Dr Allison SearlDirector of Environmental Consultancy Institute of Environmental Consultancy Institute of Occupational Medicine This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Research Expertise
Alison Searl has on-going involvement with an air quality monitoring programme on Montserrat for the Department of International Development since 1997, including assessing levels of exposure of island residents to crystalline silica and the associated risks of respiratory illness. Most of Alison Searl's consultancy work addresses health impact assessment and prediction. She has undertaken consultancy with respect to the potential air quality and human health impacts arising from a number of UK projects including proposed mineral extraction sites, landfill, waste incineration, glassworks and major construction projects. Alison Searl is a member of the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards (EPAQS).
Relevant Publications
Searl, A, Baxter, P, Cowie, H, (2002) Exposure to volcanic ash on Montserrat, British West Indies. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Supplement 1 (in press) Searl, A, Nicholl, A, Baxter, P, (2002) Assessment of the exposure of islanders to ash from the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies. Occupational and Environmental Medicine: 59, p523-531. Moore, K.R., Duffell, H., Nicholl, A., and Searl, A. 2002. Monitoring of airborne particulate matter during the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. In "The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999" (T.H. Druitt, and B.P. Kokelaar, Eds.), . Geological Society, London, Memoir. Cowie, H, Searl, A, Ritchie, PJ, Graham, MK, Hutchison, PA, Pilkington, A, (2001) A health survey of Montserrations relocated to the UK. IOM Report TM/01/07 Soutar, CA, Robertson, A, Miller, BG, Searl, A, Bignon, J, (2000) Epidemiological evidence on the carcinogenicity of silica: factors in scientific judgement. Annals of Occupational Hygiene: 44; 3-15. Baxter, PJ, Bonadonna, C, Dupree, R, Hards, VL, Kohn, SC, Murphy, MD, Nicholl, A, Nicholson, RA, Norton, G, Searl, A, Sparks, RSJ, Vickers, BP (1999) Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies. Science: 283; 1141-1145. Pilkington, A, Maclaren, W, Searl, A, Davies, JMG, Hurley, JF, Soutar, CA, (1996) Scientific opinion on the health effects of airborne crystalline silica. Institute of Occupational Medicine Technical Memorandum TM/95/08. Edinburgh. |
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