Interaction Profile on Metallic Ions in Fracturing Waste

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NCEH/ATSDR makes peer review information available to demonstrate efforts to utilize transparent and independent peer review, appropriate research methods, and the highest level of data quality. This ATSDR report shares the interaction profile on metallic ions in fracturing waste.

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Title: Interaction Profile on Metallic Ions In Fracturing Waste

Subject of planned Report: The ATSDR interaction profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects for the substances being described.

Purpose of Planned Report: The purpose of the interaction profile is to provide a source of toxicological and epidemiological data. Data on hazardous substances most commonly found at hazardous waste sites support public health assessment efforts.

Type of Dissemination: ISI

Timing of Review (including deferrals): July 2017

Type of Review (panel, individual or alternative procedure): Individual

Opportunities for Public Comment (how and when): A draft of this profile was made available for public comment in 2018.

Peer Reviewers Provided with Public Comments before the Review: No

Number of Reviewers: 4

Primary Disciplines or Expertise: toxicology, environmental health, chemistry

Reviewers Selected by (agency or designated outside organization): CDC/ATSDR

Public Nominations Requested for Reviewers: No

Reviewers

Academic and Professional Credentials

PhD

Current Position Title

Professor

Organizational Affiliation(s)

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Center for Toxicology, Environment, and Development
Clark University, Worcester, MA

Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences

  • Use of various biomarkers and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models to improve risk assessment for carcinogens
  • Quantitative treatment of inter-individual variability in susceptibility for a wide variety of non-cancer effects
  • Use of Monte Carlo simulations to represent the combined effects of multiple sources of uncertainty and variability

Recommended by Scientific/Professional
Society or General Public

No

Academic and Professional Credentials

PhD

Current Position Title

Professor

Organizational Affiliation(s)

Department of Population Health and Reproduction,
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA


Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences

  • Ovarian function
  • Early pregnancy and comparative reproductive endocrinology
  • Wildlife reproduction
  • Comparative reproductive endocrinology
  • Toxicology
  • Epidemiology
  • Reproduction of non-domestic species
  • Endocrine aspect of female fertility and early pregnancy

Recommended by Scientific/Professional
Society or General Public

No

Academic and Professional Credentials

PhD

MHS

Current Position Title

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Organizational Affiliation(s)

School of Public Health: Climate Change and Health; Deziel Lab, Environmental Health Sciences

Yale Cancer Center: Cancer Prevention and Control

Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520

Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences

Expertise:

Dr. Deziel's expertise includes interface between exposure to environmental agents and human disease, including women’s health and children’s health outcomes. He also has expertise in pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Research focus:

Evaluating, improving, and developing exposure estimates for application in environmental epidemiologic studies


Experience:

Dr. Deziel has experience in critical methodologic issues, such as the relative contribution of different routes of exposure, between- and within-participant variability in exposure measurements over time, and surrogate exposure measures. additionally, he has investigated how environmental exposures are changing with new techniques for energy production (e.g., hydraulic fracturing) and climate change.

Recommended by Scientific/Professional
Society or General Public

No

Academic and Professional Credentials

PhD

Current Position Title

Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Organizational Affiliation(s)

Department of Environmental Medicine
New York University Medical Center
Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
Tuxedo, New York

Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences

Expertise:

  • Molecular mechanisms of metal carcinogenesis
  • Epigenetics
  • Regulation of transcription
  • Chromatin structure and dynamics
  • Pharmacology

Experience:

Dr. Costa has over 300 publications and is a recipient of Lifetime Achievement award from the Metals Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology.

Recommended by Scientific/Professional
Society or General Public

No

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