J A Tickner

Summary

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Children's environmental health: a case study in implementing the precautionary principle
    J A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Boston 01854, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 6:281-8. 2000
  2. ncbi Health risks posed by use of Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in PVC medical devices: a critical review
    J A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Am J Ind Med 39:100-11. 2001
  3. ncbi Developing scientific and policy methods that support precautionary action in the face of uncertainty--the Institute of Medicine Committee on Agent Orange
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA
    Public Health Rep 117:534-45. 2002
  4. ncbi A compass for health: rethinking precaution and its role in science and public health
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 32:489-92. 2003
  5. ncbi Commentary: barriers and opportunities to changing the research agenda to support precaution and primary prevention
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Int J Occup Med Environ Health 17:163-73. 2004
  6. ncbi The U.S. experience in promoting sustainable chemistry
    Joel A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 12:115-23. 2005
  7. ncbi The 1991 cholera epidemic in Peru: not a case of precaution gone awry
    Joel Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
    Risk Anal 25:495-502. 2005
  8. ncbi Precautionary principle encourages policies that protect human health and the environment in the face of uncertain risks
    Joel A Tickner
    Public Health Rep 117:493-7. 2002
  9. ncbi Categorizing mistaken false positives in regulation of human and environmental health
    Steffen Foss Hansen
    Institute of Environment and Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
    Risk Anal 27:255-69. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Children's environmental health: a case study in implementing the precautionary principle
    J A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Boston 01854, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 6:281-8. 2000
    ..The authors present principles for applying precaution to children's environmental health, and policy tools for implementing them. A stronger focus on primary prevention and a better understanding of the risks are needed...
  2. ncbi Health risks posed by use of Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in PVC medical devices: a critical review
    J A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Am J Ind Med 39:100-11. 2001
    ..From the late 1960s, leaching of DEHP from PVC medical devices and ultimate tissue deposition have been documented...
  3. ncbi Developing scientific and policy methods that support precautionary action in the face of uncertainty--the Institute of Medicine Committee on Agent Orange
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA
    Public Health Rep 117:534-45. 2002
    ..The result was a methodology, supported by strong institutional structures, that allowed scientists to discuss the evidence as a whole, reach decisions as a group, and clarify uncertainties...
  4. ncbi A compass for health: rethinking precaution and its role in science and public health
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 32:489-92. 2003
  5. ncbi Commentary: barriers and opportunities to changing the research agenda to support precaution and primary prevention
    Joel A Tickner
    Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Int J Occup Med Environ Health 17:163-73. 2004
    ....
  6. ncbi The U.S. experience in promoting sustainable chemistry
    Joel A Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 12:115-23. 2005
    ..We examine federal and state initiatives and examine lessons learned from this system that can be applied to developing more integrated, sustainable approaches to chemicals management...
  7. ncbi The 1991 cholera epidemic in Peru: not a case of precaution gone awry
    Joel Tickner
    Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
    Risk Anal 25:495-502. 2005
    ..We conclude that the Peruvian cholera epidemic was not caused by a failure of precaution but rather by an inadequate public health infrastructure unable to control a known risk: that of microbial contamination of water supplies...
  8. ncbi Precautionary principle encourages policies that protect human health and the environment in the face of uncertain risks
    Joel A Tickner
    Public Health Rep 117:493-7. 2002
  9. ncbi Categorizing mistaken false positives in regulation of human and environmental health
    Steffen Foss Hansen
    Institute of Environment and Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
    Risk Anal 27:255-69. 2007
    ..We conclude that concerns about false positives do not represent a reasonable argument against future application of the precautionary principle...