 85(4):229-240
Ashauer, R., Boxall, A.B.A. and Brown, C.D. (2007) Simulating toxicity of carbaryl to Gammarus pulex after sequential pulsed exposure Environmental Science and Technology 41(15):5535-5541
Ashauer, R., Boxall, A.B.A. and Brown, C.D. (2007) Modeling combined effects of pulsed exposure to carbaryl and chlorpyrifos on Gammarus pulex Environmental Science and Technology 41(15):5528-5534
Boxall, A.B.A., Sherratt, T.N., Pudner, V. and Pope, L.J. (2007) A screening level index for assessing the impacts of veterinary medicines on dung flies Environmental Science and Technology 41(7):2630-2635
Blackwell, P.A., Kay, P. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2007) The dissipation and transport of veterinary antibiotics in a sandy loam soil Chemosphere 67(2):292-299
Boxall, A.B.A., Fogg, L.A., Ashauer, R., Bowles, T., Sinclair, C.J. and Colyer, A. (2007) Effects of repeated pesticide exposure on the growth of aquatic macrophytes Environmental Science and Technology ():
Ashauer, R., Boxall, A.B.A. and Brown, C.D. (2007) New ecotoxicological model to simulate survival of aquatic invertebrates after exposure to fluctuating and sequential pulses of pesticides Environmental Science and Technology 41(4):1480-1486
Sarmah, A.K., Meyer, M.T. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2006) A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (Vas) in the environment Chemosphere 65(5):725-759
Aitken R.J., Chaudhry, M.Q., Boxall, A.B.A., Hull, M. (2006) Manufacture and use of nanomaterials: current status in the UK and global trends Occupational Medicine-Oxford 56(5):300-306
Ashauer, R., Boxall, A.B.A. and Brown, C.D. (2006) Uptake and elimination of chlorpyrifos and pentachlorophenol into the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 51(4):542-548
Sinclair, C.J., Boxall, A.B.A., Parsons, S.A. and Thomas, M.R. (2006) The prioritisation of pesticide environmental transformation products in drinking water supplies Environmental Science and Technology 40(23):7283-7289
Ashauer, R., Boxall, A.B.A. and Brown, C.D.(2006) Predicting effects on aquatic organisms from fluctuating or pulsed exposure to pesticides Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(7):1899–1912
Capleton, A.C., Courage, C., Rumsby, P., Holmes, P., Stutt, E., Boxall, A.B.A. and Levy, L.S. (2006) Prioritising veterinary medicines according to their potential indirect human exposure and toxicity profile Toxicology Letters 163(3):213-223
Boxall, A.B.A., Johnson, P., Smith, E.J., Sinclair, C.J., Stutt, E. and Levy, L.S. (2006) Uptake of veterinary medicines from soils into plants Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(6):2288-2297
Boxall, A.B.A. and Long, C. (2005) Veterinary medicines and the environment Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(4):759-760
Knacker, T., Duis, K., Ternes, T., Fenner, K., Escher, B., Schmitt, H., Rombke, J., Garric, J., Hutchinson, T. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2005) The EU-project ERAPharm - Incentives for the further development of guidance documents? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 12(2):62-65
Kay, P., Blackwell, P.A. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2005) Column studies to investigate the fate of veterinary antibiotics in clay soils following slurry application to agricultural land Chemosphere 60(4):497-507
Kay, P., Blackwell, P.A. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2005) A lysimeter experiment to investigate the leaching of veterinary antibiotics through a clay soil and comparison with field data Environmental Pollution 134(2):333-341
Floate, K.D., Wardhaugh, K.G., Boxall, A.B.A. and Sherratt, T.N. (2005) Faecal residues of veterinary parasiticides: non-target effects in the pasture environment Annual Reviews in Entomology 50():153-179
Blackwell P.A., Boxall A.B.A., Kay P. and Noble H. (2005) Evaluation of a lower tier exposure assessment model for veterinary medicines Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 53(6):2192-2201
Kay P., Blackwell P.A., and Boxall A.B.A.(2005) Transport of veterinary antibiotics in overland flow following the application of slurry to land Chemosphere 59(7):951-959
Ramwell C.T., Johnson P.D., Boxall A.B.A. and Rimmer D.A(2005) Pesticide residues on the external surfaces of field-crop sprayers: Occupational exposure Annals of Occupational Hygiene 49(4):345-350
Boxall, A.B.A., Fogg, L.A., Kay, P., Blackwell, P.A., Pemberton, E.J. and Croxford, A. (2004) Veterinary medicines in the environment Reviews in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 180:1-91
Fogg, P., Boxall, A.B.A., Walker, A. and Jukes, A. (2004) Degradation and leaching potential of pesticides in biobed systems Pest Management Science 60(7):645-654
Kay, P., Blackwell, P.A. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2004) Fate of veterinary antibiotics in a macroporous tile drained clay soil Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23(5):1136-1144
Fogg P., Boxall A.B.A., Walker A. and Jukes A. (2004) Effect of different soil textures on leaching potential and degradation of pesticides in biobeds Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52(18):5643-5652
Boxall A.B.A. (2004) Environmental risk assessment of antifouling biocides Chimica Oggi-Chemistry Today 22(6):46-48
Blackwell P.A., Holten-Lützhoft, H.C., Ma H-M., Halling-Sorensen B., Boxall A.B.A. and Kay, P. (2004) Simultaneous determination of the veterinary antibiotics oxytetracycline, sulfachloropyridazine and tylosin in groundwater and surface water using solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection Journal of Chromatography A 1045(1-2):111-117
Fogg P., Boxall A.B.A., Walker A. and Jukes, A. (2004) Leaching of pesticides from biobeds: Effect of biobed depth and water loading Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52(20):6217-6227
Blackwell P.A., Holten-Lützhoft H.C., Ma H-M., Halling-Sorensen B., Boxall A.B.A. and Kay P. (2004) Ultrasonic extraction of veterinary antibiotics from soils and pig slurry with SPE clean-up and LC-UV and fluorescence detection Talanta 64(4):1058-1064
Renaud F.G., Boxall A.B.A., Toy R. and Robertson S. (2004) Evaluation of approaches for terrestrial hazard classification Chemosphere 57(11):1697-1706
Boxall A.B.A. (2004) The environmental side effects of medication EMBO Reports 5(12):1110-1116
Ramwell C.T., Johnson P.D., Boxall A.B.A. and Rimmer D.A.(2004) Pesticide residues on the external surfaces of field-crop sprayers: Environmental impact, Pest Management Science 60(8):795-802
Boxall A.B.A., Sinclair C.J., Fenner K., Kolpin D. and Maund S.J.(2004) When Synthetic Chemicals Degrade in the Environment Environmental Science and Technology 38(19):368A-375A.
Fogg, P., Boxall, A.B.A., Walker, A. and Jukes, A. (2003) Pesticide degradation in a biobed composting mix Pest Management Science 59(5):527-537
Breton, R. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2003) Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: Regulatory drivers and research needs QSAR & Combinatorial Science 22(3):399-409
Boxall, A.B.A., Fogg, L.A., Kay, P., Blackwell, P.A., Pemberton, E.J. and Croxford, A. (2003) Prioritisation of veterinary medicines in the UK environment Toxicology Letters 142(3):207-218
Fogg, P., Boxall, A.B.A. and Walker, A. (2003) Degradation of pesticides in biobeds: The effect of concentration and pesticide mixtures Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51(18):5344-5349
Boxall, A.B.A., Kolpin, D., Halling Sørensen, B. and Tolls, J. (2003) Are veterinary medicines causing environmental risks? Environmental Science and Technology 37(15):286A-294A
Sinclair C.J. and Boxall A.B.A(2003) Assessing the Ecotoxicity of Pesticide Transformation Products, Environmental Science and Technology 37(20):4617-4625.
Comber, S.D.W., Gardner, M.J. and Boxall, A.B.A. (2002) Survey of four marine antifoulant constituents (copper, zinc, diuron and irgarol 1051) in two UK estuaries Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4(3):417-425
Comber, S.D.W., Franklin, G., Gardner, M.J., Watts, C.D., Boxall, A.B.A. and Howcroft, J. (2002) Partitioning of marine antifoulants in the marine environment Science of the Total Environment 286(1-3):61-71
Boxall, A.B.A., Brown, C.D. and Barrett, K. (2002) Higher tier aquatic toxicity testing for pesticides Pest Management Science 58(7):637-648
Boxall, A.B.A., Blackwell, P.A., Cavallo, R., Kay, P. and Tolls, J. (2002) The sorption and transport of a sulphonamide antibiotic in soil systems Toxicology Letters 131(1-2):19-28
Boxall, A.B.A., Oakes, D., Ripley, P. and Watts, C.D. (2000) The application of predictive models in the environmental risk assessment of ECONOR Chemosphere 40(7):775-781
Boxall, A.B.A., Comber, S.D., Conrad, A.U., Howcroft, J. and Zaman, N. (2000) Inputs, monitoring and fate modelling of antifouling biocides in UK estuaries Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(11):898-905
Boxall, A.B.A. and Maltby, L. (1997) The effects of motorway runoff on freshwater ecosystems: 3. Toxicant confirmation Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 33(1):9-16
Boxall, A.B.A., Watts, C.D. and Ripley, P. (1997) The application of predictive models in the environmental risk assessment of ECONOR Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 20(Suppli. 1):331
Webber, M.D., Rogers, H.R., Watts, C.D., Boxall, A.B.A., Davis, R.D. and Scoffin, R. (1996) Monitoring and prioritisation of organic contaminants in sewage sludge using specific chemical analysis and predictive, non-analytical methods Science of the Total Environment 185(1-3):27-44
Maltby, L., Boxall, A.B.A., Forrow, D.M., Calow, P. and Betton, C. (1995) The effects of motorway runoff on freshwater ecosystems: 2. Identifying major toxicants Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14(6):1093-1101
Maltby, L., Forrow, D.M., Boxall, A.B.A., Calow, P. and Betton, C. (1995) The effects of motorway runoff on freshwater ecosystems: 1. Field Study Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14(6):1079-1092
Boxall, A.B.A. and Maltby, L. (1995) The characterization and toxicity of sediment contaminated with road runoff Water Research 29(9):2043-2050