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Investigators and Program Directors

James S. Webber

James S. Webber

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center,
Proficiency Testing & Quality Assurance

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health,
Environmental Health Sciences

Ph.D., Environmental Chemistry, University at Albany (1999)

E-mail: webber@wadsworth.org

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  • Ward, T.J., Hart, J.F., Spear, T.M., Meyer, B.J., Webber, J.S. 2009. Fate of Libby Amphibole Fibers When Burning Contaminated Firewood. Environmental Science and Technology (Web): March 17, 2009.
  • Getman, M.R.C., Webber, J.S. 2008. Heated asbestos: Analytical challenges posed by heating crocidolite and other fibrous amphiboles. Microscope 56:1, 29-36.
  • Husain, L., A.J. Khan, T. Ahmed, K. Swami, A. Bari, J.S. Webber, J. Li. 2008. Trends in atmospheric elemental carbon concentrations from 1835 to 2005. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, D13102.
  • Webber, J.S., D.J. Blake, T.J. Ward, and J.C. Pfau. 2008. Separation and Characterization of Respirable Amphibole Fibers from Libby, Montana. Inhalation Toxicology 20:8, 733 — 740.
  • Webber, J.S., L.J. Carhart, and A.G. Czuhanich. 2007. Performance of membrane filters used for TEM analysis of asbestos. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 4(9).
  • Webber, J.S. 2007. Analysis of asbestos in water. Invited chapter in Handbook of Water Analysis, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, 267-272.
  • J. S. Webber and T.J. Ward. 2006. Evidence and reconstruction of airborne asbestos from unconventional environmental samples. Inhalation Toxicology 18:969-973.
  • T. J. Ward, T. Spear, J. Hart, C. Noonan, A. Holian, M. Getman, and J. S. Webber. 2006. Trees as reservoirs for amphibole fibers in Libby, Montana. Science of the Total Environment 367(1):460-465.
  • Webber, J.S., Bopp, R., Parekh, P., and K. Jackson. 2004. Reconstruction of a century of airborne asbestos concentrations. Environmental Science & Technology 2004 (38):707-714.

Contact Information

Phone: (518) 474-0009
Fax: (518) 473-2895
E-mail: webber@wadsworth.org.