Publications

The following comprehensive list of publications is listed in reverse chronological order.

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  • Kathryn E Kelly., and J Scott Shonkwiler. 2005. Controlled Exposure to Formaldehyde via Inhalation: A Categorical Regression Analysis of Human Exposure and Response
  • Kelly, K.E. 1998. Health Effects of Hazardous Waste Incineration…More Stories. (An update of earlier versions, in publication).
  • Kelly, K.E., and P.H. Williams. 1997. Five-Year Comparative Assessment of Estimated vs. Actual Emissions and Associated Health Risks From a Modern MSW Combustor. Sixteenth International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies. San Francisco, CA. May.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1996. International Approaches to Risk Assessment. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Operating European Hazardous Chemical Waste Management Facilities. Chemcontrol A/S. Copenhagen, Denmark. September.
  • Beach, K.R., K.E. Kelly, S.L. Minter, and R.W. Wood. 1996. Establishing Averaging Times For Metal Emissions From Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Air and Waste Management Association, Nashville, TN. June. (Subsequently approved by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and published by ASME, Washington, D.C.)
  • K.E. Kelly. 1996. The EPA and Dioxin: Are Politics Running Risk Assessment? Toxicology Update. March.
  • Pleus, R.C. and K.E. Kelly. 1996. Health Effects From Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities: Five Case Studies. Toxicology and Industrial Health. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 277-287. Princeton Scientific Publishing Co.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1995. Cleaning Up EPA’s Dioxin Mess. Wall Street Journal. June 29.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1995. Health Effects of Hazardous Waste Incineration . . . More of the Rest of the Story. In proceedings of the International Incineration Conference. Seattle, WA. May.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1995. Will EPA Face the Truth About Dangers of Dioxins? Puget Sound Business Journal. June 23-29.
  • Kelly, K.E., and P.H. Williams, 1995. Spinning Waste Into Gold: Use of Waste-Derived Materials in the Construction Industry. Engineering News-Record. April 24.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1995. In Search of ‘Zero Risk.’ Wall Street Journal. February 24.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1995. State’s Environmental Industry Must Adapt or Waste Away. Puget Sound Business Journal. February 17-23.
  • Kelly, K.E., and R.C. Pleus. 1994. Health Effects of Waste Incineration. In proceedings of the XXI Medichem Conference. Melbourne, Australia. October 18-21.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1994. The Myth of 10-6 As a Definition of Acceptable Risk. Reprinted with permission in the September 15 issue of EPA Watch.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1994. Multipathway Risk Assessment & the BIF Permitting Process. Rock Products. September. pp. 28-41.
  • Pleus, R.C., and K.E. Kelly. 1994. Health Effects of Hazardous Waste Incineration…More of the Rest of the Story. In Proceedings of the 1994 International Incineration Conference. Houston, TX. May.
  • Turnberg, W., and K.E. Kelly. 1994. Health Effects of Medical Waste Incineration. In Proceedings of the 1994 International Incineration Conference. Houston, TX. May.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1994. Controlling Costs in Multipathway Risk Assessment. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association Specialty Conference on “Cost-Efficient Acquisition and Utilization of Data in the Management of Hazardous Waste Sites.” Washington, D.C. March 22-25.
  • Kelly, K.E., and B.J. Sun. 1994. Comparison of US and European Methods for Determining Site Cleanup Levels. In Proceedings of the AWMA Specialty Conference on Cost-Efficient Acquisition and Utilization of Data in the Management of Hazardous Waste Sites. Washington, D.C. March 22-25.
  • Kelly, K.E., and J. Beeh. 1994. Comparative Life Cycle Analysis of Cement Made With Coal vs. Hazardous Waste as Fuel. In Proceedings of the AWMA Specialty Conference on Boilers and Industrial Furnaces. Kansas City, MO. March.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1993. The Myth of 10-6 As a Definition of Acceptable Risk. In Proceedings of the International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta. May.
  • Kelly, K.E., and C. Beahler. 1993.Burning Hazardous Waste in Cement Kilns: A Study of Emissions, Offsite Concentrations, and Health Effects in Midlothian, Texas. In Proceedings of the International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta. May.
  • Blanchet, R.J., K.E. Kelly, G.A. Pascoe, and P.H. Williams. 1993. Comparative Assessment of Estimated Vs. Actual Emissions and Associated Health Risks From a Modern Municipal Waste Combustor. In Proceedings of the 1993 Incineration Conference. Knoxville, Tennessee. May 3-7.
  • Kelly, K.E., and C.C. Beahler. 1992. Burning hazardous waste in cement kilns: A study of emissions, offsite concentrations, and health effects in Midlothian, Texas. Proceedings of the Kilnburn ’92 International Conference on the Role of Cement Kilns in Waste Management. pp. 57-86. School of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1992. Effective Risk Communication. Plenary speech. In Proceedings of the 1992 Incineration Conference. Albuquerque, NM. May.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1992. Is burning waste hazardous to health? Rock Products: Special Cement Issue 95(4):32.
  • Mantus, E.K., K.E. Kelly, and G.A. Pascoe. 1992.
    All Fired Up: Burning Hazardous Waste in Cement Kilns. Instigator and co-author of the seminal text on this subject, which has sold over 11,000 copies in 26 countries. Published by Environmental Toxicology International, Seattle, WA. ISBN 0-9631944-1-0. Available from Delta Toxicology, Inc., Crystal Bay, NV.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1991. Risk Assessments: A Tool For Better Decision Making. Daily Journal of Commerce. November.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1991. Risk Assessment With Respect to the Use of Waste-Derived Construction Materials: Concentration vs. Leachability. In Proceedings of WASCON ’91: Environmental Implications of Construction with Waste Materials, Maastricht, The Netherlands, November.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1991. The Myth of 10 -6 As a Definition of Acceptable Risk. In Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1990. Communicating Risk About Hazardous Waste Facilities: A View From the Trenches. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Operating European Hazardous Chemical Waste Management Facilities. Chemcontrol A/S. Copenhagen, Denmark. September.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1990. Myths About Hazards Can Lead to High Cleanup Costs. Puget Sound Business Journal. October. Bailiff, M.D., and K.E. Kelly. 1990. Hexavalent Chromium in Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities: From Stack Emissions to Health Effects. In Proceedings of the AWMA International Specialty Conference on Waste Combustion in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces. Kansas City, MO. April.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1990. International approaches to establishing site cleanup levels: An evaluation of different methods. In Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Associations 4th Conference on Toxic Substances. Quebec Section. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1990. Air Toxics: An Overview. Keynote Address, 10th International Conference of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, NZ. Clean Air. August.
  • Kelly, K.E. and J. Davis. 1989. Toxicology and Incident Management Implications of Australia’s ‘Love Canal’: Lessons Learned From the Kingston Site. In Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on the Management of Hazardous Wastes. Melbourne, Australia. November.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1989. Proceedings of the Blue Ribbon International Symposium on Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste. Comments presented at the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Washington, D.C., September.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1989. Comparing Risks of Waste Treatment and Disposal Options. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Special Wastes: Prevention, Reduction, Disposal. Sponsored by the International Environmental Bureau and CIBA-GEIGY. Geneva, Switzerland, September.Kelly, K.E. 1989. International Trends in the Development of Site Cleanup Levels: Absolute vs. Relative Risk Criteria. In Proceedings of the AWMA Specialty Conference on Hazardous Waste Management for the 90’s: Moving from Remediation to Practical Preventative Strategies. Banff, Alberta, Canada, October.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1988. Current Challenges in Health Risk Assessment: Risk Communication. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Air Pollution Control Association/Pacific Northwest International Section Conference. Whistler, Canada, November.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1988. Fundamentals of Risk Assessment for Hazardous Waste Incineration. Course materials included in Proceedings of the International Conference on Incineration of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes. San Francisco, California, May.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1987. Assessing the Risks of High-Temperature Incineration. In Proceedings of the Second National Hazardous Waste Management Conference. Sydney, Australia.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1987. Current Perspectives on the Health Effects of PCDD to Humans. In Proceedings of the Hazardous Materials Management Canada Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1986. Health Risk of Hazardous Waste Incinerator Stack Emissions. Hazardous Waste 3(4):367.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1986. The Risks of Dioxins and Other Pollutants Emitted From Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Operating European Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities. Odense, Denmark, September.
  • Minter, S.L., K.E. Kelly, and J. Ingwersen. 1986. Analysis of the Offsite Impacts of Hypothetical Accidents at a Hazardous Waste Incineration Facility. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Operating European Hazardous Chemical Waste Management Facilities. Copenhagen, Denmark, September.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1984. Methodologies For Assessing the Health Risks of Hazardous Waste Incinerator Stack Emissions to Surrounding Populations. Hazardous Waste 1(4): 507-531.
  • Kelly, K.E. 1984. Methodology For Assessing the Health Risks of Hazardous Waste Incinerator Stack Emissions to Surrounding Populations. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Operating European Hazardous (Chemical Waste Management Facilities). Chemcontrol A/S. Copenhagen, Denmark. September.
  • Dames & Moore. 1981. Draft Environmental Impact Statement on 10 CFR Part 61, “Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.” A Principal Dames & Moore Contributor. NUREG-0782

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