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Publications & Reports

Rowe, B.L., Toccalino, P.L., Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Price, C.V., 2007, Occurrence and potential human-health relevance of volatile organic compounds in drinking water from domestic wells in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(11): 1539-1546. http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10253/10253.pdf
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10253/suppl.pdf

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, 12p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5106/

Metz, P.A., Delzer, G.C., Berndt, M.P., Crandall, C.A., and Toccalino, P.L., 2007, Anthropogenic organic compounds in ground water and finished water of community water systems in the northern Tampa Bay area, Florida, 2002-04: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5267, 48 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5267/.

Rosen, M.R., Schaefer, D.H., Toccalino, P.L., and Delzer, G.C., 2006, Occurrence of anthropogenic organic compounds in ground water and finished water of community water systems in Eagle and Spanish Springs Valleys, Nevada, 2002-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5210, 43 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5210/pdf/SIR065210.pdf

Toccalino, P.L and J.E. Norman. 2006. Health-based screening levels to evaluate U.S. Geological Survey ground-water quality data. Risk Analysis 26(5): 1339-1348. pdf.

Toccalino, P.L., B.L. Rowe, and J.E. Norman. 2006. Volatile organic compounds in the Nation's drinking-water supply wells - what findings may mean to human health: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3043, 4 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3043/pdf/fs2006-3043.pdf

Zogorski, J.S., J.M. Carter, T.I. Ivahnenko, W.W. Lapham, M.J. Moran, B.L. Rowe, P.J. Squillace, and P.L. Toccalino. 2006. The quality of our Nation's waters - volatile organic compounds in the Nation's ground water and drinking-water supply wells: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1292, 101 p. http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/vocs/national_assessment/

Toccalino, P.L., J.S. Zogorski, and J.E. Norman. 2005. Health-based screening levels and their application to water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3059, 2 p. http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/FS_2005-3059.pdf

Toccalino, P., J. Norman, R. Phillips, L. Kauffman, P. Stackelberg, L. Nowell, S. Krietzman, and G. Post. 2004. Application of health-based screening levels to ground-water quality data in a state-scale pilot effort: U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report SIR 2004-5174, 64 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5174/sir20045174.pdf

Toccalino, P., R. Phillips, and J. Norman. 2004. List of sources of physical-chemical property data and toxicity data for human and aquatic receptors. Report submitted to USGS on June 14, 2004,17 p. Phys-chem_and_tox_sources.pdf

Toccalino, P., L. Nowell, W. Wilber, J. Zogorski, J. Donohue, C.Eiden, S. Krietzman, and G. Post. 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. http://sd.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pubs/wrir/wrir03_4054.pdf