Katarzyna Kordas
PhD
Research Topics
Environmental epidemiology; global health; health effects of mixtures; toxic metals and child development; nutrient-metal interactions; dietary predictors of toxicant exposure.
Selected Publications
Diet and Toxicant Exposure
- Kordas K, Thomas M, Millen AE, Queirolo EI, Mañay N, Peregalli F, Desai G. Diet quality and blood lead levels in Uruguayan first graders. Science of the Total Environment 954: 176545. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176545
- Collado-López S, Burns KF, Smith SN, Kordas K, Desai G. Association between breakfast skipping and blood levels of lead and cadmium in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years: results from the National Health and Examination Survey 2013-2018. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 2024; 84: 127468. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2024.127468
- Koyratty N, Olson JR, Kawyn M, Curl CL, Kordas K. Dietary predictors of urinary biomarkers of pyrethroids in the general population – a scoping review. Journal of Nutrition 2024; 154: 325-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.11.031
- Kordas K, Cantoral A, Desai G, Halabicky O, Signes-Pastor AJ, Tellez-Rojo MM, Peterson KE, Karagas MR. Dietary exposure to toxic elements and the health of young children: methodological considerations and data needs. Journal of Nutrition 2022; 152: 2572-81. DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac185
chemical mixtures
- Desai G, Blatto N, Zafron ML, Rudra C, Kordas K. Early life exposure to multiple metals, nutrition, and growth in children – a scoping review. Current Environmental Health Reports 2025; 12: 35. DOI: 10.1007/s40572-025-00502-w
- Kordas K, Glotzer DL, Desai G, Ghazal D, Quattrin T, Palmer CD, Parsons PJ, Beledo MI, Queirolo EI. Exposure to a mixture of four metals and associations with urinary oxidative stress biomarkers in Uruguayan adolescents. Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment 2025; 4: 33. DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2025.33
- Rodríguez D, Lima SM, Li C, Schildroth S, Xu M, Kordas K. Associations of a metal mixture and vitamin D with sleep duration among adolescents and young adults from the 2011-2018 NHANES cycles. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 88: 127606. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2025.127606
- Schildroth S, Kordas K, White RF, Friedman A, Placidi D, Smith D, Lucchini RG, Wright RO, Horton M, Claus Henn B. An industry-relevant metal mixture, iron status, and reported attention-related behaviors in Italian adolescents. Environmental Health Perspectives 132: 27008. PMCID: PMC10871126
Toxicants and child health
- Rodríguez D, Desai G, Barg G, Queirolo EI, Parsons PJ, Palmer CD, Beledo MI, Kordas K. Low-level arsenic exposure, childhood neighborhood disadvantage and executive functions in adolescents from Montevideo, Uruguay. Environmental Research 2025; 279: 121791. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121791
- Agudelo N, Cuadro A, Barg G, Queirolo EI, Mañay N, Kordas K. The relationship between lead levels and reading acquisition in Spanish speakers, evidence from Uruguayan schoolers. Neurotoxicology 2024; 105: 272-79 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2024.10.011
- Agudelo N, Cuadro A, Barg G, Queirolo EI, Mañay N, Kordas K. Blood lead levels and math learning in first year of school: an association of concern. Environmental Research 2024; 246: 118091. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118091
- Frndak S, Barg G, Queirolo EI, Mañay N, Colder C, Yu G, Ahmed Z, Kordas K. Do neighborhood factors modify the effects of lead exposure on child behavior? Toxics 2022; 10: 517. DOI: 10.3390/toxics10090517
SOIL HEALTH
- Judelsohn A, Frimpong Boamah E, Adamu K, Yin F, Paltseva A, Kordas K, Parasnis M, Chen T, Nalam P. Envisioning healthy soil futures: planning and policy inertia in addressing soil contamination in a postindustrial city. Journal of Planning Education and Research 2025; 0(0). DOI: 10.1177/0739456X251373027
- Parasnis MS, Paltseva A, Kordas K, Wodo O, Boamah EF, Judelsohn A, Nalam PC. Harnessing dried mycelium membranes for rapid and efficient lead cleanup in soils. Chemosphere 2025; 387: 144676. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144676
- Parasnis MS, Deng E, Yuan M, Lin H, Kordas K, Paltseva A, Frimpong Boamah E, Judelsohn A, Nalam P. Heavy metal remediation by dry mycelium membranes: approaches to sustainable lead remediation in water. Langmuir 2024; 40: 6317-29. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03811