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Cohen, J; Lewis, M. 2020
Risk assessment of extractables and leachables in medical devices.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 77:4.
Greenberg, GI; Lemay, J. 2020
Risk assessment for infrastructure.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 77:1-2.
Goodman, JE; Mayfield, DB; Becker, RA; Hartigan, SB; Erraguntla, NK. 2020
Recommendations for further revisions to improve the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) monograph program.
Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 113
Goodman, JE; Prueitt, RL; Harbison, RD; Johnson, GT. 2020
Systematically evaluating and integrating evidence in National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) reviews.
Glob. Epidemiol. 2:1000019.
Conroy, HD; Dale, AL; Chu, K; Lemay, JC; Swamy, MH. 2020
Assessing Composting Regulations Across States for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health.
Presented at the 29th PNW-SETAC Annual Conference, Bremerton, WA, February 27-29
Goodman, JE; Kerper, LE; Prueitt, RL; Marsh, CM. 2020
A critical review of talc and ovarian cancer.
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health B 23:183-213.
Rominger, JT; Kondziolka, JM. 2020
Democratized environmental modeling: A new paradigm.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 78:1-2,7.
Dale, AL; Mayo, M. 2020
The right tools for the job: Versatility in environmental modeling.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 78:3-4,7.
Kondziolka, JM; Zhao, S. 2020
The living site model.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 78:5,7.
Yeh, A; Rice, JW; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Risk Assessment of Boron in a Children's Toy Product.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Hansen, B; Marsh, C; Cohen, J. 2020
Defining the Edge: A Case Study in Expert Review of In Silico Hazard Predictions to Identify Activity Cliffs and Improve Chemical Risk Assessment.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Hansen, B; Marsh, C; Cohen, J. 2020
Defining the edge: A case study in expert review of in silico hazard predictions to identify activity cliffs and improve chemical risk assessment.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:421.
Mohar, I; Lunsman, TD; Verslycke, T. 2020
A Comparison of Environmental Assessment Requirements of New Human Drugs in the US and the EU.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Mohar, I; Lunsman, TD; Verslycke, T. 2020
A comparison of environmental assessment requirements of new human drugs in the US and the EU.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:419.
Cohen, J. 2020
Predictive Toxicology Approaches for Medical Device Biocompatibility Assessment.
Presented at the 2020 SOT Virtual Meeting: Known Unknowns: Challenges and Approaches for Handling Chemical, Hazard, and Regulatory Uncertainty in Medical Device Safety Assessments
Lewandowski, T; Hood, A. 2020
Known Unknowns: Challenges and Approaches for Handling Chemical, Hazard, and Regulatory Uncertainty in Medical Device Safety Assessments.
Presented at the 2020 SOT Virtual Meeting: Known Unknowns: Challenges and Approaches for Handling Chemical, Hazard, and Regulatory Uncertainty in Medical Device Safety Assessments
Lewandowski, T. 2020
Known unknowns: Challenges and approaches for handling chemical, hazard, and regulatory uncertainty in medical device safety assessments.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:10.
Prueitt, RL; Li, AW; Chang, RY; Goodman, JE. 2020
Systematic Review of the Potential Respiratory Carcinogenicity of Metallic Nickel in Humans.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Prueitt, RL; Li, AW; Chang, R; Goodman, JE. 2020
Systematic review of the potential respiratory carcinogenicity of metallic nickel in humans.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:125-126.
Chang, RY; Mohar, I; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Risk Assessment of 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane (HFA-143a) as a Potential Impurity in HFA-134a in Metered Dose Inhaler Products.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Chang, RY; Mohar, I; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Risk assessment of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFA-143a) as a potential impurity in HFA-134a in metered dose inhaler products.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:295.
Boomhower, SR; Kerper, LE; Chien, J; Beck, BD. 2020
A Comparison of PFAS Serum Concentrations in the General Population to Points of Departure Used in Regulatory Guidance.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Boomhower, SR; Kerper, LE; Chien, J; Beck, BD. 2020
A comparison of PFAS serum concentrations in the general population to points of departure used in regulatory guidance.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:506-507.
Boomhower, SR; Goodman, JE; Li, AW; Long, CM. 2020
A Systematic Review and Analysis of Personal and Ambient PM2.5 Measurements: Implications for Epidemiological Studies.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled)
Boomhower, SR; Goodman, JE; Li, AW; Long, CM. 2020
A systematic review and analysis of personal and ambient PM2.5 measurements: Implications for epidemiological studies.
Prepared for presentation to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 59th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Anaheim, CA, March 15-19 (Conference cancelled) Toxicologist 174:33.
Goodman, JE; Dodge, DG; Bailey, LA; Prueitt, RL; Peterson, MK; Beck, BD; Engel, AM. 2020
Comments on the Toxic Substances Control Act Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Regarding Chrysotile Asbestos and the Occupational Use of Automotive Brakes, Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0501.
Bailey, LA; Rhomberg, LR. 2020
Incorporating ToxCast data into naphthalene human health risk assessment.
Toxicol. In Vitro 67:104913.
Rice, J; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Successfully riding the wave: Understanding the risks of CBD products.
ABA Products Liability Litigation Newsl.
Goodman, JE; Prueitt, RL; Boffetta, P; Halsall, C; Sweetman, A. 2020
"Good Epidemiology Practice" guidelines for pesticide exposure assessment.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 17:E5114.
Prueitt, RL; Li, W; Chang, Y-C; Boffetta, P; Goodman, JE. 2020
Systematic review of the potential respiratory carcinogenicity of metallic nickel in humans.
Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 50:605-639.
Noble, AE; Tuit, CB; Maney, JP; Wait, AD. 2020
A review of marine water sampling methods for trace metals.
Environ. Forensics 21:267-290.
Wait, AD; Tuit, CB; Maney, JP. 2020
Forensic sampling practices for oil spills in the marine environment.
Environ. Forensics 21:310-318.
Tuit, CB; Wait, AD. 2020
A review of marine sediment sampling methods.
Environ. Forensics 21:291-309.
Mozumder, MRH; Michael, HA; Mihajlov, I; Khan, MR; Knappett, PSK; Bostick, BC; Mailloux, BJ; Ahmed, KM; Choudhury, I; Koffman, T; Ellis, T; Whaley-Martin, K; San Pedro, R; Slater, G; Stute, M; Schlosser, P; van Geen, A. 2020
Origin of groundwater arsenic in a rural Pleistocene aquifer in Bangladesh depressurized by distal municipal pumping.
Water Resour. Res. 56:e2020WR027178.
Mozumder, MRH; Bostick, BC; Selim, M; Islam, MA; Shoenfelt, EM; Ellis, T; Mailloux, BJ; Choudhury, I; Ahmed, KM; van Geen, A. 2020
Similar retardation of arsenic in gray Holocene and orange Pleistocene sediments: Evidence from field-based column experiments in Bangladesh.
Water Res. 183:116081.
Mihajlov, I; Mozumder, MRH; Bostick, BC; Stute, M; Mailloux, BJ; Knappett, PSK; Choudhury, I; Ahmed, KM; Schlosser, P; van Geen, A. 2020
Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers.
Nat. Commun. 11:2244.
Mailloux, BJ; Procopio, NA; Bakker, M; Chen, T; Choudhury, I; Ahmed, KM; Mozumder, MRH; Ellis, T; Chillrud, S; van Geen, A. 2020
Recommended sampling intervals for arsenic in private wells.
Ground Water
Dodge, D. 2020
50 years of OSHA.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 79:1-2.
Bailey, L. 2020
Worker risk evaluations under TSCA: What we know so far.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 79:3,7.
Zhang, J. 2020
Hidden worker health & safety hazards.
Gradient Trends - Risk Science & Application 79:5.
Cohen, J; Chang, RY. 2020
US FDA partial recognition of ISO 10993-18:2020 - Implications for toxicological risk assessment.
MDCPSS Newsl. 11:12-14.
Rice, JW; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Potential Health Risks & Regulatory Considerations with Cannabis and Its Concentrates.
Presented at the American Bar Association (ABA)'s 2020 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees Joint Regional CLE Program, Snowmass Village, CO
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Subcommittee E55.03 on General Pharmaceutical Standards; Cohen, JM. 2020
Standard Guide for Derivation of Health-Based Exposure Limits (HBELs).
Beyer, LA; Greenberg, GI; Beck, BD. 2020
A comparative cancer risk evaluation of MTBE and other compounds (including naturally occurring compounds) in drinking water in New Hampshire.
Risk Anal.
Beaudrie, C; Corbett, CJ; Lewandowski, TA; Malloy, T; Zhou, X. 2020
Evaluating the application of decision analysis methods in simulated alternatives assessment case studies: Potential benefits and challenges of using MCDA.
Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag.
Zhang, J. 2020
Sustainable and Safe? Considerations for the Fashion Industry.
Presented at the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
Cohen, JM; Marsh, C; Lewandowski, T. 2020
Toxicity Assessment of Pharmaceutical Dye Sunset Yellow FCF (aka FD&C Yellow No. 6).
Presented at the American College of Toxicology (ACT)'s 41st Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, held virtually November 12-19
Bamgbose, IA; Mohar, I; Verslycke, T. 2020
Are Existing Environmental Assessment Approaches Appropriate for Novel Drug Products?
Presented at the American College of Toxicology (ACT)'s 41st Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, held virtually November 12-19
Long, CM; Briggs, NL; Bamgbose, IA. 2019
Synthesis and health-based evaluation of ambient air monitoring data for the Marcellus Shale region.
J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 69:527-547.
Yamada, T; Rhomberg, L; Haseman, JK; Greaves, P; Greim, H; Berry, C; Cohen, SM. 2019
Evaluation of the Potential Carcinogenicity of the Pyrethroid Imiprothrin in Mice.
Presented at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 58th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 10-14