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Toccalino, P.L., Norman, J.E., Booth, N.L, Thompson, J.L., and Zogorski, J.S., 2012, Health-based screening levels: benchmarks for evaluating water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey, National Water-Quality Assessment Program Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Norman, J.E., and Scott, J.C., 2012, Chemical mixtures in untreated water from public-supply wells in the U.S.-Occurrence, composition, and potential toxicity: Science of the Total Environment, v. 431, p. 262-270. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.044 Available Online

Bright, P.R., Buxton, H.T., Balistrieri, L.S., Barber, L.B., Chapelle, F.H., Cross, P.C., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Plumlee, G.S., Sleeman, J.M., Tillitt, D.E., Toccalino, P.L., and Winton, J.R., 2012, USGS Environmental health science strategy?Providing environmental health science for a changing world-Public review release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012?1069, 37 p. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L, Norman, J.E., and Scott, J.C., 2012, Chemical mixtures in water from public-supply wells in the U.S.?occurrence, composition, and potential toxicity. 2012 USGS National Groundwater Workshop, Lakewood/Golden, CO, August 6?8, 2012. Poster 11 Available Online

Barbash, J.E., 2012, "Dehalogenation of environmental contaminants by sulfur nucleophiles in the hydrologic system." Presented at the 243rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego, CA, March 25, 2012. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L, Norman, J.E., and Scott, J.C., 2011, Chemical mixtures in water from public-supply wells in the U.S.-occurrence, composition, and relative toxicity. International Toxicology of Mixtures Conference, Arlington, VA, October 21?23, 2011. Poster P2.27

Norman, J.E., and Kuivila, K.M., 2010, Prioritizing pesticide compounds for water quality assessment based on potential importance to human and ecological health, Seventh National Water Quality Monitoring Council Conference, Denver, CO, April 25-29, 2010. Session I6, p. 122. Available Online

Barbash, J.E., Capel, P.D., Hancock, T.C. and Rice, K., 2009, "Hierarchical approach for obtaining values of physical and chemical parameters controlling the transport and fate of pesticides and their transformation products in the hydrologic system." Presented at the 238th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 16-20, 2009. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L. and Norman, J.E., 2007, Development and application of health-based screening levels for water-quality assessments. 26th Biennial Groundwater Conference & 16th Groundwater Resources Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, September 18-19, 2007. Abstract p. 32.

Toccalino, P.L., 2007, Use of health-based screening levels and other benchmarks for interpreting water-quality data. 2007 USGS National Water-Quality Workshop, Galveston, TX, November 5-9, 2007.

Toccalino, P.L., 2007, Development and application of health-based screening levels for use in water-quality assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5106, 12 p. Available Online

Norman, J.E., Valder, J.F., and Toccalino, P.L., 2007, Development and Application of Health-Based Screening Levels for National Water-Quality Assessments [abs.]: New England Private Well Water Symposium, 3-4 December 2007, Newport, RI. Available Online

J.B. Belden,, R.J. Gilliom, and M.J. Lydy, 2007, How well can we predict the toxicity of pesticide mixtures to aquatic life? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, v., n., pp. Available Online

Barbash, J.E., 2007, The geochemistry of pesticides. In: Environmental Geochemistry (ed. B. S. Lollar), Volume 9 of Treatise on Geochemistry (eds. H.D.Holland and K.K. Turekian), Elsevier—Pergamon, Oxford, UK, on-line edition, 43 p. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Norman, J.E., Booth, N.L., and Zogorski, J.S., 2006, Health-Based Screening Levels: A Tool for Evaluating what Water-Quality Data May Mean to Human Health: U.S. Geological Survey, National Water-Quality Assessment Program Available Online

Munn, M.D., Gilliom, R.J., Moran, P.W., and Nowell, L.H., 2006, Pesticide toxicity index for freshwater aquatic organisms, 2nd Edition: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5148, 81 p. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Zogorski, J.S., and Norman, J.E., 2005, Health-Based Screening Levels and Their Application to Water-Quality Data: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3059, 2 p. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Norman, J.E., Kauffman, L.J., Nowell, L.H., and Stackelberg, P.E., 2004, Assessing the Occurrence of Pesticides and VOCs in Ground Water in a Human-Health Context [abs.]: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 13th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, 15-17 April 2004, Port Townsend, WA. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Stackelberg, P.E., Kauffman, L.J., Nowell, L.H., Krietzman, S.J., and Post, G.B., 2003, Application of Health-Based Screening Levels to Ground-Water Quality Data in a State-Scale Pilot Effort [abs.]: USGS Public Health Conference: Natural Science and Public Health - Prescription for a Better Environment, 1-3 April 2003, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-097, p. 27. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Nowell, L.H., Wilber, W.G., Zogorski, J.S., Donohue, J.M., Eiden, C.A., Krietzman, S.J., and Post, G.B., 2003, Development of Health-Based Screening Levels for Use in State- or Local-Scale Water-Quality Assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report WRIR 03-4054, 22 p. Available Online

Toccalino, P.L., Nowell, L.H., Ayers, M.A., Donohue, J.M., Krietzman, S.J., and Post, G.B., 2002, Communicating U.S. Geological Survey Water-Quality Data Using Health-Based Screening Levels [abs.]: National Water Quality Monitoring Council, National Monitoring Conference Proceedings, 20-23 May 2002, Madison, WI, abstract no. 165. Available Online

Phillips, R.H., Norman, J.E., O'Brien, I., and Toccalino, P.L., 2002, A Toxicity Database as a Tool for Water-Quality Evaluations [abs.]: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 11th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, 16-18 May 2002, Portland, OR. Available Online

Toccalino, P., Nowell, L., Ayers, M., Post, G., Krietzman, S., and Donohue, J., 2001, Development of Health-Based Screening Levels for USGS Water-Quality Data: The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, 16th Annual Conference, 23-26 October, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland. Abstract: Available Online

Munn, M.J., and Gilliom, R.J., 2001, Pesticide toxicity index for freshwater aquatic organisms: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4077 Available Online

Nowell, L.H., 1998, Development of Water-Quality Standards and Guidelines for Pesticides and Their Use in Water-Quality Assessments [abs.]: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Abstracts Book, South-Central/Ozark Prairie Regional Meeting, 20-22 April 1998. Available Online

Goodbred, Steven L.; Gilliom, Robert J.; Gross, Timothy S.; Denslow, Nancy P.; Bryant, Wade B.; Schoeb, Trenton R., 1996, Reconnaissance of 17 beta-estradiol, 11-ketotestosterone, vitellogenin, and gonad histopathology in common carp of United States streams; potential for contaminant-induced endocrine disruption: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-627, Available Online

Nowell, L.H., and Resek, E.A., 1994, National Standards and Guidelines for Pesticides in Water, Sediment, and Aquatic Organisms: Application to Water-Quality Assessments: in Ware, G.W., ed., Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 140, New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 1-164.