Toxicology Litigation Support: Benzene
Benzene is a highly volatile aromatic hydrocarbon solvent which is present in most petroleum distillates such as Stoddard solvent and mineral spirits. Recent advances in the purification process for these solvents has reduced the benzene content significantly, but it is still present in products such as WD-40 and Liquid Wrench as well as many solvents used in the printing industry and elsewhere.
Toxicology Litigation Support: Lead
Lead is ubiquitous in our environment. It used to be contained in gasoline but has now been replaced. It has been used in pipes, ceramic glazes, paints, and solder, among other sources. Exposure can be oral through ingestion of food or water or by inhalation from lead-containing dust or dirt.
Toxicology Litigation Support: Cocaine
Cocaine users may exhibit behavioral deficits. These include deficits in attention, learning, memory, executive function, and response speed.
Toxicology Litigation Support - Methadone
Methadone is an opioid thought to act by decreasing release of neurotransmitters in the brain resulting in respiratory suppression and, in some cases, death.
Book Review - Endogenous Toxins: Targets For Disease Treatment And Prevention
Once in a while, a new publication appears that, for some reason, generates attention and interest. Endogenous Toxins: Targets for Disease Treatment and Prevention may be such a 2-volume book.
Book Review - Fundamentals Of Analytical Toxicology
The book consists of 505 pages of text, which is divided among 17 chapters and an index. There are also 15 pages of important introductory material covering such topics as Preface; Health and Safety; Nomenclature, Symbols, and Conventions; Amount Concentration and Mass Concentration; Acknowledgements; and List of Abbreviations.
Possible Contribution Of Indomethacin To The Carcinogenicity Of Nongenotoxic Bladder Carcinogens That Cause Bladder Calculi
Nongenotoxic bladder carcinogens that form bladder calculi have been concluded to be of low carcinogenic risk to humans because bladder stones would be expelled or surgically removed before they had a chance to exert their carcinogenic effect.
Toxicity Of Crude Oil And It's Vapors
CRUDE OIL is a complex mixture of chemicals, some volatile and some water soluble.
Daubert Ruling Could Severely Curtail Celebrex Cases
A federal judge's decision to exclude expert testimony may force hundreds of plaintiffs to drop their claims against Pfizer Inc. that the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex caused them to suffer heart attacks or strokes.
Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur Dioxide: Basic Toxicology and Primary Litigation Issues
Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide are two sulfur-based gases that exhibit entirely different toxicological characteristics. Litigation issues involving these two gases are as different as are their disparate toxic effects in humans
