Farzana Kastury

Dr Farzana Kastury

UCL Santos Research Fellow

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

Available For Media Comment.

I am a Research Fellow at the Future Industries Institute, UniSA and a passionate advocate for sustainable environmental solutions. My research focuses on Contaminant Remediation and Toxicolgy, including legacy contaminants such as lead and arsenic, as well as emerging ones such as PFAS and microplastics. As UCL Santos Research Fellow, my current research includes

Upcycling waste plastic to develop porous carbon materials for environmental remediation.
Developing plumbojarosite formation technique that can be applied to Australian mining and smelting impacted communities.
Assessing bioavailability of PFAS 
Assessing arsenic exposure and immobilization in the legacy Victorian goldfields.
Contaminant exposure in seabirds and the role of microplastics as a potential vector.

I recevied Fulbright Future Scholarship from the Australian American Fulbright Commission in 2020, Early Career Researcher Grant by Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) in 2021, AMP Tomorrow Maker award by the AMP Foundation in 2021 and "Winnovation - Regional, Rural or Remote" category award for my research into reducing childhood lead exposure in 2023.
I am an Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology - Terrestrial Toxicology.
I am very happy to be contacted by students interested in learning more about my research, summer vacation scholarship, honours or PhD projects.

My current research focuses on developing cost effective in situ remediation strategies for reducing childhood lead exposure in mining/smelting impacted regions.

I have also developed two in vitro bioaccessibiity methods to assess exposure to metal(loid)s via inhalation. Using these two methods, my research have assessed the influence of smoking on the inhalation accessibility of light rare earth and trace elements in Canadian house dust.

Year Citation
2025 Juhasz, A. L., Kastury, F., Jones, R., Seeborun, M., Caceres, T., Herde, C., . . . Hoffmann, P. (2025). PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS toxicokinetic considerations for the development of an in vivo approach for assessing PFAS relative bioavailability in soil. Environment International, 195(109232), 11 pages.
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2025 Xing, W., Si, Z., Ippolito, J. A., Lin, G., Kastury, F., Ma, S., . . . Li, L. (2025). Consumption of fermented Cd and Pb contaminated wheat flour increases potential health risk. Food And Chemical Toxicology, 205(115710), 1-9.
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2024 Kastury, F., Besedin, J., Betts, A. R., Asamoah, R., Herde, C., Netherway, P., . . . Juhasz, A. L. (2024). Arsenic, cadmium, lead, antimony bioaccessibility and relative bioavailability in legacy gold mining waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469(133948), 1-11.
DOI Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC6
2024 Cáceres, T., Jones, R., Kastury, F., & Juhasz, A. L. (2024). Soil amendments reduce PFAS bioaccumulation in Eisenia fetida following exposure to AFFF-impacted soil. Environmental Pollution, 358(124489), 1-10.
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2023 Roman, L., Kastury, F., Petit, S., Aleman, R., Hardesty, B. D., & Wilcox, C. (2023). Nutrients and seabird biogeography: feather elements differ among oceanic basins in the Southern Hemisphere, reflecting bird size, foraging range and nutrient availability in seawater. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(4), 495-510.
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2023 Juhasz, A. L., Keith, A., Jones, R., & Kastury, F. (2023). Impact of precursors and bioaccessibility on childhood PFAS exposure from house dust. Science of the Total Environment, 889(164306), 1-12.
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2023 Karmalkar, M., Roman, L., Kastury, F., Gonzalez, F. A., & Swadling, K. M. (2023). Diet assessment and vulnerability of white-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina within a warming hotspot. Marine Ornithology, 51(2), 281-291.
2023 Kastury, F., Cahill, G., Fernando, A., Brotodewo, A., Huang, J., Juhasz, A. L., . . . Styan, C. (2023). Metallic mangroves: Sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead‑zinc smelter in South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 857(Pt 3), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2023 Kastury, F., Li, H., Karna, R., Betts, A., Scheckel, K. G., Ma, L. Q., . . . Juhasz, A. L. (2023). Opportunities and challenges associated with bioavailability-based remediation strategies for lead-contaminated soil with arsenic as a co-contaminant-a critical review. Current Pollution Reports, 9(2), 213-225.
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2022 Juhasz, A. L., Kastury, F., Herde, C., & Tang, W. (2022). Application of soil amendments for reducing PFAS leachability and bioavailability. Environmental Pollution, 307(119498), 1-9.
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2021 Kastury, F., Tang, W., Herde, C., Noerpel, M. R., Scheckel, K. G., & Juhasz, A. L. (2021). Plumbojarosite formation in contaminated soil to mitigate childhood exposure to lead, arsenic and antimony. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 418(126312), 1-39.
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2020 Kastury, F., Ritch, S., Rasmussen, P. E., & Juhasz, A. L. (2020). Influence of household smoking habits on inhalation bioaccessibility of trace elements and light rare earth elements in Canadian house dust. Environmental Pollution, 262(article no. 114132), 1-9.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC7
2020 Kastury, F., Karna, R. R., Scheckel, K. G., & Juhasz, A. L. (2020). Correlation between lead speciation and inhalation bioaccessibility using two different simulated lung fluids. Environmental Pollution, 263(114609), 1-9.
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2020 Roman, L., Kastury, F., Petit, S., Aleman, R., Wilcox, C., Hardesty, B. D., & Hindell, M. A. (2020). Plastic, nutrition and pollution; relationships between ingested plastic and metal concentrations in the livers of two Pachyptila seabirds. Scientific Reports, 10(1, article no. 18023), 1-14.
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2019 Kastury, F., Smith, E., Doelsch, E., Lombi, E., Donnelley, M., Cmielewski, P. L., . . . Juhasz, A. L. (2019). In Vitro, in Vivo, and Spectroscopic Assessment of Lead Exposure Reduction via Ingestion and Inhalation Pathways Using Phosphate and Iron Amendments. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(17), 10329-10341.
DOI Scopus39 WoS38 Europe PMC31
2019 Kastury, F., Smith, E., Lombi, E., Donnelley, M. W., Cmielewski, P. L., Parsons, D. W., . . . Juhasz, A. L. (2019). Dynamics of lead bioavailability and speciation in indoor dust and x-ray spectroscopic investigation of the link between ingestion and inhalation pathways. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(19), 11486-11495.
DOI Scopus36 WoS34 Europe PMC25
2019 Kastury, F., Placitu, S., Boland, J., Karna, R. R., Scheckel, K. G., Smith, E., & Juhasz, A. L. (2019). Relationship between Pb relative bioavailability and bioaccessibility in phosphate amended soil: Uncertainty associated with predicting Pb immobilization efficacy using in vitro assays. Environment International, 131(104967), 9 pages.
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2018 Kastury, F., Smith, E., Karna, R. R., Scheckel, K. G., & Juhasz, A. L. (2018). An inhalation-ingestion bioaccessibility assay (IIBA) for the assessment of exposure to metal(loid)s in PM₁₀. Science of the total environment, 631-632, 92-104.
DOI Scopus56 WoS53 Europe PMC34
2018 Kastury, F., Smith, E., Karna, R. R., Scheckel, K. G., & Juhasz, A. L. (2018). Methodological factors influencing inhalation bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s in PM₂.₅ using simulated lung fluid. Environmental pollution, 241, 930-937.
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2018 Kastury, F., Rahimi Eichi, V., Enju, A., Okamoto, M., Heuer, S., & Melino, V. (2018). Exploring the potential for top-dressing bread wheat with ammonium chloride to minimize grain yield losses under drought. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 64(5), 642-652.
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2017 Kastury, F., Smith, E., & Juhasz, A. L. (2017). A critical review of approaches and limitations of inhalation bioavailability and bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s from ambient particulate matter or dust. Science of the total environment, 574, 1054-1074.
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2015 Kastury, F., Juhasz, A., Beckmann, S., & Manefield, M. (2015). Ecotoxicity of neutral red (dye) and its environmental applications. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 122, 186-192.
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