Superfund Research Program

Edward A. Emmett

University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine Dept of Occupational Environmental Medicine
Silverstein Ground
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283
Phone: 215-349-5708
Fax: 215-662-4430
Email: emmetted@upenn.edu

Projects

• University of Pennsylvania: Community Engagement Core (2014-2020)
• University of Pennsylvania: Social Determinants of Risk and Attitudes About Asbestos in a Superfund Environmental Justice (EJ) Community (2014-2020)

Publications

2021

• Emmett EA. 2021. Asbestos in high-risk communities: public health implications. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18:doi:10.3390/ijerph18041579 PMID:33562413
• Wortzel J, Wiebe D, Elahi S, Agawu A, Barg FK, Emmett EA. 2021. Ascertainment bias in a historic cohort study of residents in an asbestos manufacturing community. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18:doi:10.3390/ijerph18052211 PMID:33668103 PMCID:PMC7956794

2020

• Wallis SL, Emmett EA, Hardy R, Casper BB, Blanchon DJ, Testa JR, Menges CW, Gonneau C, Jerolmack DJ, Seiphoori A, Steinhorn G, Berry T. 2020. Challenging Global Waste Management - Bioremediation to Detoxify Asbestos. front environ sci 8:doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.00020 PMID:33269243 PMCID:PMC7707057

2018

• Xu R, Barg FK, Emmett EA, Wiebe D, Hwang W. 2018. Association between mesothelioma and non-occupational asbestos exposure: systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health 17(1):90. doi:10.1186/s12940-018-0431-9 PMID:30567579 PMCID:PMC6300000

2017

• Emmett EA, Cakouros B. 2017. Communities at High Risk in the Third Wave of Mesothelioma. Chapter 5 in: Asbestos and Mesothelioma. Springer International Publishing, pp.103-130.

2016

• Clapp JT, Roberts JA, Dahlberg B, Berry LS, Jacobs LM, Emmett EA, Barg FK. 2016. Realities of environmental toxicity and their ramifications for community engagement. Soc Sci Med 170:143-151. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.019 PMID:27783970 PMCID:PMC5107345