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<B> for ASIPI Conference, May 31-June 2, 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> Abstracts are linked to titles and accessible from the sidebar and the full <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Program"><U>program</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> Abstracts are listed below in alphabetical order by presenter.   At a future date links to the presentations themselves will be posted, when authors so request and after the presentations are formally reviewed.</div> <bR> <div> This is a partial listing, since not all invited speakers were asked to submit abstracts.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Beyea, J., <A HREF="bayes__theorem_simplified.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bayes theorem simplified"><U><B>"Bayes' theorem simplified"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Blum, R., "<A HREF="government_secrecy_post_9_11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Government Secrecy Laying Waste to the R"><U><B>Government Secrecy Laying Waste to the Right to Know:  Undermining Health and Safety post 9/11</B></U></A><B>"</B></div> <bR> <div> Chaisson, C.F., <A HREF="transparent_risk_assessment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Transparent risk assessment: the Lifelin"><U>"</U></A><A HREF="transparent_risk_assessment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Transparent risk assessment: the Lifelin"><U><B>Risk Models Used in Public Health Decision-Making:  Keeping Them Freely Available"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Finkel, A., <A HREF="_bayesian_methods_don_t_harm_people____.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bayesian methods dont harm people.."><U><B>“Bayesian methods don't harm people…..”</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Hale, R., <A HREF="pbdes_in_the_environment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PBDEs in the Environment"><U><B>"Significant organic pollutants in sewage sludges destined for land application"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Hamilton, H., "<A HREF="sustainability_into_the_mainstream.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Moving Sustainability into the Mainstrea"><U><B>Moving Sustainability into the Mainstream of Natural Resource Economies"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Howard, J. <A HREF="intelligent_steering_of_technologies_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Environmental nasty surprise: implicatio"><U><B>"Environmental `nasty surprise' and its implications for intelligent steering of chemical technologies affecting the food supply"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Huff, J., <A HREF="industry_influence_on_carcinogens.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Industry Influence on Identifying and Cl"><U> "</U></A><A HREF="industry_influence_on_carcinogens.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Industry Influence on Identifying and Cl"><U><B>Industry Influence on Identifying and Classifying Chemical Carcinogens.</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="industry_influence_on_carcinogens.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Industry Influence on Identifying and Cl"><U><B>Adverse Impact on Public Health"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Jones, L.A., <A HREF="environmental_health_and_justice.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Environmental Health and Justice"><U><B>"Environmental Health & Justice"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Mitchell, K.T., <A HREF="politics_of_food_poisoning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Politics of food poisoning"><U><B>Politics of food poisoning</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Myers, J.P., "<A HREF="our_stolen_future.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="From Silent Spring to Scientific Revolut"><U><B>Our Stolen Future: 'From Silent Spring to Scientific Revolution' "</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Sullivan, P.J., <A HREF="effective_expert_testimony.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Providing Effective Expert Testimony and"><U><B>"Providing Effective Expert Testimony and Dealing with Spin Doctors"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Tan, S., <A HREF="mercury_and_endocrine_disruptors.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mercury and endocrine disruptors"><U><B>"Evidence for Mercury as an Endocrine Disruptor: an Overview of the Literature"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table><html><body><a href="http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-safeguard-suite.php"><img border="0" 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