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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology letters2026

Observations of the Gas Phase Composition of the 2024 BioLab Industrial Plume in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.

Christine A Harper, Linda Arterburn, Katherine Paredero, Rime El Asmar, Mariama L Stewart, David J Tanner, James M Roberts, John J Orlando, Joseph Sadighi, Rodney J Weber and 1 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Christine A HarperSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-2709
Linda ArterburnSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.
Katherine ParederoSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.
Rime El AsmarSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8231-7498
Mariama L StewartSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.
David J TannerSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.
James M RobertsSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.
John J OrlandoAtmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States.
Joseph SadighiSchool of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-1170
Rodney J WeberSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-8035
L Gregory HueySchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0518-7690

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fire at a pool chemical manufacturing facility in Conyers, Georgia, on September 29, 2024, released a persistent chemical plume that impacted the Atlanta metropolitan area, causing evacuation of more than 17,000 people. We used chemical ionization mass spectrometry (HR-TOF-CIMS) in Midtown Atlanta (21 miles from the facility), and in Conyers (quadrupole CIMS) to characterize plume composition. We observed unexpectedly high concentrations of Br

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Atmospheric chemistryChemical ionization mass spectrometryChemical plumeHalogensHNCOPool chemicalsPublic health

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PMID42145587
PMCPMC13173647

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