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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 toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects of bromomethane.
Details
Title: Toxicological Profile for Bromomethane
Subject of Planned Report: The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects for the substance being described.
Purpose of Planned Report: The purpose of the toxicological profile is to provide a source of toxicological and epidemiological data. Data on these hazardous substances supports public health assessment efforts at hazardous waste sites.
Type of Dissemination: ISI
Timing of Review (including deferrals): September 2017
Type of Review (panel, individual or alternative procedure): Individual
Opportunities for the Public Comment (how and when): A draft will be made available for public comment in 2018.
Peer Reviewers Provided with Public Comments before the Review: No
Anticipated Number of Reviewers: 3
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
- MSPH
- PhD
Current Position Title
- Microbiologist and Associate Professor
- Program Director
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Community, Environment & Policy Division, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Director, Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center (ESRAC)
The University of Arizona
The University of Arizona
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences
Expertise / Discipline:
Research and public health education in environmental science, specializing in water quality, food safety and disease transmission. Specific research includes:
- Application of lasers to detect human viruses in drinking water
- Contaminants in the water supply and in the home including MRSA
- Risk of Waterborne Illness via Drinking Water in the United States
- Bacteria and biochemical markers on public surfaces.
- Evaluation of Electrochemically Generated Ozone for the Disinfection of Water and Wastewater.
- ICC/PCR detection of enteroviruses and hepatitis A virus in environmental samples.
Numerous projects and the publication of hundreds of journal articles, book chapters and professional reports. Dr. Reynolds received her doctorate degree from the University of Arizona in agriculture and life sciences in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, and a master’s degree from the University of South Florida in Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She has previously worked as a research technician, research fellow and an assistant research scientist at the UA since 1987.
Recommended by Scientific/Professional Society or General Public
No
Academic and Professional Credentials
PhD
Current Position Title
Professor
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences
Expertise/discipline:
- Statistical modeling
- Environmental health, environmental and occupational epidemiology
- Mathematics
- Cancer
- Pesticides in relation to neurodegenerative diseases
- Adult lead exposure and cancer
- PFOA and a variety of diseases.
- Dr. Steenland serves as a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. He is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Emory. Prior to Emory he worked for 20 years at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- He has written over 60 first authored articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and has edited two books on environmental and occupational epidemiology. He is also an editor for two journals, Env Health perspectives and the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
- Dr Steenland’s work has focused on diverse topics including cancer in relation to a variety of occupational agents such as welding, ethylene oxide, diesel fumes, silica, and dioxin; neurological disorders in relation to pesticides exposure and PCSBS; heart disease and tobacco smoke, shift work and work stress; and development of epidemiologic methods.
- Dr Steenland also worked abroad at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization.
Recommended by Scientific/Professional Society or General Public
No
Academic and Professional Credentials
- MBBS
- MPH
Current Position Title
Chemical Surveillance Epidemiologist
Organizational Affiliation(s)
- Bureau of Epidemiology
- Florida Department of Health
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant Experiences
Expertise / Discipline:
- Epidemiology
- Public health
- Surveillance
- International and humanitarian medicine
- Primary care and infectious diseases
Experience:
Dr. Mulay is an experienced physician and epidemiologist who has investigated many outbreaks and surveillance of diseases including:
- Occupational and non-occupational pesticide-related illnesses and injuries
- Acute illnesses associate with exposure to fipronil, paraquat and diquat related illness
- Mosquito-borne diseases
- Toxic poisonings, fumigants, etc.
Recommended by Scientific/Professional Society or General Public
No
Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry