Source: RISK newsletter,
Second Quarter 1996, published by the Society for Risk Analysis
The Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology (TIACT), founded in 1986, seeks to interact with the public, says its founder and president, Charles D. Holland, professor emeritus of Texas A&M University. A non-profit organization with about 80 corporate members, the institute publishes and distributes documents on chemical industry issues of interest to the public. It also interacts with civic groups and citizen advisory panels, generally in areas near chemical plants and petroleum refineries.
A series of Institute publications, called Insights,
and their corresponding condensed versions, called Flyers,
cover topics such as chemicals and cancer, workplace safety, the
real and perceived risks of chlorine and chlorinated compounds,
and cancer in Texas. The institute has also published a book for
engineers and scientists, Quantitative Cancer Modeling and
Risk Assessment (Prentice Hall Inc., 1993), by Holland and
Robert L. Sielken Jr. of Sielken Inc., which brings together the
mathematical derivations of commonly used cancer risk assessment
models in one easily accessible place. To obtain information
about the Institute or its publications, contact Holland at Mail
Stop 3125, College Station, TX 77843, telephone (409) 845-3371 or
-3372, fax (409) 862-4202.