Recent Publications

• Quantitative Estimates of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Emissions to Ambient Air From a Storage Site And Cleanup Project. William J. Mills III, Peter A. Scheff, An Li, Don Mackay, Tom Holsen, Organohalogen Compounds 56, 253-256. 2002.
• Evaluation of PCDD/DF Pattern and Concentration Data in the Soils in the Vicinity of a Hazardous Soil Incineration Facility, W.J.Mills, Organohalogen Compounds 57, 7-10. 2002.
• Statistical Evaluation of PCDD/DF Patterns of Concentrations in the Vicinity of a Hazardous Soil Incineration Facility, Proceedings of the International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Orlando, FL, May 13-15, 2003. http://www.it3.umd.edu/web2003/IT3%20-%202002%20Purchasing%20Proceedings.html
• MEASURED AND MODELED AIR EMISSIONS FROM SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS (Aroclor 1260), William J. Mills, Charles E. Schmidt, Louis Thibodeaux, Organohalogen Compounds, 60-65, 400, 2003.
• Soot Deposition in the Great Lakes: Implications for Semi-Volatile Hydrophobic Organic Pollutant Deposition, David R. Buckley, An Li, William J. Mills and Karl J. Rockne. Environ. Sci. Technol., 38,1732-1739, 2004.
• Differences of Atmospheric Persistent Organic Pollutant Concentrations at Two Locations in Chicago I. Basu, W. Hafner, W. Mills and R.A. Hites, J. Great Lakes Res. 30 (2), 310-315, 2004.
• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Sediment of the Great Lakes. 1 - Lake Superior, Wenlu Song, Justin Ford, An Li, William J. Mills, Karl J. Rockne, and Dave R. Buckley, Environ. Sci. Technol., 38 (12), 3286 -3293, 2004
• Approaches for Obtaining Quantitative Vapor Emissions Estimates of PCBs and Other SVOCs from Contaminated Sites, William J. Mills, Erin R. Bennett, Charles E. Schmidt, Louis J. Thibodeaux, ,Env. Toxicol. & Chem., 23 (10), 2457-2464, 2004 (Special Issue Honoring Don Mackay).

Recent Presentations

• Quantitative Estimates of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Emissions to Ambient Air from a Storage Site and Cleanup Project , Dioxins 2002, Barcelona, Spain. August 12-16, 2002.
• Evaluation of PCDD/DF Pattern and Concentration Data in the Soils in the Vicinity of a Hazardous Soil Incineration Facility, Dioxins 2002, Barcelona, Spain. August 12-16, 2002.
• Organic Carbon, Soot Carbon and Organic Matter in the Sediments of the Great Lakes, D. Gunty, K. Rockne, A. Li, W.J. Mills, 25th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Chicago, IL. October 5-6, 2003.
• PBDE in the sediments of the Great Lakes, Preliminary Results, W.L. Song, A. Li, W.J. Mills, D. Gunty, K. Rockne, SETAC 2002 Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2002.
• PBDEs and PCBs in the sediments of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, W.L. Song, A. Li, W.J. Mills, D. Gunty, K. Rockne, SETAC 2002 Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2002
• PBDE and PCBs in the Great Lakes, UIC Department of Chemistry Seminar, Chicago, IL, April 2003
• Measurement Uncertainty in Microbiological Measurements, 26th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment, Chicago, IL, April 29-30, 2003. http://epa.gov/waterscience/methods/norfolk/ or http://dynseg.dyncorp.com/epa/ow/norfolk2003.nsf
• Statistical Evaluation of PCDD/DF Patterns of Concentrations in the Vicinity of a Hazardous Soil Incineration Facility, 23rd International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Orlando, FL, May 13-15, 2003, http://www.it3.umd.edu/web2003/Website%20-%20Test/IT3%20-%20Session%2011.htm
• Evaluation and Quantitation of Air Emissions from PCB Storage and Site Remediation Projects, W. J. Mills, International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 23-26, 2003.
• Differences of PCB Atmospheric Concentrations at Two Locations at Chicago, Ilora Basu, William Hafner, William Mills, and Ronald A. Hites, International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 23-26, 2003.
• MEASURED AND MODELED AIR EMISSIONS FROM SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS (Aroclor 1260), W. J. Mills, E. Bennett, C.E. Schmidt, L. Thibodeaux, Dioxins 2003, Boston, MA, August 2003.
• Deposition of PBDE and PCBs to Sediments of the Great Lakes, W.L. Song, J. Ford, A. Li, W. Mills, K. Rockne, D. Buckley, 26th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Iowa City, IA, October 11-12, 2003.
• Development and Validation of an Emissions Estimate Model for Soils Contaminated with PCBs, W. Mills, E. Bennett, C. Schmidt, and L. Thibodeaux. 26th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Iowa City, IA, October 11-12, 2003.
• Characterization of Air Emissions from PCB Transformers, D. Schwope, R. Malcolm, W.J. Mills, 26th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Iowa City, IA, October 11-12, 2003.
• Research on Air Emissions from PCB Transformers, D. Schwope, R. Malcolm, W.J. Mills, PCB Workgoup, Binational Strategies Meeting, Chicago, IL, December 14, 2003.
• Data Visualization, W.J. Mills and M. Eiseman, ABA Toxic Torts Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 21, 2004. http://www.abanet.org/tips/cle/TTELLitigationAsbestos.pdf
• The Role of Experts, W.J. Mills and J. Buckley, ABA Toxic Torts Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 21, 2004. http://www.abanet.org/tips/cle/TTELLitigationAsbestos.pdf
• SOURCE PROFILES AND EMISSIONS QUANTITATION OF PCBS FROM TRANSFORMERS TO AMBIENT AIR, R. Malcolm, D. Schwope, W. Mills, A. Li, 2004 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition, May 8-13, 2004, Atlanta, GA, ,P-33 http://www.aiha.org/abs04/gradposters.pdf
• APPROACHES TO CONTINUOUS SAMPLING/MONITORING FOR PCDD/DF, W.J. Mills 97th PCB Workshop, Champaign, IL, June 12-14, 2004. 23rd International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A May 10-14, 2004 http://www.it3.umd.edu/web2004/Default.htm
• Air Emissions from PCB Transformers, D. Schwope, R. Malcolm, W.J. Mills, PCB Workshop-2004, Champaign, IL, June 12-14, 2004. http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/pcb/index.html
• PCB in Blood in a Chicago Population, W.J. Mills and E Bennett, PCB Workshop-2004, Champaign, IL, June 12-14, 2004. http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/pcb/index.html

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