Opinion/Outreach
Articles
by Dr. Robert A. Michaels, by NYPPL's science consultant. Each of the following items are available
for free download via:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Michaels3/publications
Michaels,
RA. Adopt
the precautionary principle against omicron.
Science
eLetter,
online:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358357923_Michaels_Robert_A_Adopt_the_precautionary_principle_against_omicron_Science_eLetter_online_httpswwwscienceorgdoi101126scienceabo1074_4_February_2022,
4 February 2022;
Michaels,
RA. In-person
schooling is not without risks.
Albany, New York; Times
Union Newspaper,
page A-9,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358002951_In-person_schooling_is_not_without_risks_Albany_New_York_Times_Union_Newspaper_page_A-9_21_January_2022,
21 January 2022
Michaels,
RA. Focus
on preventing new Covid-19 cases.
Schenectady, New York;
Daily Gazette,
https://dailygazette.com/2022/01/08/letters-to-the-editor-saturday-jan-8/,
8 January 2022;
Michaels,
RA. The
future disease burden of pandemic Covid-19 for individuals,
communities, and society. Environmental
Claims Journal,
https://doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2021.2015821,
15 pages, online 16 December 2021;
Michaels,
RA.
Possible
SARS-CoV-2 persistence: FDA and CDC should further expand
eligibility for Covid-19 boosters.
ResearchGate,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355175962_Possible_SARS-CoV-2_Persistence_FDA_and_CDC_Should_Further_Expand_Eligibility_for_Covid-19_Boosters, 11
October 2021;
Michaels,
RA.
Infrastructure
plan invests in the future.
Letter, Schenectady, New York; Daily
Gazette,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350609274_Michaels_Robert_A_Infrastructure_plan_invests_in_the_future_Letter_Schenectady_New_York_Daily_Gazette_3_April_2021,
3
April 2021;
Michaels,
RA.
Mars
rover landing conjures images of 1900s odyssey.
Letter, Schenectady, New York; Daily
Gazette,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349570937_Michaels_Robert_A_Mars_rover_landing_conjures_images_of_1900s_odyssey_Letter_Schenectady_New_York_Daily_Gazette_24_February_2021,
24
February 2021;
Michaels,
RA.
Comment
on “Viral
evolution may herald new pandemic phase.”
Science,
e-Letter, online:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6525/108/tab-e-letters,
19 January 2021;
Michaels,
RA.
Look
at risks of in-person schooling.
Letter, Schenectady, New York; Daily
Gazette,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347358002_Look_at_Risks_of_In-person_Schooling_Letter_to_the_Editor_Daily_Gazette_Newspaper_Schenectady_New_York_16_December_2020,
16
December 2020;
Michaels,
RA.
Look
to science, data to slow Covid-19.
Letter, Schenectady, New York; Daily
Gazette,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342715717_Look_to_science_data_to_slow_Covid-19_Letter_to_the_Editor_Daily_Gazette_Newspaper_Schenectady_New_York_Sunday_5_July_2020,
Sunday 5 July 2020;
Michaels,
RA. Serology
testing for antibodies induced by Covid-19 may indicate past exposure
without past infection.
Science,
e-Letter,
online:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6495/1060/tab-e-letters,
18
June 2020;
Michaels,
RA. Covid-19
risks and risk management in New York State’s Capital Area.
ResearchGate,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339956601_Covid-19_Risks_and_Risk_Management_in_New_York_State's_Capital_Area,
online 16 March 2020;
Michaels,
RA; Richard A. Hammerman, and Heslley Machado Silva. Comment
on “A
rights revolution for nature.” Science,
e-Letter,
online:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6434/1392/tab-e-letters,
2
July 2019;
Michaels,
RA.
A
more fundamental microplastics issue. Science,
e-Letter,
online:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6384/28/tab-e-letters,
29 May 2018;
Michaels,
RA.
The
emerging urgency of mitigating environmental impacts and potential
public health risks of the United States Postal Service.
Environmental
Claims Journal,
30(2), 142-50, doi: 10.1080/10406026.2018.1442077,
(https://doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2018.1442077),
online 9 March 2018;
Michaels,
RA; and Uriel M. Oko. Negative
Hudson River Superfund remediation effectiveness: clamshell dredging
massively mobilized sediments, increasing PCB contamination.
In: Public
Comments Received on Proposed Second Five-Year Report,
EPA
Index Number 374, pages 493-562 (69 pages including appendices),
submitted 30 August 2017,
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-01/documents/updated_11-30-17_2017_fyr_comments_-_individuals_reduced_1.pdf,
published online 17
January 2018;
Michaels,
RA. Confidence
in courts: a delicate balance.
Science
Magazine, 357(6353):764,
Letters, doi:
10.1126/science.aao3967,
25
August 2017;
Michaels,
RA; and Uriel M. Oko. Excessive
PCBs in the Hudson River: attributable to incompleteness of
dredging, or to seven years of dredging? Environmental
Claims Journal, 29(2):115-40,
2017; online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2017.1307007,
25 April 2017;
Michaels,
RA.
Gulf
oil blowout: a lesson not
to be learned by experience. Environmental
Practice,
12(4):396-7, December 2010;
Michaels,
RA.
Creationism,
Intelligent Design, and the environmental professional.
Environmental
Practice,
7(4):210-1, December 2005;
Michaels,
RA.
The
emperor’s new clothes and the US EPA’s decision to dredge Hudson
River PCBs. Environmental
Practice,
7(3), September 2005;
Michaels,
RA.
Perspective:
The NAEP [National Association of Environmental Professionals] and
the 2002 land mine resolution.
Environmental
Practice,
7(1):6-9, March 2005;
Michaels.
RA.
Particulate
matter: the Marines, EPA, and air quality.
Guest
Perspective.
Arlington, Virginia; Risk
Policy Report,
11(10):33-5, 26 October 2004;
Michaels,
RA.
EPA
can no longer ignore risks potentially posed by hours-long PM
excursions.
Commentary.
Risk
Policy Report, 8(9):35-9,
18 September 2001;
Michaels,
RA.
Particulate
matter policy. Science
Magazine,
278:1,696 (letter); 5 Dec. 1997.
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