Nicholas T. Basta

Nicholas T. Basta studies how toxic metals like lead and arsenic, as well as other contaminants such as cyanobacteria toxins and excess phosphorus, behave in soils and become available to be absorbed by humans, animals, or plants. His work often supports environmental risk assessment, helping determine how dangerous contaminated soils or materials actually are and how treatments (like adding phosphate or biochar) can reduce that danger. Much of this research is applied to real-world problems like urban lead contamination, agricultural runoff, and reuse of dredged materials.

Publication output has been relatively steady over the last decade, fluctuating between about 2 and 6 papers per year without a clear long-term increase or decline.

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