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"Risk
assessment of essential trace elements: An international perspective.”
Eleventh
International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals -
TEMA-11,
Berkeley,
June, 2002.
|
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"Naturally
occuring may not be as natural as we think." Prop
65 News Conference.
San
Diego, March, 2002.
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“Coffee
and health: Myths, facts and nutraceutical benefits.”
Continuing
Education Program on Nutraceuticals: Advances in Food Science
in Relationship to Health.
Institute
of Food Technologists, Orlando, March, 2002.
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| “Safety
evaluation of nutraceuticals: A toxicologist’s perspective.”
Continuing
Education Program on Nutraceuticals: Advances in Food Science
in Relationship to Health.
Institute of Food Technologists, Orlando, March, 2002. |
|
“Reproductive
and developmental effects of sodium nitrite: The California Proposition
65 challenge.” Symposium
on
Recent
Advances in the Safety Assessment of Sodium Nitrite and Cured
Meats. Institute
of Food Technologists Annual Meeting,
New
Orleans, June, 2001.
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"Science
of Proposition 65: What’s on the horizon – An industrial perspective."
Prop
65 News Conference 2000.
San Diego, March, 2000. |
|
| “Sodium
nitrite and health: What do we really know – Focus on animal
carcinogenicity and developmental toxicity.”
1999
International
Meat, Poultry & Seafood Convention and Exposition, Chicago,
October, 1999. |
|
| “Advances
in essentiality research for boron.”
Symposium
on “Boron: The New Nutrient.”
113th AOAC International Annual Meeting and
Exposition, Houston, Texas, September, 1999.
|
|
| “Boron
risk assessment: Tolerable upper intake level.” Workshop
presentation for the National Academy of Sciences’ Food and
Nutrition Board, Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary
Reference Intakes, Micronutrients Panel, at Experimental Biology
’99, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1999. |
|
| "Nitrite
toxicology issues: Upcoming challenges – California Proposition
65 and the National Toxicology Program cancer bioassay of sodium
nitrite." 1998
Meat Industry Research Conference, American Meat Institute
Foundation, Philadelphia, September, 1998. |
|
| “Coffee
and health: Facts and
myths.” Specialty
Coffee Association of America’s 10th Annual
Conference, Denver,
Colo., April, 1998.
|
|
| "Proposition
65 science for the non-scientist." Faculty Member, Prop 65
News 12th
Year Seminars: “Science, Law, Information and the Global
Marketplace,” San Francisco, February, 1998.
|
|
| "Proposition
65 science in the second decade." Panel
Member, Prop 65 News 12th
Year Conference: “Proposition 65: Going National or Going
Away?”, San Francisco, February, 1998.
|
|
| “California
and federal drinking water laws and regulations impacting the food
processing industry.” Symposium on Water Safety and
Waste Water Management: A
Look at Comparative Risks in Food Production and Processing, Southern
California Food Industry Conference on “Emerging Issues in Food
Science, Nutrition and Technology 1998,”
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.,
January, 1998.
|
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| "Role
of risk assessment in the interpretation of studies." Panel
Member, "Forum Summary and Industry Overview."
Ceres Forum on “Nitrite as a Food Additive: State of
the Science,” sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for
Food & Nutrition Policy, Washington, D.C., November, 1997. |
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“Establishing
upper reference levels for nutrients in North America: Scientific
basis and future directions.” Eastern
Food Science Conference X, IFT Regional Meeting, Newport, Rhode
Island, November, 1997.
|
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| “Overview
of food and water as sources of boron.”
Second
International Symposium on the Health Effects of Boron and Its
Compounds, Irvine,
Calif., October, 1997. |
|
| “A
debate on Proposition 65 science.”
Seminar on California
Proposition 65: Science, Law and Information, Los
Angeles, March, 1997.
|
|
| “Specialty
coffees: No where to go but up.”
Symposium
on Beverage Ingredients for Romance and Profit. Southern
California Food Industry Conference on “Emerging Issues in Food
Science, Nutrition and Technology,”
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Calif., January, 1997. |
|
| "Essentiality
vs. toxicity of essential trace elements: A nutritional
toxicologist looks at the Upper Safe Level."
Ninth International
Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals - TEMA-9,
Banff, Alberta, Canada, May, 1996. |
|
| "Scientific
ambiguities in interpretation of Proposition 65 exposure
assessment methodology."
Roundtable
Session: Proposition 65 - What’s
Happening to the Science?
35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Anaheim,
March, 1996. |
|
| "Prop.
65: A guide for the national debate on risk assessment." Panel
Discussion Organizer and Moderator, Prop
65 News Conference on Proposition 65 in the New Political Era,
Sacramento, January 1996. |
|
| "Inorganic
borates: Chemistry, human exposure and health and regulatory
guidelines." Symposium
on Essentiality
vs. Toxicity of Trace Elements: New Approaches to Risk
Assessment--Boron as a Case Study. International Society for
Trace Elements Research in Humans, Fourth International Congress,
Taormina, Sicily, September, 1995. |
|
| "Introduction:
Risk assessment of trace mineral elements: Implications for
standard setting." Symposium
at the Summer Toxicology Forum,
Aspen, Colo., July, 1995.
|
|
| "Coffee
and health ‘95: A scientific and media update." 84th
Annual Convention of the National Coffee Association of U.S.A.,
Boca Raton, Fla., March 8, 1995.
|
|
| “Proposition
65: A Better Understanding.”
Symposium
on the Everchanging
Environment: Current Environmental Issues. Southern California
Food Industry Conference on “Emerging Issues in Food Science and
Technology,” Chapman University, Orange, Calif., January, 1994. |
|
| "Environmental
and dietary exposures and nutritional significance of boron."
Seminar on Boron-Containing Compounds: Health Effects and Risk Assessment,
presented to Health and Welfare Canada, Bureau of Chemical
Hazards, Ottawa, November, 1993.
|
|
| "Proposition
65 scientific issues." American
Environmental Institute Conference on California's
Proposition 65: Its Impact on the Food, Drug and Cosmetics
Industries, Washington, D.C., June, 1993. |
|
| "Personal
exposure to boron: Dietary and consumer product exposures and
nutritional significance." Forum
on Boron-Containing Chemicals, presented to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office, Cincinnati, February, 1993.
|
|
| "Proposition
65: Lessons learned and future concerns."
Dinner speaker at the Southern California Section Meeting,
Institute of Food Technologists, Universal City, Calif., February,
1993. |
|
| "Case
studies: Pesticides and pesticide residues."
Symposium on International Differences in Food Safety Standards and Effects on
Health and Trade, Annual
Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists, New Orleans, June,
1992. |
|
| "International
trade and global harmonization:
A look at food safety issues." Southern
California Food Industry Conference on Emerging
Issues in Food Science and Technology 1992, Chapman
University, Orange, Calif., January, 1992. |
|
| "Food
safety: Concern or conjecture?" Issues
Forum of the National Agri-Marketing Association, Chicago,
Ill., September, 1990. |
|
| "The
public's perception of risk: The challenge of better risk
communication." 94th
Annual Conference of the Association of Food and Drug Officials,
Denver, June, 1990.
|
|
| "International
perspective on the safety of caffeine-containing beverages." Cornell
University, Department of Food Science & Technology, October,
1988; and University of California, Davis, Department of
Environmental Toxicology, December, 1988.
|
|
| "Methylene
chloride: A review of its safety in coffee decaffeination."
12th International Scientific Colloquium, Montreux,
Switzerland, June, 1987.
|
|
| "Coffee
and health: Scientific and public relations issues
management." 76th
Annual Convention of the National Coffee Association of U.S.A.,
Boca Raton, Fla., February, 1987.
|
|
| "Pesticide
residues in foods: Scientific
and regulatory issues." Annual
Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Symposium on Food and Drug Law: Selected Issues of Relevance for Chemists and
Managers, Chicago, September, 1985. |
|
| "Food
industry--lessons learned."
Symposium on Pesticide Residues: Policy, Practice, and Protection, Summer
Toxicology Forum, Aspen, Colo., July, 1985. |
|
| "Pesticide
residues in foods." Institute
of Food Technologists/Society of Toxicology Joint Symposium on Biological
Activity of and Effects of Food Processing Operations on Selected
Food Borne Toxicants, 24th Annual Meeting, Society of
Toxicology, San Diego, March, 1985.
|
|
| "Ethylene
dibromide: An industry perspective."
Symposium on Chemical
Aspects of Food Safety, USDA Eastern Regional Research Center,
Philadelphia, April, 1984.
|
|
| "Synthesis,
mutagenicity and human health implications of N-nitroso Amadori
compounds from Maillard browning reactions in the presence of
nitrite."
American Chemical Society/Chemical Society of Japan
Congress, Honolulu, April, 1979. |
|
| "Mutagenic
N-nitroso Amadori compounds formed from model Maillard
nonenzymatic browning products in the presence of nitrite."
18th Annual Meeting, Society of Toxicology, New Orleans,
March, 1979.
|
|
| "Formation
of N-nitrosamines in food and model systems."
Meeting of the Northern California Institute of Food
Technologists, University of California, Davis, November, 1976. |
|
| "The
use of Porapak trap and solvent extraction methods in isolating
volatiles from a heated D-glucose/hydrogen sulfide/ammonia model
system."
172d American Chemical Society National Meeting, San
Francisco, September, 1976.
|
|
| "Acid-catalyzed
hydrolysis of lactose in whey and aqueous solutions."
69th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science
Association, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June, 1974.
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