Publications

Tachovsky JA, Haws L. Geostatistical estimation of soil PCDD/F TEQ using sequential Gaussian simulation and the aggregation of results in Midland, MI. Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2010.

Harris M, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Aylward L, Burkhalter B, Simon T, Haws L. Serum concentrations of dioxin-like compounds in a population in Midland, Michigan: An evaluation of the impact of soil exposures. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Haws L. Biomonitoring – A tool for assessing community exposures to air toxics. Presented at the Air Quality 2010 Conference, University of Texas School of Law, November 2010.

Urban J,Burkhalter B, Tachovsky JA, Haws L, Harris M. 2010. Evaluation of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in Newark Bay sediment. Presented at Dioxin 2010, September 12-17, San Antonio, TX.

Haws L, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Aylward L, Burkhalter B, Urban J, Simon T, Harris M. An evaluation of the influence of different soil cleanup levels on the concentration of dioxin-like compounds in human serum. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Haws L. Biomonitoring: The circle of life. Presented in the Oil and Gas special session, 22nd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, Austin, TX, August 2010.

Tachovsky JA, Haws L. Application of principal components analysis and sequential gaussian simulation to a comprehensive soil sampling dataset to predict PCDD/F concentrations in Midland, MI. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Tachovsky JA, Urban JD, Wikoff DS, Haws LC, Harris MA. 2010. Reduction of a large fish tissue analyte database: Identifying and assessing data specific to a remediation site for risk assessment application. Chemosphere 80(5):481-488; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.072. PMID: 20553933.

Harris M, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Simon T, Burkhalter B, Urban J, Haws L. 2010. Assessment of the impact of various soil cleanup levels on serum concentrations of dioxin-like compounds in humans. Presented at Society of Toxicology 49th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2010.

Tachovsky A, Staskal D, Urban J, Harris MA, Haws L. 2010. Assessment of environmental data collected in a community with numerous petroleum refining and petrochemical facilities. Presented at  Society of Toxicology 49th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2010.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Harris MA. 2010. Response to Buchanan et al.’s comment on Urban et al. “Assessment of Human Health Risks Posed by Consumption of Fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey.” Sci Tot Environ 408(8):2004-2007; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.046.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Haws LC, Wikoff Staskal D, Harris MA. 2010. Response to Mugdan et al.’s comment on Urban et al. “Assessment of Human Health Risks Posed by Consumption of Fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey.” Sci Tot Environ 408(6):1468-1470; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.027.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Staskal DF, Haws LC, Harris MA. 2009. Assessment of human health risks posed by consumption of fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey. Sci Total Environ 408(2):209-224; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.004. PMID: 19395001.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Harris MA, Tachovsky JA, Unice KM, Scott PK, Staskal-Wikoff DF. Development of distributions of relative potency estimates to quantitatively assess uncertainty inherent in the TEFs for dioxin-like compounds: A proposed consensus-based weighting. Presented at Dioxin 2009, Beijing, China, 2009.

Staskal-Wikoff DF, Harris MA, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Tachovsky JA. Probabilistic evaluation of cancer and non-cancer risk associated with exposure to BDE 209 in automobiles. Presented at Dioxin 2009, Beijing, China, 2009.

Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Williams ES, Luksemburg WJ, Urban JD, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. 2009. Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in southern Mississippi catfish and estimation of potential health risks. Chemosphere 74(7):1002-10; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.090

Staskal DF, Birnbaum LS, Haws LC. 2009. Application of a relative potency factor approach in the assessment of health risks associated with exposures to mixtures of dioxin-like compounds. In: The Principles and Practice of Mixtures Toxicology. Wiley.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Staskal DF, Haws LC, Harris MA. Human health risk assessment of consumption of fish from the Lower Passaic River. Presented Society for Toxicology 48th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2009.

Harris MA, Shay E, Unice KM, Scott LF, Haws LC. Preliminary evaluation of health risks posed by PCDD/Fs and PCBs from the ingestion of fish from the Lower Passaic River. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 2008.

Harris MA, Tachovsky JA, Williams ES, Paustenbach DP, Haws LC. Assessment of the health risks posed by benzene in soft drinks. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, March 2008.