Conference Abstracts

Silent Spring Institute researchers have offered their findings at a number of local, regional, national, and international conferences:

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    Dodson, RE, KM Rodgers, A Covaci, N Van den Eede, AC Ionas, AC Dirtu, LJ Perovich, JG Brody, RA Rudel. 2013. Health Risks From Flame Retardants In California Homes. Sixth International Symposium On Flame Retardants. April 7-10, 2013, San Francisco, California. Abstract

  • Rudel, R., J. Ackerman, C. Vulpe. 2013. In Vitro Predictive Toxicology for Breast Cancer. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology. March 10–14, 2013, San Antonio, Texas. Abstract

  • Dodson, R., M. Nishioka, L. Standley, L. Perovich, J. Brody, R. Rudel. 2011. What Do We Know About What Is in Personal Care Products? 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America. November 13-17, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. Abstract

  • Schaider, L.A., R.A. Rudel, J.M. Ackerman, S.C. Dunagan, J.G. Brody. 2011. Pharmaceuticals, Perfluorinated Compounds and Other Organic Wastewater Compounds in Private Drinking Water Wells on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America. November 13-17, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. Abstract

  • Dodson, R., L. Perovich, J. Brody, R. Rudel. 2011. Relationship Between House Dust and Indoor Air Concentrations: Applying Partitioning Theory to Empirical Data. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America. November 13-17, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. Abstract

  • Schaider, LA. 2011. Organic wastewater compounds in public and private drinking water wells impacted by septic systems
    on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
    . Northeast Water Science Forum: Science to Inform Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product Management. April 27-29, 2011, Portland, Maine. Abstract

  • Brody, J.G., G. Collman, S. Goho, R. Morello-Frosch, S. Patton. 2011. When pollution gets personal: Ethics of reporting on human exposures. Symposium presented at American Association for Advancement of Science Annual Meeting. February 20, 2011, Washington, DC. Description

  • Dodson, R, L Perovich, M Nishioka, J Spengler, J Vallarino, R Rudel. 2010. Long-term Integrated Sampling of Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Air: Measurement of Emerging Compounds Using Novel Active and Passive Sampling Methods. Joint Conference of International Society of Exposure Science & International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Seoul, Korea. Epidemiology. 22(1):S160, January 2011. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000392165.56512.28. Abstract

  • Dodson, R, M Nishioka, L Standley, L Perovich, J Brody, R Rudel. 2010. Chemical Analysis of Household and Personal Care Products for Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Other Chemicals of Emerging Concern. Joint Conference of International Society of Exposure Science & International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Seoul, Korea. Epidemiology. 22(1):S243-S244, January 2011. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000392438.95492.34. Abstract

  • Adamkiewicz, G, R Dodson, A Zota, L Perovich, J Brody, R Rudel, J Spengler. 2010. Semi-volatile Organic Compounds Distributions in Residential Dust Samples From 5 US Communities: Key Lessons for Improving Residential Exposure Assessment. Joint Conference of International Society of Exposure Science & International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Seoul, Korea. Epidemiology. 22(1):S160-S161, January 2011. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000392166.33641.22. Abstract

  • Dodson R, L Perovich, M Nishioka, J Spengler, J Vallarino, RA Rudel. 2010. Partitioning Theory Applied to Paired Indoor Air and House Dust SVOC Measurements: Implications for Residential Exposure Measurements in Epidemiology Studies. Joint Conference of International Society of Exposure Science & International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Seoul, Korea. Epidemiology. 22(1):S93, January 2011. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000391952.94423.a4. Abstract

  • Schaider LA, JM Ackerman, SC Dunagan, JG Brody, RA Rudel. 2010. Organic Wastewater Compounds in Drinking Water Wells Impacted by Septic Systems. Annual North America Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). Portland, Oregon. Abstract

  • Rudel, RA. 2009. Residential Exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Consumer Products and Building Materials: Recent Findings and Future Directions. Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES). Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract

  • Dodson RE, JG Brody, RA Rudel. 2009. Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Paired Residential Indoor and Outdoor Air
    Samples from Two Northern California Communities: Comparisons and Relationships
    . Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES). Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract

  • Zota AR1, G Adamkiewicz2, JD Spengler2, R Morello-Frosch3, JG Brody1, RA Rudel1; 1Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, 2Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 3Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 2009. Cumulative Exposures to Thyroid Hormone Disrupting Compounds (PCBs and PBDEs) in Residential House Dust. Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES). Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract

  • Dodson RE, KR Attfield, RA Rudel. 2009. Green buildings and indoor air quality: Lessons learned from household exposure studies. Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference and Exhibition. Syracuse, New York. Abstract, Poster

  • Brody JG, RG Altman, R Morello-Frosch, P Brown, C Adams, RA Rudel. 2008. Reporting Individual-level Exposure Measurements to Participants in Intervention Studies for Emerging Contaminants. Joint Annual Conference on Exposure and Health in a Global Environment. Pasadena, California. Abstract

  • Dodson RE, LJ Standley, JG Brody, RA Rudel. 2008. Development of an Evidence-based Intervention Study to Reduce Exposures to Contaminants in Consumer Products. Joint Annual Conference on Exposure and Health in a Global Environment. Pasadena, California. Abstract

  • Dodson RE, RA Rudel, E Newton, JG Brody. 2008. Urinary Pesticide Concentrations and Their Relationship to Air and Dust Concentrations and Household Predictors. Joint Annual Conference on Exposure and Health in a Global Environment. Pasadena, California. Abstract

  • Rudel RA, RE Dodson, E Newton, AR Zota, JG Brody. 2008. Correlations between urinary phthalate metabolites and phthalates, estrogenic compounds 4-Butyl phenol, and some pesticides in home indoor air and house dust. Joint Annual Conference on Exposure and Health in a Global Environment. Pasadena, California. Abstract