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Form RFIF (2/12/13)

REQUEST FOR INTERVENOR FUNDS

TO THE SECRETARY:

I hereby provide a request for intervenor funds in the following Article 10 case before the NYSBoard on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment:

Case Number:

Re: Case 12-F-0410

Title of Case:

Cape Vincent Wind Power, LLC

Name of Party:

Town of Cape Vincent

Contact Person:

Urban Hirschey - Town SupervisorClif Schneider - Town Councilman

Firm Name:

Contact Address:

Town of Cape Vincent, 1964 NYS Rte 12E, Cape Vincent, NY 13618

Contact Telephone Number:

315-654-3795

Contact E-mail Address:

[email protected]@gmail.com

Amount of Funds Requested:

$18,550

The basis of eligibility for intervenor funds is as follows: (underline one)

X Eligible Municipal Party[County, city, town or village located in New York State

that may be affected by the proposed major electric generating facility]

Eligible Individual Local Party[Person residing in a community who may beindividually affected by the proposed major electric generating facility]

Eligible Group Local Party[Persons residing in a community who may be

collectively affected by the proposed major electric generating facility

1(a) Provide a statement of the number of persons the requesting party represents:

Represents the Town of Cape Vincent


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INTERVENOR REQUEST FORM Dr. Carl V. Phillips

1(b) Provide a statement of the nature of the interests the requesting party represents:

The Town has an interest in any action that may usurp its laws and plans.

2(a) Provide a statement of the efforts that have been made to obtain funds from othersources:

Other than taxpayer funds, BP's intervenor funding is the only other source of funds.

2(b) Provide a statement of the availability of funds from the resources of the requesting

party:

The Town does not have all of the funds needed to fully represent all its interests.

2(c) Provide a statement of the availability of funds from the resources of sources other

than the requesting party:

Only other source of funds are intervenor funds.

3(a) Indicate the type of funds being sought: (underline one) Pre-App funds or App funds

Pre-application funding.

3(b) State the amount of funds being sought:

$18,550

4(a) If expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others are to be employed, provide to the

extent possible, the name and qualifications of each person to be employed.

Dr. Carl V. Phillips

Resume - see attached

4(b) If expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others are to be employed and it is notpossible to provide the name of each person to be employed, provide for each person that

cannot be named a statement of the necessary professional qualifications for the person:

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5 Provide, if known, the name of any other interested person or entity who may, or is

intending to, employ any such expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others:

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6(a) For all expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others to be employed, provide a

detailed statement of the services to be provided:

Dr. Phillip's charge is to: 1) review and critique BP's Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS) forthe Cape Vincent Project; 2) develop a detailed list of health issues to address along with arecommended approach and methodology for BP to follow in its studies of adverse healthimpacts; and 3) attend the stipulation phase of the Article 10 process to defend the Town'srecommendations. The Town is also requesting Dr. Phillips to review the recommendationsprovided by the Town of Cape Vincent, the New York State Department of Public Service andthe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Town and agencyrecommendations pertaining to health and adverse noise impacts in those reviews are:


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Form RFIF (2/12/13)

1. Town of Cape Vincent review of PSS:

1. The Town recommends that as the discussion of the adverse impact of sound goesforward, that BP refrain from the human suggestibility argument (e.g., complaints are

psychosomatic). [p.32]

2. Regarding the design goal, and regardless of BP's biased view on infrasound, theTown requests that in addition to the normal noise impact predictions based onexisting Town law, e.g., 35 dBA, that another scenario be included for the recordbased on 33.5 dBA to provide an interim measure of protection from infrasound untilsuch time as further study resolves the issue to everyone's satisfaction. [p.33]

3. BP should provide a comprehensive analysis of the scientific literature, including theaforementioned papers, to describe the negative health impacts associated with sleepdisturbance regardless of the cause, and then to also assess the potential for sleepdisruptions, and other direct and indirect health effects. [p.33]

4. the Town requests that the issue of sleep interference be reinserted back in the list ofissues considered in Exhibit 19. [p.34]

2. New York State Department of Public Service review of PSS:

1. Noise and infrasound, shadow flicker, shadows, land value impacts should beconsidered as potentially having impacts on existing or potential future land uses.[p.8]

2. Noise studies should be conducted pursuant to Town of Cape Vincent Zoning LawSection 6.7 and any noise mitigation plans must be submitted along with theapplication. [p.16]

3. The PSS in section 2.15 does not specifically address any intent to study or otherwiseaddress several items listed in the regulations at 16 NYCRR 1001.15(e) includingaudible frequency noise, low-frequency noise, and shadow flicker. The PSS does notspecifically address any intent to study or otherwise address low-frequency noise orvibration. Staff advises that the applicant should propose a scope of studies todemonstrate a responsible approach to analyzing potential health impacts of low-frequency sound and vibration, including a thorough literature review, analysis ofbackground conditions, report on the current known state of scientific analysisongoing at the time of application, and provide an analysis of potential project effectsin the project study area. Original study analyzing reported problems of low-frequency or infrasound and relation of problem locations to operating wind energy

projects is recommended, including reporting on potential health effects. [p.25]3. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation review of PSS:

1. "Without the proper knowledge of where and at what scale a project is to take place,an assessment of the potential adverse impacts or benefits would hold little value onbehalf of the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state with regard to theoverall economic and social well being of the people, their families, visitors, ortourists to this region."[p.18]


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INTERVENOR REQUEST FORM Dr. Carl V. Phillips

2. The DEC recommend including information from studies that have been and arebeing conducted at the nearby Canadian wind power project on Wolfe Island whichhas similar social, economic, and environmental conditions as Cape Vincent, NY. It

is recommended that this information also be used to assess the potential cumulativeimpacts that may affect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state andtheir overall economic and social well being [p.39, NOTE: Queens University,Kingston, ON initiated a health study to examine health issues related to living inclose association with industrial wind turbines.]

Finally, the Town requests that Dr. Phillips also review the Article 10 rules from Exhibit 19regarding requirements for health assessments associated with wind turbine noise and make anyrecommendations necessary to improve health assessments. The rules currently state: "(k) Anevaluation of the following potential community noise impacts: hearing damage (as addressed

by applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards); indoor and outdoor

speech interference; interference in the use of outdoor public facilities and areas; community

complaint potential; the potential for structural damage; and the potential for interference withtechnological, industrial or medical activities that are sensitive to vibration or infrasound." TheTown has concerns that these rules are inadequate, incomplete and do not cover the current stateof knowledge regarding wind turbine noise effects on human health.

6(b) For all expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others to be employed, provide a

detailed basis for the fees requested, including hourly fee, wage rate, and expenses:

Hourly Rates $250

Prepare Review & Report (30hrs) $7,500

Stipulation Conference (24hrs) $6,000

Travel (2 days) $5,050

Total: $18,550

6(c) For all expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others to be employed during the

Pre-Application Stage, provide a detailed statement specifying how such services and

expenses will make an effective contribution to review of the Preliminary Scoping

Statement and the development of an adequate scope of appropriate studies for the

application to be submitted and thereby provide early and effective public involvement:

There may be a number of health issues related to wind turbine operation that are missing fromthe list in the Exhibit 19 rules. There were also a number of substantive issues that were exposed

by DEC and DPS staff reviews. Most of the concerns about annoyance, sleep problems andother health effects are all directly related to excessive wind turbine noise on surroundingproperty, residences and people. It is important that this issue gets a comprehensive review byDepartment of Public Service and the Siting Board. To do that requires a complete andcomprehensive scoping of the noise issue itself. In spite of the relatively detailed rules related tonoise in Exhibit 19, the comments from the Town and Department of Public Service suggest anumber of ways to expand and improve the study design for the turbine noise issue.


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Form RFIF (2/12/13)

Dr. Phillips' review of BP's PSS as well as the agency reviews should result in a more completelisting of health issues that will ultimately improve the record and BP's formal application ofpotential adverse health risks.

6(d) For all expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others to be employed during theApplication Stage, provide a detailed statement specifying how such services and expenses

will contribute to the compilation of a complete record as to the appropriateness of the site

and facility and will facilitate broad participation in the proceeding.

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7(a) For any study to be performed, a description of the purpose of the study:

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7(b) For any study to be performed, a description of the methodology and a statement of

the rationale supporting the methodology:

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7(c) For any study to be performed pursuant to any proposed methodology that is new or

original, explaining why pre-existing methodologies are insufficient or inappropriate:

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7(d) For any study to be performed, provide a description of the timing for completion of

the study and a statement of the rationale supporting the timing proposed:

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8(a) For any study to be performed, a statement as to the result of any effort made to

encourage the applicant to perform the proposed studies or evaluations and the reason it is

believed that an independent study is necessary:

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9 For all expert witnesses, consultants, attorneys, or others to be employed, provide a copy

of any contract or agreement or proposed contract or agreement with each such expert

witness, consultant, attorney, or other person.

10 Provide a statement of any additional justification for the funding request not already

addressed above:


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My professional background/credentialsI earned a PhD in public policy (with an emphasis on economics-based decision making) from HarvardUniversity, completing a dissertation on environmental policy and economics. I then completed theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research postdoctoral fellowship at theUniversity of Michigan. Later I did a second fellowship in philosophy of science at the University ofMinnesota. Before I returned to school for my PhD and began my career in public health science, I

worked in consulting, primarily analyzing energy and environmental policy issues. Prior to that I earneda Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and summa cum laudeundergraduate degrees in math and history from Ohio State University.

I spent most of my career as a professor of public health. I currently direct an independent academic-styleresearch institute (a continuation of my university research lab) and consultancy. During my career as aprofessor, I was on the faculty of the schools of public health at University of Minnesota, University ofTexas, and University of Alberta, the evidence based medicine program at University of Texas medicalschool, the University of Alberta medical school, and Harvards Kennedy School of Government. Myteaching focused on two subjects: how to properly analyze epidemiologic data and how to make optimalpublic policy decisions based on scientific evidence. This subject matter, as important as it is, isgenerally overlooked in health science and medical education, and students frequently reported that my

teaching clarified their understanding of epidemiology, science more generally, and science-based policydecision making for the first time in their educational careers.

My research during my academic career, and continuing in my private institute, has emphasizedepidemiologic methods, environmental health, science- and ethics-based policy making, the nature andquality of peer review, and tobacco harm reduction. My work on epidemiologic methods focuses onrecognizing and quantifying uncertainty, recognizing and correcting for biased analyses, and translatingstatistical results into decision-relevant information. My first contributions in the area of epidemiologymethods won several awards in the early 2000s and launched a new area of inquiry in the field. I havealso done extensive research and writing about health communication.

Epidemiology is the study of actual health outcomes in people, and thus is the only science that can

directly inform us about actual health risks from real-world exposures. Related biological and physicalsciences often provide useful information about health risks, but it is often the case that real-worldexposures and the human body and mind are so complex that we observe results that are different fromwhat was predicted. My background in epidemiology methods, scientific epistemology, and optimalpolicy decision-making is the background that is needed for being able to evaluate bodies of healthscience literature and assess their worldly implications. Most people who work in or aroundepidemiology learn only how to conduct particular types of studies or how to technically interpretindividual study conclusions in the simplest possible way, which does not provide the ability to sort outcomplicated controversies. My study and research have focused on the epistemology of epidemiology,how to understand what the available evidence tells us.

My additional background in environmental economics and environmental health, with an emphasis on

energy policy, provides important subject-matter literacy for my studies related to wind turbines. I haveworked on topic of the health effects of wind turbines for three years, studying the available healthresearch and related background science, health reports, and testimony and analysis from industry,government, and independent scientists, as well as contributing my own analysis and designing a newfield study (which has not been carried out due to lack of available funding). Some of my analysisappears in my 2011 journal article in the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, ProperlyInterpreting the Epidemiologic Evidence About the Health Effects of Industrial Wind Turbines on NearbyResidents, and the key content of that paper appears in this report.

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CARL V. PHILLIPS, MPP, [email protected]

(+1) 651/503-6746 (mobile)

work-related feeds: @carlvphillips, EP-ology.blogspot.com,

facebook.com/profile.php?id=1455812496

Employment

PopuliHealth Institute (private academic-style research lab)

Director and Chief Scientist 2010-present

Major current projects: Tobacco harm reduction

Research, consulting (analysis, advising, testimony), and

independent writing on epidemiology, economics, consumer

behavior, products, politics, communication. How readers can better interpret evidence

Consulting, free-lance writing. Emphasis on epidemiology and

welfare economics. Health effects of industrial wind turbines

Consulting (testimony, advising) and independent research related

to the epidemiology

Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA)

Scientific Director (member of Board of Directors) 2012-present

Volunteer nonprofit organization devoted to promoting and protecting access to tobacco

harm reduction; includes TobaccoHarmReduction.org blog and related projects from my

academic research lab which was merged into CASAA in early 2012

Humane Society of the United StatesActing Chief Economist 2011-2012

Economic analysis, writing, and project management; primarily for policy advocacy

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Associate Professor 2005-2009

Department of Public Health Sciences

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor 2001-2005

Medical School, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Based MedicineSchool of Public Health, Division of Management, Policy, and

Community Health

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Visiting Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science 2000-2001

Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health 1997-2000

Secondary appointment in the Graduate Minor in Sustainable Agriculture

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Instructor of Public Policy (visiting faculty) 1994-95

Faculty, Kennedy School of Government Summer Program 1993, 1994

Teaching Assistant, Kennedy School of Government 1988-89, 1992-94

Law and Economics Consulting Group, Berkeley, California and Washington, D.C.

Senior Associate 1991-92

Associate 1990-91

Managed multi-million dollar research and analysis projects, supervising

up to ten employees.

Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Berkeley, California

Economic Analyst 1989-90

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Teaching Assistant (undergraduate mathematics) 1984-86

Alkon Corporation, Columbus, Ohio

Computer Systems Manager and Associate Software Engineer 1982-86

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research 1995-97

(postdoctoral training fellowship)

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy, November 1995. Advisor: Richard J. Zeckhauser.

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Master in Public Policy, June 1989.

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and History (with a minor in philosophy), with Honors,

summa cum laude, June 1987.

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Selected Scientific/Scholarly Service and Honors

Director and Chief Scientist, TobaccoHarmReduction.org research group, which produces a blog,

books, and the eponymous public health science and education website ; founded at the

University of Alberta School of Public Health and now a unit of CASAA

Scientific Advisor, Society for Wind Vigilance (2010-present)

Editorial Board,Harm Reduction Journal(2010-2011)

Co-Editor-in-Chief,Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations (www.epi-perspectives.com), an

open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to perspectives on quantitative health research,

including methodology, policy analysis, philosophy, and teaching (founding Editor-in-Chief,

2004-2007, co-Editor-in-Chief, 2007-2009); journal ceased publication in 2012 and a group

of us are considering restarting it in a new format.

Invited faculty, Society for Epidemiologic Research Student Workshop on Epidemiologic

methods, 2008.

Scientific Advisory Committee, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics

(2006-2008).

Rothman Epidemiology Prize for the best article in the journalEpidemiology in 2003, for

"Quantifying and Reporting Uncertainty from Systematic Errors".

Twice nominated for student-selected top teacher award at University of Texas SPH (~5

nominations/year from >100 faculty), and runner-up for top teaching award at University of

Alberta Department of Public Health Sciences.

Second Place, poster for "Requiring Safety Seats for Babies on Airplanes," Society for

Epidemiologic Research annual meeting, 2002.

Science, Technical, and Research volunteer, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

(1998-2001).

First Place, poster session judging, for "Applying Fully-Articulated Probability

Distributions,"Society for Epidemiologic Research annual meeting, 2000.

Participant, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Cost-Benefit Task Force (1997-1999).

Director, Sci-Veg.org, ran email list, Web site, and publication series on nutrition and other

scientific issues related to vegetarianism; numerous talks and writings in various forums onthose topics; Sci-Veg was widely regarded as the leading source of authority on those topics

(1996-1999).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar, 1995-97.

National Science Foundation Fellowship in Positive Political Economy, 1993-94.

National Oratory Champion, 1986 (and >70 other college speech and debate team awards).

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Most significant publications (the 18 contributions that, at the moment, I would most like to be

judged on1)

Phillips CV et al. Anti-Tobacco-Harm-Reduction Lie of the Day. antithrlies.blogspot.com, 2012

(ongoing).

Phillips CV. Unhealthful News. Series currently at ep-ology.blogspot.com. See in particular the

individual posts that are mentioned below under New Media.

Phillips CV. Properly Interpreting the Epidemiologic Evidence About the Health Effects of

Industrial Wind Turbines on Nearby Residents. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2011.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL, eds. Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research and

analysis. ISBN 978-0-9866007-0-8. Edmonton, Canada, 2010. tobaccoharmreduction.org/

thr2010yearbook.htm

Phillips CV. Debunking the claim that abstinence is usually healthier for smokers than

switching to a low-risk alternative, and other observations about anti-tobacco-harm-reduction

arguments. Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6:29. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/

6/1/29 (designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Phillips CV, Heavner KK. Smokeless tobacco: Epidemiology of harm. Biomarkers. 2009; 14

(S1): 7984.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Interpreting data in the face of competing explanations: assessing the

hypothesis that observed spontaneous clearance of Helicobacter pylori was all measurement

error.Int J Epidemiol, 2009.

Phillips CV, Emms SK, Kraker EL. Environmental and food safety aspects of vegetarian diets.In The Complete Vegetarian, P Carlson, ed. University of Illinois Press, 2008.

Phillips CV. Warning: anti-tobacco advocacy can be hazardous to epidemiology.Epidemiologic

Perspectives & Innovations, 4(13), 2007. (designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Phillips CV, Wang C, Guenzel B. You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public

message about smokeless tobacco.BMC Public Health 5:31, 2005. http://

www.biomedcentral.com/14712458/5/31 (designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Phillips CV. Publication bias in situ.BMC Medical Research Methodology 4:20, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712288/4/20

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1 Why 18? It is the count of years from my dissertation until this year (inclusive), which seems like a good rule ofthumb for allowing quantity while emphasizing quality. Why the heterodox categories? Because if one writes aboutfundamental flaws in publication standards and the review process in the field and call for radical reform, it is notintellectually honest to observe the associated categories when it is a matter personal convenience.


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Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. The missed lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill.Epidemiologic

Perspectives & Innovations, 1:3, 2004. http://www.epiperspectives.com/content/1/1/3

(designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ, Poole C. Lead editorial: The need for greater perspective and

innovation in epidemiology.Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 1:1, 2004. http://

www.epiperspectives.com/content/1/1/1

Phillips CV, LaPole LM (student advisee). Quantifying uncertainty without random sampling.

BMC Medical Research Methodology 3:9, 2003. http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712288/3/9

(designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Phillips CV. Quantifying and reporting uncertainty from systematic errors. Epidemiology, 14

(4):459-466, 2003. (Winner of Rothman Epidemiology Prize for the best article of the year in

that journal.)

Phillips CV. The economics of "more research is needed". International Journal of

Epidemiology 30:771-776, 2001.

Phillips CV, Maldonado G. Using Monte Carlo Methods to Quantify the Multiple Sources of

Error in Studies.American Journal of Epidemiology, 149(11): S17, 1999.

Phillips CV, Zeckhauser RJ. Restoring Natural Resources With Destination-Driven Costs.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management36(3):225-242, 1998.

Other Significant2 Old Media Publications

Heavner KK, Rosenberg Z, Tenorio F, Phillips CV. Retailers' knowledge of tobacco harmreduction following the introduction of a new brand of smokeless tobacco. Harm Reduction

Journal, 2010, 7:18. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/7/1/18

Heavner KK, Phillips CV, Burstyn I, Hare W. Dichotomization: 2x2 (x2x2x2 ...) categories:

infinite possibilities.BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:59. http://

www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/10/59

Phillips CV, Bergen PL. Introduction. In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent

research and analysis. CV Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 1-12.

Phillips CV, Heavner KK, Bergen PL. Tobacco the greatest untapped potential for harm

reduction. In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research and analysis. CV

Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 13-42. (Also forthcoming in:Harm Reduction:

Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High Risk Behaviors, 2nd Edition. K Witkiewitz et al., eds.)

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2 Works not making the previous category, but of substantial value or interest (self-judged) and that have beenjudged as academically/scientifically meritorious by others in one way or another, and that I played a major role in.


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Nissen CM, Phillips CV, Heffernan CE. The implicit ethical claims made in anti-tobacco harm

reduction rhetoric a brief overview. In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent

research and analysis. CV Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 99-110.

Geertsema K, Phillips CV, Heavner KK. University student smokers perceptions of risks and

barriers to harm reduction. In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research

and analysis. CV Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 139-148.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL, Heavner KK, Nissen CM. Public comment regarding tobacco harm

reduction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from TobaccoHarmReduction.org

In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research and analysis. CV Phillips and

PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 173-178.

Heavner KK, Dunworth J, Bergen PL, Nissen CM, Phillips CV. Electronic cigarettes (e-

cigarettes) as potential tobacco harm reduction products: Results of an online survey of e-

cigarette users. In: Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research and analysis.

CV Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010. pp. 257-270.

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Smith MA, Fischbach LA, Day RS, Aragaki CC.

Antibiotics taken for other illnesses and spontaneous clearance of Helicobacter pylori infection

in children.Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 18:7229, 2009.

Heavner KK, Rosenberg Z, Phillips CV. Survey of smokers' reasons for not switching to safer

sources of nicotine and their willingness to do so in the future. Harm Reduction Journal2009,

6:14. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/14

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Peer review in epidemiology cannot accomplish its ostensible

goals due to incomplete reporting and unverifiable analyses. Proceedings of the InternationalSymposium on Peer Reviewing, at the 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Generation,

Communication and Management, 2009. http://www.iiis.org/CDs2008/CD2009SCI/ispr2009/

PapersPdf/V524QH.pdf

Phillips CV, Marlow M, Enstrom J, Heavner K. "Conflict of interest" disclosure in health

science: inadequate information and a tool for enforcing orthodoxy. Proceedings of the

International Symposium on Peer Reviewing, at the 3rd International Conference on Knowledge

Generation, Communication and Management, 2009. http://www.iiis.org/CDs2008/CD2009SCI/

ispr2009/PapersPdf/V655QR.pdf

Phillips CV. Lack of scientific influences on epidemiology.Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;37(1):59

64.

Phillips CV, Maclehose RF, Kaufman JS (Errors in statistical tests)^3.Emerging Themes in

Epidemiology. 2008 Jul 14;5:9. (designated "Highly Accessed" by BioMed Central)

Rodu B, Phillips CV. Switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method: evidence

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from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey.Harm Reduction Journal. 2008 May 23;5:18.

(designated Highly Accessed by BioMed Central) http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/

content/5/1/18 (Reprinted in Tobacco Harm Reduction 2010; a yearbook of recent research and

analysis. CV Phillips and PL Bergen, eds. 2010, pp. 51-60.)

Phillips CV, Goodman K. Hill's Considerations for Causal Inference. InEncyclopedia of

Epidemiology, SE Boslaugh, ed. Sage Reference, pp. 493-5, 2008.

Phillips CV, Rodu B. Tobacco. InEncyclopedia of Epidemiology, SE Boslaugh, ed. Sage

Reference, pp. 1038-42, 2008.

Phillips CV. Quality of Life, Quantification of. InEncyclopedia of Epidemiology, SE Boslaugh,

ed. Sage Reference, pp. 867-72, 2008.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Causality/Causation. InEncyclopedia of Quantitative Risk

Assessment, B Everitt and E Melnick, eds. Wiley, 2008.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Causal Criteria and Counterfactuals; nothing more (or less) than

scientific common sense.Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 3:5, 2006. http://

www.eteonline.com/content/3/1/5

Xia JJ, Phillips CV, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis for computer-aided surgical simulation in

complex cranio-maxillofacial surgery.Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 64(12):

1780-1784, 2006.

Goodman KJ, et al. Dynamics ofHelicobacter pylori infection in a US-Mexico cohort during the

first two years of life. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(6):1348-1355, 2005. http://

ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dyi152?ijkey=7lDHp6XBjCfi9hy&keytype=ref

Goodman KJ, Phillips CV. Hill's criteria of causation. InEncyclopedia of Statistics in

Behavioral Sciences, B Everitt, D Howell eds.,Wiley, 2005.

Phillips CV, Zeckhauser RJ. The Economics of Cleanup and Legal Design. In The Law &

Economics of the Environment, A Heyes ed., Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2001.

Phillips CV. In Praise of decision analysis in environmental health. Statistical Science 14(3),

1999.

Phillips CV. You can't believe everything you read, but you have to believe something. What? APrimer in Critically Reading the Scientific Literature. Vegetarian Journal, July/August 1999.

Phillips CV. A complex systems model of dietary choice with implications for improving diets

and promoting vegetarianism. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70(3):608S-614S, 1999.

Phillips CV, Sexton K. Science and Policy Implications of Defining Environmental Justice.

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 9:917, 1999.

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Phillips CV, Zeckhauser RJ. Communicating the Health Effects of Consumer Products: The

Case of Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease.Managerial and Decision

Economics 17:459-470, 1996.

Phillips CV, Zeckhauser RJ. Evaluating the Present Natural Resource Damages Regime: The

Economist's Perspective. InNatural Resource Damages; an appraisal of the regulatory and

liability regime, Richard B. Stewart, ed., New York: National Legal Center for the Public

Interest, 1995.

Ph.D. Dissertation: Assignment of Property Rights as a Mode of Regulation; legislative

incentives, efficiency implications, and applications to environmental liability. Harvard

University, 1995.

Phillips CV, Zeckhauser RJ. Contingent Valuation of Damage to Natural Resources: How

Accurate? How Appropriate? Toxics Law Reporter, October 1989.

Selected Significant New Media Publications

Phillips CV et al.. TobaccoHarmReduction.org. Includes various popular education material

(co-authored by me), as well as working papers and published comments on government reports

and other publications (some sole authored by me, some co-authored), and a clearinghouse of

other information (most content from 2006-2009; currently being updated).

Phillips CV et al. Demonstrating that children believe that deadly tobacco products are harmless

candy, an experimental study (a parody). February 29, 2010. http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/

2012/02/latest-in-tobacco-candy-research.html

Phillips CV. Unhealthful News 217 - Economic innumeracy and tobacco substitution http://ep-

ology.blogspot.com/2012/08/unhealthful-news-217-economic.html

Phillips CV. Public health terrorism, Pennsylvania date rape edition (about public health

extremism regarding drinking). http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/12/unhealthful-news-193-

public-health.html

Phillips CV. Public health extremists try to arm babies with cleavers (about public health

extremism regarding co-sleeping). http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/12/unhealthful-news-192-

public-health_06.html

Phillips CV. Absurd claims about the effects of smoking place restrictions, North Carolina

edition. Series available via http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/11/unhealthful-news-191-absurd-

claims.html

Phillips CV. Cancer: screening is generally a bad idea; what about vaccines? Series available via

http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/11/unhealthful-news-186-cancer-screening.html

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Phillips CV. Did Serious people seriously think FDA regulation of tobacco would go any

differently than it has? Really? http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/07/unhealthful-news-182-did-

serious-people.html

Phillips CV. Four part series relating to flawed calculations about the net costs of smoking.

Series available via http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/06/unhealthful-news-170-followup-

on.html

Phillips CV. Understanding (some of) the ethics of trials and stopping rules. Series available

via http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/05/unhealthful-news-150-understanding-some.html

Phillips CV. Tobacco harm reduction study is apparently designed to fail; it was only a matter of

time. http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/05/unhealthful-news-146-tobacco-harm.html

Phillips CV. USDA does something for the people rather than business. People complain. http://

ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/05/unhealthful-news-139-usda-does.html

Phillips CV. Data fishing: a bit about how readers can deal with it. http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/

2011/05/unhealthful-news-133-data-fishing-bit.html

Phillips CV. The value of asking "huh?" Series available via http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/

2011/05/unhealthful-news-128-value-of-asking.html

Phillips CV. The breast cancer empire strikes back. http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2011/05/

unhealthful-news-123-breast-cancer.html

Phillips CV. Adamance and conflict of interest. Series available via http://ep-

ology.blogspot.com/2011/05/unhealthful-news-121-adamance-and.html

Phillips CV. Smokeless Tobacco Junk Science, the Original Winn Sin Part 1, background.

Smokeless Tobacco Junk Science, the Original Winn Sin Part 2, what the data shows. Ep-ology

blog. June 22, 2010. http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2010/06/smokeless-tobacco-junk-science-

original_22.html

Phillips CV. Dear Colleagues: Please Stop Saying there is Risk Continuum in Tobacco Harm

Reduction. Tobacco Harm Reduction blog. April 14, 2010. http://smokles.wordpress.com/

2010/04/14/dear-colleagues-please-stop-saying-there-is-risk-continuum-in-tobacco-harm-

reduction/

Phillips CV. Can there be a legitimate graphical warning for THR products? Tobacco Harm

Reduction blog. April 7, 2010. http://smokles.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/can-there-be-a-

legitimate-graphical-warning-for-thr-products/

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Phillips CV. Avatar, smoking, and crazy attitudes as a symptom of destructive beliefs. Tobacco

Harm Reduction blog. January 8, 2010. http://smokles.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/avatar-

smoking-and-crazy-attitudes-as-a-symptom-of-destructive-beliefs/

Phillips CV. The affirmative ethical arguments for promoting a policy of tobacco harm

reduction. Working Paper. July 2009. http://tobaccoharmreduction.org/wpapers/affirmative.pdf

Minor3 Published Papers

Cervantes D, Fischbach LA, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Chen S, Broussard C. Exposure to

Helicobacter pyloripositive Siblings and Persistence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Early

Childhood.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nut, in press, 2009.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL, Heavner K. Pre-submission and post-publication reviews: open web-

based tools to provide partial solutions to the fundamental inadequacy of public health science

peer review. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Peer Reviewing, at the 3rd

International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management, 2009.

http://www.iiis.org/CDs2008/CD2009SCI/ispr2009/PapersPdf/V563HR.pdf

Phillips CV, Goodman K. Hill, Austin Bradford. InEncyclopedia of Epidemiology, SE

Boslaugh, ed. Sage Reference, pp. 492-3, 2008.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL. Response to analysis by MJ Thun and JO DeLancey. CA: A cancer

journal for clinicians, 2008 http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/eletters/58/1/4

Nurgalieva Z, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Fischbach L, de la Rosa JM, Gold BD.

Correspondence between Helicobacter pylori antibodies and urea breath test results in a US-

Mexico birth cohort. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2008 May;22(3):30212.

Cheung M, Gould J, Hare W, Heavner KK, Khorvash M, Li D, Lock K, Phillips CV, White M.

Ideas for Reducing Data Interpretation Bias in Epidemiological Studies. Technical report

prepared for the 11th PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, 2007.

Rodu B, Phillips CV. The association of nation-based alcohol-drinking profiles and oral cancer

mortality remains unclear. Invited review,J Evid Based Dent Pract. 7(2):756, 2007.

Howard BH, Phillips CV, Matinhure N, Goodman KJ, McCurdy SA, Johnson CA. Barriers and

incentives to orphan care in a time of AIDS and economic crisis: a cross-sectional survey ofcaregivers in rural Zimbabwe. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 8(2), 2007.

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Phillips CV, Bergen PL, Guenzel B. Deconstructing anti-harm-reduction metaphors; mortality

risk from falls and other traumatic injuries compared to smokeless tobacco use.Harm Reduction

Journal, 3:15, 2006. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/3/1/15

Howard BH, Phillips CV, et al. Barriers and incentives to orphan care in a time of AIDS and

economic crisis: a cross-sectional survey of caregivers in rural Zimbabwe.BMC Public Health,

6:27, 2006. http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712458/6/27

Phillips CV. Introducing articleprocessing charges and inviting "detailed methods sections"

articles. Editorial,Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2:5, 2005. http://

www.epiperspectives.com/content/2/1/5

Maldonado G, Phillips CV. Editorial: Wishful thinking.Epidemiologic Perspectives &

Innovations 1:2, 2004. http://www.epiperspectives.com/content/1/1/2

Phillips CV. Free-Choice Diet Selection. InAnimal Models of Disorders of Eating Behavior

and Body Composition, DA Collier, JB Owen, JL Treasure eds., 2001.

Phillips CV. How Do Economists Value the Environmental Effects of Livestock Production?

Minnesota Agricultural Economist, no. 697, Summer 1999.

Lees EL (student advisee), Phillips CV. Dietary Choice: It Affects the Planet's Health, Too.

Vegetarian Nutrition & Health Letter, 2(4), April 1999.

Phillips CV, Messina V. The Internet and vegetarian science. Vegetarian Nutrition: An

International Journal1:2224, 1997.

Phillips CV. The Paradox of Dietary Change. Issues in Vegetarian Dietetics, 7(1), 1997.

Phillips CV. A View from Economics: The Age of Externalities. In Vision, Isaac Deverash et

al., eds., Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.

Master's in Public Policy Thesis: Equity and Efficiency in Natural Resource Damage and

Liability Assessment; An Economic Analysis of the Rules and Methods of Superfund. Kennedy

School of Government, 1989.

Selected Publicly-Released Consulting Reports and Government Testimony

Phillips CV. Testimony at FDA's "Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee" January

2012. Available via http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-testimony-at-todays-fda-

tobacco.html (note: it was a very brief presentation, but was widely reviewed as importantly

scathing)

Phillips CV. Analysis of the Epidemiology and Related Evidence on Health Effects of Wind

Turbines on Local Residents, and associated oral testimony. July 2010. Available via http://ep-

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ology.blogspot.com/2010/07/wind-turbines-and-health-cvp-report-for.html (note: I have

provided other similar reports and testimony, some of it updated from what appears in this report,

but this is the version that went viral)

Phillips CV. Saving European lives with smokeless tobacco: a clear choice, a difficult choice.

Presentations to Members of the European Union. Strasbourg, June 2008 and Brussels,

September 2008.

Phillips CV. Nitrosamines in modern Western smokeless tobacco: The scientific evidence does

not support the claim that different levels between U.S. and Swedish products cause different

health effects. Prepared for submission to European Union hearings on the legalization of

smokeless tobacco, May 2006.

Phillips CV. Testimony on the role of smokeless tobacco in a harm reduction strategy for

cigarettes. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce,

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 3 June 2003.

Phillips CV. Testimony on the role of smokeless tobacco in a harm reduction strategy for

cigarettes. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, 3 June 2003.

Phillips CV. Update of Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Animal Agriculture,

External Costs and Benefits. Report prepared for Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, St.

Paul, Minnesota, March 2001.

Phillips CV. An Economic Analysis of Human Subjects Research Ethics; Characterizing the

Subject Rights - Social Benefits Tradeoff. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health

Policy Research Working Paper WP17, September 2000.

Addis PB et al. Human Health. Literature Summary for the Generic Environmental ImpactStatement on Animal Agriculture. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, St. Paul, Minnesota,

1999.

Phillips CV et al. External Costs and Benefits. Literature Summary for the Generic

Environmental Impact Statement on Animal Agriculture. Minnesota Environmental Quality

Board, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999.

Phillips CV. Analysis of the States "Economic Implications of Minnesota Forest Resources

Council's Integrated Timber Harvesting and Forest Management Guidelines Workplan." Report

prepared for Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, July 1998.

Phillips CV, Sexton K. Academic Leadership: Influencing Directions in Environmental Health

Policy. University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1998.

Tetra Tech, EM Inc., Phillips CV, Welle P. Minnesota Watershed Cost-Benefit Model Scoping

Study, prepared for the Minnesota Cost-Benefit Analysis Task Force, Minnesota Pollution

Control Agency, November 1998.

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Phillips CV. Long-Term Health Insurance and the Multiple Risks of Health Care Costs. Robert

Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy working paper number WP-5, Boston University

School of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997.

Zeckhauser RJ, Phillips CV. Theory of the Use of Vouchers in Government Procurement; a

theoretical discussion to inform NASA's provision of vouchers to the CCDSs, prepared for the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 1993.

Zeckhauser RJ, Phillips CV. Comments on the contingent valuation method of natural resource

value, presented before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, July 1992.

Phillips CV. Canadian Markets for Chicken, Turkey, and Eggs Under Free Trade, prepared for

Agriculture Canada, 1992.

Phillips CV et al. Market Response to an Increase in the Demand for San Joaquin Valley Light

Crude, and Point Arguello Transportation Scenarios; Economic Analysis, prepared for Chevron

U.S.A, Inc., 1990.

Published Abstracts

Stuart NS, Vijan S, Ronis D, Fitzgerald JT, Phillips CV, Hayward RA. Patient Preferences and

the Care of Diabetes.Journal of General Internal Medicine, 14(s2):74, 1999.


Error in Studies.American Journal of Epidemiology, 149(11): S17, 1999.

Phillips CV, Coggins J, McNamara P. The Environmental Effects of Animal Agriculture --Consideration of Joint Production and Joint Solutions.American Journal of Agricultural

Economics, 81(5):1277-8, 1999.

Maldonado G, Greenland S, Phillips CV. Approximately Nondifferential Exposure

Misclassification Does Note Ensure Bias Toward the Null. American Journal of Epidemiology,

151(11): S39, 2000.

Phillips CV. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Applied Epidemiologic Research Projects.American

Journal of Epidemiology, 151(11): S40, 2000.

Phillips CV. Our Estimates are Uncertain, But That is OK.American Journal of Epidemiology,

151(11): S41, 2000.

Phillips CV. Applying Fully-Articulated Probability Distributions.American Journal of

Epidemiology, 151(11):S41, 2000.

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Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Phenylpropanolamine Banned Based on What?American Journal of

Epidemiology, 153(11):S99, 2001.

Phillips CV, Kim J (student advisee), Goodman KJ. Calculating Sample Size with

Consideration of Uncertain Input Assumptions.American Journal of Epidemiology, 153

(11):S181, 2001.


Subjects Rights vs. Social Benefits Tradeoff.American Journal of Epidemiology, 153(11):S206,

2001.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. The Messed Lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill.American Journal

of Epidemiology, 153(11):S209, 2001.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Sometimes it is Better to Use Proxy Respondents for Controls to

Mimic Dead Cases; A Quasi-Empirical Analysis.American Journal of Epidemiology, 153

(11):S254, 2001.

Phillips CV, Maldonado G. Quantifying Systematic Uncertainty; A General Model Using the

Causal Contrast Approach.American Journal of Epidemiology, 153(11):S261, 2001.

Phillips CV, Maldonado G. Providing Widely-Understandable Perspective for Risks Reported

in Studies.American Journal of Epidemiology, 153(11):S272, 2001.

Phillips CV. Quantified Uncertainty and High-Cost Public Health Decisions: The Case of

Phenylpropanolamine.American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(11):S69, 2002.

Phillips CV, Wang C (student advisee). Requiring Safety Seats for Babies on Airplanes: Likely

Harmful and Certainly too Expensive.American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(11):S90, 2002.

Phillips CV, Leong-Wu C, Wang C (student advisees). Quantification of Uncertainty in the

Mammography Controversy. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(11):S94, 2002.

Phillips CV. Requiring Safety Seats for Babies on Airplanes: Likely Harmful and Certainly too

Expensive. 16th World Congress of Epidemiology / International Epidemiologic Association,

proceedings, MP48, 2002.

Phillips CV. The mammography controversy: Our unsupportable claims of certainty catch up

with us. 16th World Congress of Epidemiology / International Epidemiologic Associationproceedings, WP159, 2002.

Phillips CV. On the nature of random error in epidemiology.American Journal of Epidemiology,

157(11):S59, 2003.

Phillips CV. Publication bias in situ.American Journal of Epidemiology, 157(11):S59, 2003.

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Phillips CV, Wang C, Daw CM (student advisee), Guenzel BT. Smokeless tobacco and oral

cancer, the curious history of a 'fact'.American Journal of Epidemiology, 157(11):S13, 2003.

Phillips CV, Guenzel B, Fischbach L, Goodman KJ. Amplified in the telling; How dubious

claims evolve into conventional wisdom. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(11):S31,

2004.

Sierra MS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Aragaki C. Predictors of follow-up compliance in a US-

Mexico birth cohort.American Journal of Epidemiology, 163 (11):S33, 2006.

Goodman KJ, ORourke K, Day RS, Cardenas V, Aragaki C, Fischbach LA, Phillips CV,

Broussard CS, Campos A, de la Rosa M.Helicobacter pylori infection rates in the first four years

of life: US-Mexico cohort study.American Journal of Epidemiology, 163 (11):S34, 2006.

Rivas SD, Goodman KJ, Cardenas V, Aragaki C, Tarwater P, Phillips CV. Environmental

tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure andHelicobacter pylori infection in children. American Journal

of Epidemiology, 163 (11):S118, 2006.

Phillips CV, Sargent C, Rabiu D (student advisee), Rodu B. Calculating the comparative

mortality risk from smokeless tobacco vs. smoking.American Journal of Epidemiology, 163

(11):S189, 2006.

Phillips CV. Epidemiology creates its limits: the banality of error.American Journal of

Epidemiology, 163 (11):S224, 2006.

Phillips CV. Be more like CSI, less like CSI: Miami: A call for common-sense micro-level

Popperian refutationism in epidemiology.American Journal of Epidemiology, 163 (11):S224,

2006.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ, Gustafson P. Can measurement error explain the transience of

Helicobacter pylori infection in a cohort of young children?American Journal of Epidemiology,

163 (11):S225, 2006.

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, et al. Effect of antibiotics taken for other illnesses on

spontaneous clearance of H. pylori infection in children. American Journal of Epidemiology,

165:S125, 2007

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Fischbach LA, Aragaki CC. Spontaneous clearance of

Helicobacter pylori infection in a US-Mexico birth cohort.American Journal of Epidemiology,165:S125, 2007

Heavner K, Heffernan C, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Methodologic and Ethical Failures in

Epidemiologic Research, as Illustrated by Research Relating to Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR).

American Journal of Epidemiology 2008;167:S115

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Phillips CV, Heavner K, Hare W. Categorization of Continuous Variables: Recognizing and

Reducing the Bias Caused by the Choice of Cutpoints. American Journal of Epidemiology

2008;167:S115

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Hu J, Newman S. Bias Due to Uncontrolled Confounding:

Demonstrating the Value of External Adjustment. American Journal of Epidemiology

2008;167:S86

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Debunking three epistemic myths from introductory epidemiology.

American Journal of Epidemiology 169:S90, 2009

Phillips CV, Enstrom, JE, Marlow ML. Do "Conflict of Interest" Statements in Epidemiology

and Public Health Serve Their Ostensible Purpose. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009

169:S3.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Inconsistent methods used to analyze data from the Swedish

construction workers' cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 169:S113.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Burstyn I. Hare W. Dichotomization: Why present one 2x2 table when

n 2x2 tables are possible (and none are "the right" answer. American Journal of Epidemiology

2009 169:S113.

Selected Presentations (* = invited)

Phillips CV, Kwaczek A. Environmental Policy in the U.S.: Forward, Back, or Sideways?

Presented at the Canadian Association of Business Economics annual meeting, Banff, Alberta,

1991

Phillips CV. The Economics of Health Care Cost Risk. University of Saint Thomas, Biology

Department Seminar Series, Saint Paul, 24 April 1998.*

Phillips CV. Environmental Values: The Balance of Environment, Equity, and Economics in

Public Health Practice. Eighth Annual Public Health Nursing Practice Workshop, Saint Paul, 22

October 1998.*

Phillips CV. Restoring Natural Resources With Destination-Driven Costs. Harvard University

Environmental Economics Seminar, Cambridge, 18 November 1998.*

Phillips CV. Is More Research Really Warranted? University of Minnesota School of Public

Health, Epidemiology Division Seminar, Minneapolis, 20 January 1999.*

Phillips CV. Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture. University of Minnesota

Interrelationships of People and Animals in Society Today lecture series, Saint Paul, 11 May

1999.*

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Stuart NS, Vijan S, Ronis D, Fitzgerald JT, Phillips CV, Hayward RA. Patient Preferences and

the Care of Diabetes. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting, San

Francisco, 29 April 29-1 May 1999.

Phillips CV. Economic Valuation of Nonmarket Goods. Midwest Ecological Risk Assessment

Center, Saint Paul, July 1999.*


Error in Studies. Poster, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research,

Baltimore, 10-12 June 1999.

Multiple presenters. Findings from research on Generic Environmental Impact Statement on

Animal Agriculture. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, Saint Paul, July 1999.*

Phillips CV, Coggins J, McNamara P. The Environmental Effects of Animal Agriculture --

Consideration of Joint Production and Joint Solutions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Agricultural Economics Association,Nashville, 8-11 August 1999.

Phillips CV. Science and Vegetarianism Getting Our Facts Straight. Compassionate Action

Conference, Raleigh NC, 3 October 1999.*

Phillips CV. How I learned to stop worrying about p-values and love epidemiologic uncertainty.

University of Minnesota School of Public Health Epidemiology Division Seminar, Minneapolis,

1 December 1999.*

Phillips CV. Sociological and Psychological Dimensions of Vegetarianism. University of

Minnesota Interrelationships of People and Animals in Society Today lecture series, Saint Paul, 4

April 2000

Phillips CV. Recognizing and Responding to the Multiple Economic Externalities from

Agricultural Systems. Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Enhanced Landscape,

Food Systems, Human and Animal Health Symposium, 28 April 2000.*

Maldonado G, Greenland S, Phillips CV. Approximately Nondifferential Exposure

Misclassification Does Note Ensure Bias Toward the Null. Poster, 33rd Annual Meeting of the

Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, 15-17 June 2000.

Phillips CV. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Applied Epidemiologic Research Projects. Poster, 33rd

Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, 15-17 June 2000.

Phillips CV. Our Estimates are Uncertain, But That is OK. Poster, 33rd Annual Meeting of the

Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, 15-17 June 2000.

Phillips CV. Applying Fully-Articulated Probability Distributions. Poster, 33rd Annual Meeting

of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, 15-17 June 2000. (Awarded 1stplace in

poster session judging.)

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Phillips CV. Methodological and Policy Implications of Defining Environmental Justice.

University of Minnesota Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Seminar, Saint Paul, 29 Sept

2000.*

Phillips CV. Agriculture Policy Based on Welfare Economic Principles Any Hope?

University of Minnesota Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar, Saint Paul, 6 March

2001.*

Phillips CV. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment; Basic Principles and Contributions.

University of Minnesota Ecological Risk Assessment Seminar, Saint Paul, 21 March 2001.*

Phillips CV. Putting Goals First; Public Health Policy, Research, and Information. University of

Texas School of Public Health, Management and Policy Sciences, Houston, 25 May 2001.*

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Phenylpropanolamine Banned Based on What? Submitted talk,

2001 Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 14 June 2001.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Sometimes It Is Better to Use Proxy Respondents for Controls to

Mimic Dead Cases. Poster, 2001 Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 15 June 2001.


Subjects Rights - Social Benefits Tradeoff. Poster, 2001 Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 15

June 2001.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. The Messed Lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill. Poster, 2001

Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 15 June 2001.

Phillips CV, Kim J (student advisee), Goodman KJ. Better Sample Size Calculations.Submitted talk, 2001 Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 15 June 2001.

Phillips CV. Providing Widely-Understandable Perspective for Risks Reported in Studies.

Submitted talk, 2001 Congress of Epidemiology, Toronto, 16 June 2001.

Phillips CV. Phenylpropanolamine Banned Based on What? Considering Uncertainty and

Costs in Epidemiology-Based Policy. University of Cincinnati Medical School, Seminar in

Environmental Health, 14 November 2001.*

Phillips CV. Fully Quantifying Uncertainty in Epidemiologic Studies using Monte CarloSimulation. University of Cincinnati, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 15 November

2001.*

Phillips CV. Quantifying Uncertainty in Health Research using Monte Carlo Simulation.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Research Day, 30 November 2001.

Phillips CV. Epidemiologic Uncertainty, a case for recognizing it and a method for quantifying

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it. University of South Carolina, Medical School, 3 December 2001.*

Phillips CV, Wang C, Leong-Wu C (student advisees). The Dangers of Dichotomy;

Quantification of Uncertainty in the Mammography Controversy. Poster, 2002 Society for

Epidemiologic Research, Palm Desert, California, June 2002.

Phillips CV. Quantified Uncertainty and High-Stakes Public Health Decisions: The Case of

Phenylpropanolamine. Submitted presentation, 2002 Society for Epidemiologic Research, Palm

Desert, California, June 2002.

Phillips CV, Wang C (student advisee). Requiring Safety Seats for Babies on Airplanes: Likely

Harmful and Certainly too Expensive. Poster, 2002 Society for Epidemiologic Research, Palm

Desert, California, June 2002, and at 16th World Congress of Epidemiology / International

Epidemiologic Association, Montreal, Canada, August 2002. (Awarded 2ndplace in poster

session judging at SER.)

Phillips CV, Wang C, Leong-Wu C (student advisees). The mammography controversy: Our

unsupportable claims of certainty catch up with us. Poster 16th World Congress of

Epidemiology / International Epidemiologic Association, Montreal, Canada, August 2002.

Phillips CV. Combining Quantified Bias and Random Error; with application to the high-stakes

phenylpropanolamine study. Invited presentation, 16th World Congress of Epidemiology /

International Epidemiologic Association, symposium, "Expanding analytic methods to account

for biases in observational studies," Montreal, Canada, August 2002.*

Phillips CV, Wang C, Leong-Wu C (student advisees). Evidence for screening mammography

effectiveness; Nobody's right if everybody's wrong. Invited presentation, 16th World Congress of

Epidemiology / International Epidemiologic Association, pre-conference workshop,

"Effectiveness of prevention What is the evidence?" Montreal, Canada, August 2002.*

Phillips CV. Further beyond the confidence interval. Presentation, 2003 Society for

Epidemiologic Research, Atlanta, June 2003.*

Phillips CV. On the nature of random error in epidemiology. Poster, 2003 Society for

Epidemiologic Research, Atlanta, June 2003.

Phillips CV. Publication bias in situ. Poster, 2003 Society for Epidemiologic Research, Atlanta,

June 2003.

Phillips CV, Wang C, Guenzel BT, Daw CM (student advisee). Smokeless tobacco and oral

cancer, the curious history of a "fact". Poster, 2003 Society for Epidemiologic Research, Atlanta,

June 2003.

Phillips CV. Smokeless tobacco and cigarettes: gateways, causal pathways, and harm reduction.

Presentation, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 10th Annual Meeting, Phoenix,

February 2004.

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Phillips CV, Guenzel B. Internet information about health risks from smokeless tobacco. Poster,

Society for research on Nicotine and Tobacco 10th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, February 2004.

Phillips CV. Smokeless tobacco and oral cancer; overstatement of the association and

publication bias in situ. Poster, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 10th Annual

Meeting, Phoenix, February 2004.

Phillips CV, Guenzel B, Goodman KJ, Fischbach L. Amplified in the telling; How dubious

claims evolve into conventional wisdom ("Healthlore"). Presentation, 2004 Society for

Epidemiologic Research, Salt Lake City, June 2004.

Phillips CV. Quantifying uncertainty, publication bias in situ, and weak epidemiologic

associations. Presentation, Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, December

2004.*

Phillips CV. Toward a more honest health science literature; quantifying uncertainty and

recognizing publication bias. Presentation, Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, March 2005.*

Becton JL (student advisee), Phillips CV, Moyer VA. Should college students receive the new

meningococcal conjugate vaccine? a streamlined cost-effectiveness analysis. Poster, Texas

Pediatric Society, September 2005 (first prize in the Hypothesis-Driven Project category).

Phillips CV. A novel approach to assessing the risks from smokeless tobacco: looking at the

evidence. Public Health Grand Rounds, University of Alberta, April 2006.*

Phillips CV. Smoking vs. smokeless tobacco; a brief background on the contrasting health

effects. 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Vancouver,British Columbia, May 2006.*

Phillips CV. Tobacco Harm Reduction: Can Alberta be the next Sweden? Alberta Health and

Wellness, Provincial Health Officers meeting, Red Deer, Alberta, May 2006.*

Phillips CV. Tobacco harm reduction: the greatest opportunity for reducing the burden of cancer

in Canada. University of Alberta, Grand Oncology Rounds, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton,

Alberta, May 2006.*

Phillips CV, Rabiu D (student advisee, presenter), Rodu B. Calculating the comparativemortality risk from smokeless tobacco vs. smoking. Poster, 2006 North American Congress of

Epidemiology, Seattle, June 2006.

Phillips CV. Epidemiology creates its limits: the banality of error. Poster, 2006 North American

Congress of Epidemiology, Seattle, June 2006.

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Phillips CV. Be more like CSI, less like CSI: Miami: A call for common-sense micro-level

Popperian refutationism in epidemiology. Poster, 2006 North American Congress of

Epidemiology, Seattle, June 2006.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ, Gustafson P. Can measurement error explain the transience of

Helicobacter pylori infection in a cohort of young children? Poster, 2006 North American

Congress of Epidemiology, Seattle, June 2006.

Bergen PL, Phillips CV, Rodu B. If you build a FAQ, will they come? Evidence-

based online health information vs. propaganda. Poster, Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on

Internet in Medicine, Toronto, October 2006.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL, Guenzel B. Persistent misleading health advice about smokeless

tobacco on the web. Poster, Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine,

Toronto, October 2006.

Bergen PL, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Challenging misinformation about tobacco harm reduction on

the Web: Accurate information is not enough, but intervention can work. Presentation, 18th

International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Warsaw, May 2007.

Phillips CV. Highly-reduced-harm nicotine products: which products are promising substitutes

for cigarettes? Poster, 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm,

Warsaw, May 2007.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL. Traditional harm reduction and tobacco harm reduction - helping and

learning from each other. Presentation, 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug

Related Harm, Warsaw, May 2007.

Bergen PL, Phillips CV, Imperialism of United States anti-HR policies: It comes from thepolitical left too. Presentation, 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related

Harm, Warsaw, May 2007.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL. Which products are highly-reduced-harm alternatives to cigarettes?

Presentation, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics meeting, Calgary, May 2007.

Ismond, KP, Phillips CV. Health effects of low-intensity smoking: A systematic review of the

epidemiologic evidence. Presentation, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics

meeting, Calgary, May 2007.

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Smith MA, Fischbach LA, Aragaki CC, Day RS.

Effect of Antibiotics Taken for Other Illnesses on Spontaneous Clearance of H. pylori Infection

in Children. Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Calgary, May 2831, 2007.

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Smith MA, Fischbach LA, Aragaki CC, Day RS.

Effect of antibiotics taken for other illnesses on spontaneous clearance of H. pylori infection in

children. Society for Epidemiologic Research, Boston, Jun 1922, 2007.

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Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, Fischbach LA, Aragaki CC. Spontaneous clearance of

Helicobacter pylori infection in a US-Mexico birth cohort. Society for Epidemiologic Research,

Boston, Jun 1922, 2007.

Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Phillips CV, et al. Antibiotics taken for other illnesses and

incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children. American College of Epidemiology

meeting, September 2007. (winner, best student poster)

Phillips CV. Saving epidemiology from junk science can mathematical tools address a

sociologic problem? Simon Fraser University, Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical

and Computational Sciences department, Complex Systems Modeling Group Colloquium Series,

November 2007.*

Phillips CV. Panelist for discussion of tobacco harm reduction. International Drug Policy

Reform Conference. New Orleans, December 2007.*

Phillips CV. Untitled presentation to a gathering of appx. 100 Ottawa retailers who would be

selling a new smokeless tobacco product, to educate them on tobacco harm reduction, January

2008.*

Phillips CV. Can quantitative methods help detect and reduce "publication bias in situ"?

Presentation at Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences / National Program on Complex

Data Structures conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, April 2008.*

Phillips CV. Who will be blamed for the slow pace of tobacco harm reduction? Keynote

presentation, Tobacco Merchant's Association 93rd Annual Meeting and Conference,

Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2008.*

Phillips CV. The Canadian Scene: Anti-Tobacco Activists winning their war against Public

Health? Presentation, Tobacco Merchant's Association 93rd Annual Meeting and Conference,

Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2008.*

Rabiu D, Phillips CV. Smokers' perceptions of the benefits of smoking and the implications for

tobacco harm reduction. Oral presentation at the 18th International Harm Reduction Association

Conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 2008.

Heffernan C, Phillips CV. Framing channeling conclusions. Oral presentation at the 18th

International Harm Reduction Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 2008.

Bennett C, Heavner K, Phillips CV. Smokeless tobacco availability and promotion

in Edmonton: Exploring the barriers to and the opportunities for tobacco harm reduction. Oral

presentation at the 18th International Harm Reduction Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain,

May 2008.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Litwin A. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the Rationale for a Multi-

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Pronged Harm Reduction Approach. Poster presentation at the 18th International Harm

Reduction Association Conference, Barcelona Spain, May 2008.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Rosenberg Z. Survey of Smokers Interest in and Barriers

to Tobacco Harm Reduction. Poster presentation at the 18th International Harm Reduction

Association Conference, Barcelona Spain, May 2008.

Tenorio F, Bergen PL, Phillips CV. Beliefs about the comparative risks of tobacco products: areview of the survey research. Oral presentation at the 18th International Harm Reduction

Association Conference, Barcelona Spain, May 2008.

Geertsema K, Phillips CV, Heavner K. Survey of University Student Smokers

Perceptions of Risks from Tobacco Products and Barriers to Harm Reduction. Poster presentation

at the 18th International Harm Reduction Association Conference, Barcelona Spain, May 2008.

Phillips CV. Saving European lives with smokeless tobacco. Invited presentations to Members

of the European Parliament; two versions, presented to different subgroups, Strasbourg, June

2008 and Brussels, September 2008.*

Phillips CV, Heavner KK. Smokeless Tobacco: Epidemiology of Harm. Invited

presentation at the Aerosol Dynamics and Health Conference: Strategies to Reduce Exposure and

Harm Conference, Cardiff, Wales, June 2008.*

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Hu J, Newman S. Bias Due to Uncontrolled Confounding:

Demonstrating the Value of External Adjustment. Spotlight presentation at the annual Society

for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Chicago, June 2008.

Phillips CV, Heavner K, Hare W. Categorization of Continuous Variables: Recognizing and

Reducing the Bias Caused by the Choice of Cutpoints. Poster presentation at the annual Society

for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Chicago, June 2008.

Heavner K, Heffernan C, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Methodologic and Ethical Failures in

Epidemiologic Research, as Illustrated by Research Relating to Tobacco Harm Reduction

(THR). Poster presentation at the annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Chicago,

June 2008.

Phillips CV. Conflict with what interest? Agreeing on what is the problem. Introductory

symposium presentation (also organized the symposium), Society for Epidemiologic Research

Meeting, Chicago, June 2008.*

Heavner KK, Phillips CV, Bergen PL. Tobacco harm reduction: Myths, misinformation and

mudslinging in the Canadian press. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association

Conference: San Diego, October 2008.

Phillips CV. Heavner K. Tobacco harm reduction: the best hope for averting deaths from

smoking in the developing world. Oral presentation at the Global Health and Innovation Summit

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(a.k.a. annual Unite for Sight conference), New Haven, Connecticut, April 2009.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Hildingsson P, Cockburn L. Tobacco harm reduction in Sweden:

population-level proof of effectiveness. Oral presentation at the 19th International Harm

Reduction Association Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2009.

Bergen PL, et al. Expanding Understandings of Addiction: Tobacco Harm Reduction and the

Importance of Remembering Why People Smoke. Symposium at the 19th International HarmReduction Association Conference (sponsored by our research group; included several talks co-

authored by Phillips), Bangkok, Thailand, April 2009.

Phillips CV, Goodman KJ. Debunking three epistemic myths from introductory epidemiology.

Spotlight session presentation, at the annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting,

Anaheim, June 2009.*

Phillips CV, Enstrom, JE, Marlow ML. Do "Conflict of Interest" Statements in Epidemiology

and Public Health Serve Their Ostensible Purpose. Poster presentation, at the annual Society for

Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Anaheim, June 2009.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Inconsistent methods used to analyze data from the Swedish

construction workers' cohort study. Poster presentation, at the annual Society for Epidemiologic

Research Meeting, Anaheim, June 2009.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Burstyn I. Hare W. Dichotomization: Why present one 2x2 table when

n 2x2 tables are possible (and none are "the right" answer. Poster presentation, at the annual

Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Anaheim, June 2009.

Phillips CV, Marlow M, Enstrom J, Heavner K. "Conflict of interest" disclosure in health

science: inadequate information and a tool for enforcing orthodoxy. Oral presentation at the


Generation, Communication and Management, Orlando, July 2009.

Phillips CV, Bergen PL, Heavner K. Pre-submission and post-publication reviews: open web-

based tools to provide partial solutions to the fundamental inadequacy of public health science

peer review. Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Peer Reviewing, at the 3rd

International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management, Orlando,

July 2009.

Heavner K, Phillips CV, Rodu B. Peer review in epidemiology cannot accomplish its ostensiblegoals due to incomplete reporting and unverifiable analyses. Oral presentation at the


Generation, Communication and Management, Orlando, July 2009.

Phillips CV. Tobacco harm reduction is economically and ethically superior to policies of

abstinence. Presentation for the International Harm Reduction Association conference,

Liverpool, England, April 2010.

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Nissen CM, Phillips CV. First Order Preferences and Rational Economic Decision Making,

instead of Addiction, as a Reason for Smoking: Insights from a Focus Group Study. Poster

presentation, at the International Harm Reduction Association conference, Liverpool, England,

April 2010.

Phillips CV. Dont be fooled: science does not determine policy choices (though sometimes

policy choices determine the science). Presentation for the Tobacco Merchants Associationconference, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2010.*

Phillips CV. Health effects of wind turbines on nearby residents: the current epistemic state.

Presentation for Society for Wind Vigilance First International Symposium: The Global Wind

Industry and Adverse Health Effects - Loss of Social Justice, Picton, Canada, October 2010.*

phillips intervenor funding request

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