for ASIPI Conference, May 31-June 2, 2003

Abstracts are linked to titles and accessible from the sidebar and the full program.

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.

This is a partial listing, since not all invited speakers were asked to submit abstracts.


Beyea, J., "Bayes' theorem simplified"

Blum, R., "Government Secrecy Laying Waste to the Right to Know:  Undermining Health and Safety post 9/11"

Chaisson, C.F., "Risk Models Used in Public Health Decision-Making:  Keeping Them Freely Available"

Finkel, A., “Bayesian methods don't harm people…..”

Hale, R., "Significant organic pollutants in sewage sludges destined for land application"

Hamilton, H., "Moving Sustainability into the Mainstream of Natural Resource Economies"

Howard, J. "Environmental `nasty surprise' and its implications for intelligent steering of chemical technologies affecting the food supply"

Huff, J., "Industry Influence on Identifying and Classifying Chemical Carcinogens.
Adverse Impact on Public Health"

Jones, L.A., "Environmental Health & Justice"

Mitchell, K.T., Politics of food poisoning

Myers, J.P., "Our Stolen Future: 'From Silent Spring to Scientific Revolution' "


Sullivan, P.J., "Providing Effective Expert Testimony and Dealing with Spin Doctors"

Tan, S., "Evidence for Mercury as an Endocrine Disruptor: an Overview of the Literature"



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