Investigators at Silent Spring Institute have published their findings in numerous peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Listed in reverse chronological order:
Dodson, R.E., L.J. Perovich, A. Covaci, N. Van den Eede, A.C. Ionas, A.C. Dirtu, J.G. Brody, R.A. Rudel. 2012. After the PBDE phase-out: A broad suite of flame retardants in repeat house dust samples from California. Environmental Science & Technology.
Article, Fact Sheet, Press Release
Rudel, R.A. and L.J. Perovich. 2012. Accurate risk-based chemical screening relies on robust exposure estimates. Toxicological Sciences, doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfs143.
Letter
Dodson, R.E., M. Nishioka, L.J. Standley, L.J. Perovich, J.G. Brody, R.A. Rudel. 2012. Endocrine Disruptors and Asthma-Associated Chemicals in Consumer Products. Environmental Health Perspectives, doi:10.1289/ehp.1104052
Article, Fact Sheet, Press Release
Brown, P., J.G. Brody, R. Morello-Frosch, J. Tovar, A.R. Zota, R.A. Rudel. 2011. Measuring the Success of Community Science: The Northern California Household Exposure Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120:326–331. doi:10.1289/ehp.1103734
Article
Morello-Frosch, R., P. Brown, J.G. Brody, R.G. Altman, R. Rudel, A. Zota, and C. Perez. 2011. Experts, Ethics, and Environmental Justice: Communication and Contesting Results from Personal Exposure Science. Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement, eds. G. Ottinger and B. Cohen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Rudel, R.A, J.M. Ackerman, R.E. Dodson. 2011. Dietary Intervention and DEHP Reduction: Rudel et al. Respond. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119:a380-a381. doi:10.1289/ehp.1103852R
Article
Brody, J.G., R.A Rudel, M. Kavanaugh-Lynch. 2011. Testing Chemicals for Effects on Breast Development, Lactation, and Cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(8). doi:10.1289/ehp.1104077
Article, Press Release
Rudel, R.A, S.E. Fenton, J.M. Ackerman, S.Y. Euling, S.L. Makris. 2011. Environmental Exposures and Mammary Gland Development: State of the Science, Public Health Implications, and Research Recommendations. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(8). doi:10.1289/ehp.1002864
Article, Press Release
Rudel, R.A, J.M. Gray, C.L. Engel, T.W. Rawsthorne, R.E. Dodson, J.M. Ackerman, J. Rizzo, J.L. Nudelman, J.G. Brody. 2011. Food packaging and bisphenol A and bis(2-ethyhexyl) phthalate exposure: Findings from a dietary intervention. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119:914-920. doi:10.1289/ehp.1003170
Article, Press Release
Adams, C., P. Brown, R. Morello-Frosch, J.G. Brody, R. Rudel, A. Zota, S. Dunagan, J. Tovar, and S. Patton. June 2011. Disentangling the Exposure Experience: The Roles of Community Context and Report-back of Environmental Exposure Data. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 52(2): 180-196. doi: 10.1177/0022146510395593
Article, Abstract
Schaider L.A., R.A. Rudel, J.M. Ackerman, and J.G. Brody. 2010. Residential history and groundwater modeling. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118:a378-a378. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002444
Article
Rudel, R.A., R.E. Dodson, L.J. Perovich, R. Morello‐Frosch, D.E. Camann, M.M. Zuniga, A.Y. Yau, A.C. Just, and J.G. Brody. 2010. Semivolatile endocrine disrupting compounds in paired indoor and outdoor air in two northern California communities. Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (17), pp 6583–6590. DOI: 10.1021/es100159c
Article, Supporting Information, Summary
Zota, A.R., A. Aschengrau, R.A. Rudel, and J.G. Brody. 2010. Self-reported chemicals exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: a case-control study. Environmental Health, 9:40. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-40 (Highly accessed)
Abstract, Article, Press Release
Brown, P., R. Morello-Frosch, J.G. Brody, R.G. Altman, R. Rudel, L. Senier, C. Perez, and R. Simpson. 2010. Institutional review board challenges related to community-based participatory research on human exposure to environmental toxins: A case study. Environmental Health, 9:39. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-39 (Highly accessed)
Abstract, Article
Brody, J.G., R. Morello-Frosch, A. Zota, P. Brown, C. Perez and R. Rudel. 2009. Linking Exposure Assessment Science with Policy Objectives for Environmental Justice and Breast Cancer Advocacy: The Northern California Household Exposure Study. American Journal of Public Health, 99: S600-S609, 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149088.
Article, Errata, Press Release
Brody, J.G., R. Morello-Frosch, P. Brown, R.A. Rudel. 2009. Letter to the editor: Reporting Individual Results for Environmental Chemicals in Breastmilk in a Context That Supports Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Medicine, 4(2): 121-121. doi:10.1089/bfm.2009.0006.
Letter
Zota, A.R., R.A. Rudel, R.A. Morello-Frosch and J.G. Brody. 2009. Response to Comment on “Elevated House Dust and Serum Concentrations of PBDEs in California: Unintended Consequences of Furniture Flammability Standards?” Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es9001482
Abstract
Morello-Frosch, R., J.G. Brody, P. Brown, R.G. Altman, R. Rudel, and
C. Perez. 2009. Toxic Ignorance and Right-to-Know in Biomonitoring Results Communication: A Survey of Scientists and Study Participants. Environmental Health, 8(6). doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-6
Article
Rudel, R.A., and L.J. Perovich. 2009. Endocrine disrupting chemicals in indoor and outdoor air. Atmospheric Environment, 43: 170-181.
Article
Altman, R.G., R. Morello-Frosch, J.G. Brody, R. Rudel, P. Brown, and M. Averick. 2008. Pollution Comes Home and Gets Personal: Women’s Experience of Household Chemical Exposure. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 49(4): 417-435.
Article, Press Release
Zota, A.R., R.A. Rudel, R.A. Morello-Frosch and J.G. Brody. 2008. Elevated House Dust and Serum Concentrations of PBDEs in California: Unintended Consequences of Furniture Flammability Standards? Environmental Science and Technology, 42: 8158–8164. DOI: 10.1021/es801792z
Article, Summary
Standley, L.J., R.A. Rudel, C.H. Swartz, K.R. Attfield, J. Christian, M. Erickson, and J.G. Brody. 2008. Wastewater-Contaminated Groundwater as a Source of Endogenous Hormones and Pharmaceuticals to Surface Water Ecosystems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 27(12): 2457–2468. DOI: 10.1897/07-604.1
Article, Press Release
Brody, J.G., R.A. Rudel. 2008. Environmental Pollutants and Breast Cancer: The Evidence from Animal and Human Studies. Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, 19(1): 17-19.
Article
Rudel, R.A., L.M. Seryak and J.G. Brody. 2008. PCB-containing wood floor finish is a likely source of elevated PCBs in residents' blood, household air and dust: a case study of exposure. Environmental Health, 7:2. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-2 (Highly accessed)
Article, Press Release
Brody, J.G., R. Morello-Frosch, P. Brown, R.A. Rudel, R.G. Altman, M. Frye, C.A. Osimo, C. Perez, L.M. Seryak. 2008. Is it safe? – New ethics for reporting personal exposures to environmental chemicals. Perspectives in Medical Sociology, Fourth Edition, ed. P. Brown. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc.
Article
Brody, J.G., R. Morello-Frosch, P. Brown, R.A. Rudel, R.G. Altman, M. Frye, C.A. Osimo, C. Perez, L.M. Seryak. 2007. Improving disclosure and consent: “Is it safe?”: New ethics for reporting personal exposures to environmental chemicals. American Journal of Public Health, 97: 1547 - 1554.
Article
Rudel, R.A., K. R. Attfield, J. Schifano, J.G. Brody. 2007. Chemicals causing mammary gland tumors in animals signal new directions for epidemiology, chemicals testing, and risk assessment for breast cancer prevention. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2635-2666. [online May 14, 2007]
Article, Summary
Brody, J.G., R.A. Rudel, K.B. Michels, K.P. Moysich, L. Bernstein, K. R. Attfield, S. Gray. 2007. Environmental Pollutants, diet, physical activity, body size, and breast cancer: Where do we stand in research to identify opportunities for prevention? Cancer, 109 (S12): 2627-2634. [online May 14, 2007]
Commentary, Summary
Newton, E., and R.A. Rudel. 2007. Estimating correlation with multiply censored data arising from the adjustment of singly censored data. Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(1):221-228. ASAP Web Release Date: 07-Nov-2006; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/es0608444
Article
Swartz C.H., S. Reddy, M.J. Benotti, H. Yin, L.B. Barber, B.J. Brownawell, and R.A. Rudel. 2006. Steroid estrogens, nonylphenol ethoxylate metabolites, and other wastewater contaminants in groundwater affected by a residential septic system on Cape Cod, MA. Environ. Sci. Technol., 40 (16), 4894 -4902. 10.1021/es052595+ S0013-936X(05)02595-2 [online July 18, 2006]
Article, Press Release
Brody J.G., J. Tickner, and R.A. Rudel. 2005. Community-initiated breast cancer and environment studies and the precautionary principle. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(8): 920-925.
Article
Rudel, R.A., E. Newton. 2004. Letter to the editor: Exposure assessment for decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) is likely to underestimate general U.S. population exposure. Journal of Children's Health, 2(2): 171-173.
Letter
Brody, J.G., A. Aschengrau, W. McKelvey, R.A. Rudel, C.H. Swartz, T. Kennedy. 2004. Breast cancer risk and historical exposure to pesticides from wide-area applications assessed using GIS. Environmental Health Perspectives. doi:10.1289/ehp.6845 [online March 11, 2004]
Article, Factsheet
McCormick, S., J.G. Brody, P. Brown, R. Polk. 2004. Public involvement in breast cancer research: An analysis and model for future research. International Journal of Health Services, 34(4): 625-646.
Article
Rudel, R.A., D.E. Camann, J.D. Spengler, L.R. Korn, J.G. Brody. 2003. Phthalates, alkylphenols, pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and other endocrine-disrupting compounds in indoor air and dust. Environmental Science & Technology, 37(20): 4543-4553. doi:10.1021/es0264596.
Factsheet, Abstract
Brody, J.G., R.A. Rudel. 2003. Environmental pollutants and breast cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(8): 1007-1019. doi:10.1289/ehp.6310 [online May 19, 2003]
Article
Swartz, C.H., R.A. Rudel, J.R. Kachajian, J.G. Brody. 2003. Historical reconstruction of wastewater and land use impacts to groundwater used for public drinking water: exposure assessment using chemical data and GIS. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 13(5): 403-416.
Factsheet, Abstract
Gray, S.M. 2003. Looking for information: A survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior [book review]. Journal of the Medical Library Association 91(2): 259-260.
Article
Brody, J.G., D.J. Vorhees, S.J. Melly, S.R. Swedis, P.J. Drivas, R.A. Rudel. 2002. Using GIS and historical records to reconstruct residential exposure to large-scale pesticide application. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 12:64-80.
Article
Kriebel, D., J. Tickner, P. Epstein, J. Lemons, R. Levins, E.L. Loechler, M. Quinn, R.A. Rudel, T. Schettler, M. Stoto. 2001. The precautionary principle in environmental science. Environmental Health Perspectives 109(9):871-875.
Article
Rudel, R.A., J.G. Brody, J.D. Spengler. 2001. Identification of selected hormonally active agents and animal mammary carcinogens in commercial and residential air and dust samples [response]. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 51:1388-1390.
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Rudel, R.A., P. Geno, G. Sun, A. Yau, J. Spengler, J. Vallarino, J.G. Brody. 2001. Identification of selected hormonally active agents and animal mammary carcinogens in commercial and residential air and dust samples. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 51:499-513.
Abstract
Beck, B.D., T.M. Slayton, E.J. Calabrese, L. Baldwin, R.A. Rudel. 2001. The use of toxicology in the regulatory process. Principles and Methods of Toxicology, ed. A. Wallace Hayes. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.
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Brody, J.G. 2000. Environmental Issues. Handbook of Community Psychology, eds. Julian Rappaport and Edward Seidman. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
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Rudel, R.A. 2000. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, and phenols. Indoor Air Quality Handbook, eds. J. Spengler, J. Samet, and J. McCarthy. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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