REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Chaney, R.L.; Reeves P.G.; Ryan, J.A.; Simmons, R.W.; Welch, R.M.; Angle, J.S. 2004. An Improved Understanding of Soil Cd Risk to Humans and Low Cost Methods to Phytoextract Cd from Contaminated Soils to Prevent Soil Cd Risks. BioMetals, Vol. 17 (5) 549-553
Pongsakul, P.; Simmons, R.W.; Nobuntou, W.; Kaewroj, S. 2003. Concentrations of zinc, iron and cadmium in rice and soybean grown in soils high in cadmium and zinc. Thai Journal of Soils Fertility. 25:86-102. (In Thai)
Reeves, P.G.; Chaney R.L.; Simmons, R.W.; Cherian, M.G. 2005. Metallothionein is not Involved in Cadmium Accumulation in the Duodenum of Mice and Rats fed Diets with High-Cadmium Rice or Sunflower Kernels and a Marginal Supply of Zinc, Iron, and Calcium. Journal of Nutrition. 2005 135: 99-108.
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P.; Saiyasitpanich, D.; Klinphoklap, S. 2005. Elevated levels of cadmium and zinc in paddy soils and elevated levels of cadmium in rice grain downstream of a zinc mineralized area in Thailand: Implications for public health. Environmental. Geochemistry and Health, 27(5-6): 501 – 511.
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P. 2004. Preliminary stepwise multiple linear regression method to predict cadmium and zinc uptake in soybean. Communications in Plant and Soil Analyses, 35(13&14):1815-1828.
Simmons, Robert; Pongsakul, P.; Chaney, R. L.; Saiyasitpanich, D.; Klinphoklap, S.; Nobuntou, W. 2003. The relative exclusion of zinc and iron from rice grain in relation to rice grain cadmium as compared to soybean: Implications for human health. Plant and Soil, 257:163-170.
Simmons, R. W. 2002. Accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in rice grain: Implications for human health. Water Resources Journal, 213:27-35.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Simmons, Robert; Vinh, N. C.; Jensen, J. R. 2006. Cadmium in paddy soils and rice grain in Nam Dinh, Vietnam: A potential public health risk. In Workshop, Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture in Vietnam: Water Management, Environment and Human Health Aspects, Hanoi, Vietnam, 4 May 2006. Hanoi, Vietnam: IWMI. pp.41-47.
Simmons, Robert; Noble, Andrew; Pongsakul, P.; Sukreeyapongse, O.; Chinabut, N. 2005. Metals and food contamination: Cadmium in paddy fields in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at Inter Regional Workshop on Environmental Health Impacts from Exposure to Metals, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, 31 May – 3 June, 2005. 32p.
Simmons, Robert; Noble, Andrew; Pongsakul, P. 2005. A generalized multiple regression model to predict cadmium uptake in rice grain. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Bio-geochemistry of Trace Elements, Adelaide, Australia, 3-7 April 2005. 2p.
Simmons, R.W.; Noble, A.D.; Pongsakul, P.; Saiyasitpanich, D.; Klinphoklap, S. 2004. Irrigation Infrastructure-based Cadmium Hazard Mapping Methodology (Irr-Cad) coupled with bio-available indices of soil Cadmium as a tool for rapid risk assessment. In proceedings of the 2nd International conference on Soil Pollution and Remediation, Nanjing, China 9-12th November 2004.
Simmons, Robert. 2004. Review of the current contamination status of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. UNESCAP-IWMI-IAEA Training Workshop on the Development of Effective Management and Decision-Making Tools for the Mitigation of Contamination of Soils, Crops and Water in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-18 June 2004. 50p.
Simmons R.W.; Bakker, P. 2003. CD-ROM of Selected papers and presentations from the IWMI-UNESCAP seminar on “environmental and public health risks due to contamination of soils, crops, surface and groundwater from urban, industrial and natural sources in South East Asia”, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 – 12 December 2002.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Simmons R.W.; Pongsakul, P. 2001. Method for the analysis of Zn, Cd, Pb and Ni in soil. In Methods of Soil and Plant Analysis Handbook. Soil Science Division, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand (In Thai) pp. 98-107.
Simmons R.W. 2001. Quality Assurance. In Methods of Soil and Plant Analysis Handbook. Soil Science Division, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand (In Thai) pp.142-164.
Simmons, R.W.; Noble, A.D.; Sukreeyapongse, O.; Chinabut, N.; Pongsakul, P. 2005. LDD Annual Research Meeting January 2005. Utilization of the Irr-Cad Model in a Cadmium Contaminated Area: Mae Tao Watershed, Ampher Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand.
Simmons, R.W.; Sukreeyapongse, O.; Noble, A.D.; Chinabut, N. 2005. Final Report of LDD-IWMI Land Zoning and Cd Risk Assessment Activities Undertaken in Phatat Pha Daeng and Mae Tao Mai Sub-districts, Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P. 2004. Elevated Levels of cadmium in soil and crops in Tambon Phatat Pha Daeng and Tambon Mae Tao, Ampher Mae Sot, Tak Province. Briefing Note presented to the Senate Environment Committee of the Royal Thai Government, 28th January 2004
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P. 2003. Report of soil and rice grain cadmium contamination at Mae Sot, Thailand: Implications for human health and management options. Report prepared for the Thai Department of Agriculture, Department of Primary Industries and Minerals and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, December 11th 2003.
Chaney, R.L.; Ryan, J.A.; Reeves, P.G.; Simmons, R.W. 2003. Cadmium Risk Perception and Assessment: Principles and Procedures. In second environmental cadmium workshop: risk assessment and management of environmental cadmium, University of Ghent, Belgium on 3-6 September, 2003
Chaney R.L.; Ryan, J.A.; Reeves, P.G.; Simmons, R.W. 2002. A new paradigm for environmental cadmium risk assessment. In 2nd Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis September 8th -11th, 2002 NIOSH, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Pongsakul, P.; Simmons, R.W.; Nobuntou, W. 2002. Heavy metals in irrigation water: Cadmium contamination in irrigated rice-based agricultural systems: Implications for human health. Environmental and public health risks due to contamination of soils, crops, surface and groundwater from urban, industrial and natural sources in South-East Asia 10-12 December 2002, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Simmons, R.W. 2004. Review of the current contamination status of Potentially Toxic elements (PTEs) in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: Implications for public health. In UNESCAP-IWMI-IAEA Training Workshop on the Development of effective Management and Decision-Making Tools for the Mitigation of Contamination of Soils, Crops and Water in the Greater Mekong Sub-region 16-18 June 2004, Bangkok Thailand.
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P.; Saiyasitpanich, D.; Klinphoklap, S. 2004. Cadmium contamination of soil and rice in a case study location in Thailand: Implications for public health and potential management options. In International Symposium on Phytoremediation Technology, July 2-5th Hua Hin, Thailand.
Simmons, R.W.; Pongsakul, P.; Chaney, R.L.; Saiyasitpanich, D.; Klinphoklap, S.; Nobuntou, W. 2003. The comparative exclusion of zinc and iron from rice grain in relation to rice grain cadmium: Implications for human health. In 7th International Conference on the Biochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE) Uppsala, Sweden, June 15-19, 2003.
International Environment Reporter “International Water Management Institute begins project with Thailand on Cadmium Contamination”. Vol. 27 15 July 28th 2004. pp. 599-600.
2003-2005: 40 Articles in Bangkok Post and The Nation TV Documentary March 24th 2004. In Save the Green Planet, Channel 7, Thailand
