Research

Papers, preprints, and talks on exposure assessment, consumer product safety, and environmental data. The CV has the same list with my work history.

Preprints and under review

In preparation

  • Ambient air lead and blood lead in children in La Oroya, Peru.
  • Water lead levels by service line material under the Lead and Copper Rule in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Publications

  • Bogen KT, Lewis RC, Singhal A, Sheehan P. 2020. Development of a novel method for estimating dermal contact with hand-applied cleaning solutions. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192(3):157. doi:10.1007/s10661-019-7929-7 (opens in a new tab)
  • Sheehan P, Singhal A, Bogen KT, MacIntosh D, Kalmes RM, McCarthy J. 2018. Potential exposure and cancer risk from formaldehyde emissions from installed Chinese manufactured laminate flooring. Risk Analysis 38(6):1128-1142. doi:10.1111/risa.12926 (opens in a new tab)
  • Singhal A, Posson M, Kalmes R, Gauthier A, Lewis R, Schenk J, Goswami E, Sheehan P. 2018. Proposition (Prop) 65 risk assessment. In: Hart GA (Ed), Professional Practices of Product Stewardship (pp. 423-427). Falls Church, VA: Product Stewardship Society.
  • Singhal A, Bogen KT, Sheehan P. 2018. Wearable devices. In: Hart GA (Ed), Professional Practices of Product Stewardship (pp. 428-433). Falls Church, VA: Product Stewardship Society.
  • Bogen KT, Singhal A. 2017. Malathion dermal permeability in relation to dermal load: assessment by physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of in vivo human data. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B 52(2):138-146. doi:10.1080/03601234.2016.1248150 (opens in a new tab)
  • Marconett CN, Singhal A, Sundar SN, Firestone GL. 2012. Indole-3-carbinol disrupts estrogen receptor-alpha dependent expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor and insulin receptor substrate-1 and proliferation of human breast cancer cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 363(1-2):74-84. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2012.07.008 (opens in a new tab)
  • Marconett CN, Morgenstern TJ, San Roman AK, Sundar SN, Singhal A, Firestone GL. 2010. BZL101, a phytochemical extract from Scutellaria barbata plant, disrupts proliferation of human breast and prostate cancer cells through distinct mechanisms dependent on the cancer cell phenotype. Cancer Biology and Therapy 10(4):397-405. doi:10.4161/cbt.10.4.12424 (opens in a new tab)

Presentations and posters

  • Schenk J, Singhal A, Scrafford C, Kalmes R. Emerging regulatory issues and exposure assessment of furfuryl alcohol (FFA). Joint Annual ISES/ISEE Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, August 26-30, 2018.
  • Singhal A, Kalmes R, Posson M. 2018. Addressing chemical exposure from consumer products: lessons learned. 2nd Annual Product Stewardship Society Conference, Washington, DC, September 27-29, 2018.
  • Singhal A, Kalmes R, Sheehan P. 2018. Lessons learned from formaldehyde sampling conducted in U.S. homes. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce), Philadelphia, PA, May 2018.
  • Singhal A. 2018. Determining compliance for Proposition 65. Webinar for the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.
  • Singhal A. 2017. Oral (non-food-mediated) exposure to plastic product additives. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) workshop on additives in plastics, Brussels, Belgium, November 7-8, 2017.
  • Singhal A, Sheehan PJ. 2017. Consumer wearables: a new product stewardship challenge. 1st Annual Meeting of the Product Stewardship Society, Tampa, FL, November 2-4, 2017.
  • Gauthier AM, Lewis RC, Bogen KT, Singhal A, Sheehan PJ. 2017. Wearable technology biocompatibility: a unique opportunity in green chemistry and engineering. 21st Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Reston, VA, June 13-15, 2017.
  • Lewis RC, Winegar E, Posson M, Gauthier AM, Singhal A, Sheehan PJ. 2017. Exposure to an ethanol-based cleaning product. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 4-7, 2017.
  • Singhal A, Bogen KT, Lewis RC, Gauthier AM, Winegar E, Sheehan PJ. 2017. A novel approach to estimating dermal contact with hand-applied cleaning solutions: a simulation study involving denatured alcohol. 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Baltimore, MD, March 2017.
  • Winegar E, Bogen KT, Lewis RC, Gauthier AM, Singhal A, Sheehan PJ. 2017. A use-simulation study of a denatured alcohol cleaning product to assess potential worker exposure. 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Baltimore, MD, March 10-16, 2017.
  • Singhal A, Posson M, Jones A, Lewis RC, Gauthier A, Schenk J, Kalmes R, Sheehan PJ. 2016. Assessing risk for consumer products under California's Proposition 65 regulations. 37th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Orlando, FL, November 6-10, 2016.
  • Sheehan P, Singhal A, Bogen KT, Kalmes R. 2016. Evaluating the Proposition 65 health significance of formaldehyde exposures from Chinese manufactured laminate flooring. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, LA, March 13-17, 2016.
  • Singhal A, Bogen KT. 2016. How malathion dermal absorption varies with dermal load, based on physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of in vivo human data. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, LA, March 13-17, 2016.
  • Sheehan P, Lowney Y, Kalmes R, Bogen KT, Posson M, Glomski M, Singhal A, Volberg V, Beckerman B, Goswami E. 2015. Assessing user exposure to consumer products: methods specific to product use and exposure route to assess consumer health risk. 36th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America, Salt Lake City, UT, November 1-5, 2015.
  • Kalmes R, Lowney Y, Sheehan P, Singhal A. 2015. Assessing incidental hand-to-mouth exposure to lead from consumer products. 36th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America, Salt Lake City, UT, November 1-5, 2015.
  • Sheehan P, Bogen KT, Singhal A, Kalmes R, Volberg V. 2015. Wearable technology products and allergic contact dermatitis: chemical exposure and risk assessment challenges and developments. 36th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America, Salt Lake City, UT, November 1-5, 2015.
  • Sheehan P, Bogen KT, Singhal A, Kalmes R, Roberts M, Fedoruk MJ. 2015. Wearable products and allergic contact dermatitis: a new risk assessment challenge. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, San Diego, CA, March 22-26, 2015.
  • Singhal A, Sheehan P, Turnham P, Bogen KT, Anderson E. 2014. Experimental comparison of dust concentrations from simulations in glove box and room chamber test environments. American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 31-June 5, 2014.
  • Sheehan P, Posson M, Singhal A, Bogen KT, Hellerstein J. 2014. Assessing anthraquinone (AQ) exposure from food packaging: a product stewardship challenge in Europe. American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 31-June 5, 2014.
  • Singhal A, Bogen KT. 2014. Benchmark dose analysis of NTP data on tumors induced in rodents chronically exposed to dietary anthraquinone. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Phoenix, AZ, March 23-27, 2014.

The CV has the same list alongside my work history.