Publications

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ,Harris MA, Tachovsky JA, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Wikoff DS. Development of a consensus-based weighting framework for evaluating estimates of relative potency for dioxin-like compounds that includes consideration of data from human cells. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Haws LC, Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter B, Harris M, Wikoff DS. Assessment of the US EPA’s proposed toxicological values for TCDD for regulation of dioxin-like compounds in foods: Bridging the science divide in a global market. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Wikoff DS, Thompson C, Walker N, DeVito M, Harris M, Birnbaum L, Haws L. Derivation of relative potency estimates using benchmark dose modeling: A case study with TCDF. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter B, Urban J, Staskal D, Harris M, Haws L. VOC serum levels in the general U.S. population: An analysis of the 2003-2004 NHANES dataset. Presented at Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011

Haws L, Proctor D, Thompson C, Harris M. Research plan to fill data gaps in the mode of action for cancer risk assessment of hexavalent chromium in drinking water. Presented at  Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.

Proctor D, Haws L, Thompson C, Harris M. 2011. Use of mode of action and pharmacokinetics to inform the cancer risk assessment of ingested Cr(VI): A case study. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.

Urban J, Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter B, Staskal D, Harris M, Haws L. BTEX serum levels in the general U.S. population: An analysis of 2003-2004 NHANES dataset. Presented at Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.

Thompson CM, Haws LC, Harris MA, Gatto NM, Proctor DM. 2011. Application of the U.S. EPA mode of action framework for purposes of guiding future research: A case study involving the oral carcinogenicity of hexavalent chromium. Toxicol Sci 119(1):20-40; doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq320. PMID: 20947717.

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.