Publications

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 49th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2010.

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.2009.03.004.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Haws LC, Unice KM, Tachovsky AT, Harris MA, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Nguyen L, Staskal DF. Assessment of the impact of using weighted distributions of REPs to develop exposure estimates for dioxin-like compounds. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 2008.

Donovan EP, Staskal DF, Unice KM, Roberts JD, Haws LC, Finley BL, HarrisMA. 2008. Risk of gastrointestinal disease associated with exposure to pathogens in the sediments of the Lower Passaic River. Appl Environ Microbiol 74:1004-1018.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Unice KM, Scott PK, Harris MA, Tachovsky A, Farland WH, Finley BL, Staskal DF. Development of weighted distributions of REPs for dioxin-like compounds: Implications for risk assessment. Presented at Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Harris MA, Finley BL, Haws LC. Evaluation of dioxin-like compounds in workers from a primary magnesium production facility relative to levels observed in the general US population. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Staskal DF, Donovan EP, Haws LC, Roberts JD, Unice KM, Finley BL, Harris MA. Human health risks associated with exposure to pathogens in waters and sediments of the Lower Passaic River. Presented at Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Staskal DF. 2008. Roundtable: Case study on the risks and benefits of DecaBDE, a major brominated flame retardant. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, March 2008.

Staskal DF, Tachovsky JA, Harris MA, Haws LC. 2008. Preliminary evaluation of human health risk associated with exposure to PBDEs in the United States. Presented at Dioxin 2008, August 17-22, Birmingham, England.

Richardson VM, Staskal DF, Ross DG, Diliberto JJ, Devito MJ, Birnbaum LS. 2008. Possible mechanisms of thyroid hormone disruption in mice by BDE 47, a major polybrominated diphenyl ether congener. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 226(3):244-250; doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.09.015.

Tachovsky JA, Harris MA, Staskal DF, Scott LF, Luksemburg WJ, Paustenbach DP, Haws LC. Analysis of fish tissue concentrations of dioxins and furans using principal components analysis. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 2008.

Tachovsky JA, Staskal DF, Harris MA, Scott LF, Luksemburg WJ, Paustenbach DP, Haws LC. 2008. Principal components analysis of PBDE concentrations in fish tissue from southern Mississippi. Presented at Dioxin 2008, August 17-22, Birmingham, England.

Urban JD, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Scott LF, Scott PS, Tachovsky AT, Unice KM, Harris MA. A framework for evaluating serum dioxin data derived from biomonitoring studies. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 17-22 2008.

Staskal DF, Scott LLF, Haws LC, Luksemburg WJ, Birnbaum LS, Nguyen LM, Urban JD, Williams ES, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. 2008. Assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ether exposures and health risks associated with consumption of southern Mississippi catfish. Environ Sci Technol 42(17):6755-6761; doi: 10.1021/es800613k.