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Title: Toxicological Profile for Silica
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 hazardous substances most commonly found at hazardous waste sites support public health assessment efforts.
Type of Dissemination: ISI
Timing of Review (including deferrals): March 2016
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 2017.
Peer Reviewers Provided with Public Comments before the Review: No
Number of Reviewers: 3
Primary Disciplines or Expertise: toxicology, epidemiology, environmental health, chemistry, silica
Reviewers Selected by (agency or designated outside organization): CDC/ATSDR
Public Nominations Requested for Reviewers: No
Reviewers
Academic and Professional Credentials
Current Position Title
Professor
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant
Experiences
Statistical modeling, environmental health, epidemiology
Pesticides in relation to neurodegenerative diseases, adult lead exposure and cancer, PFOA, and a variety of diseases
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Academic and Professional Credentials
MD
MPH
Current Position Title
Professor of Emergency Medicine; Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Drexel University, Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant
Experiences
- Emergency Medicine
- Occupational Medicine
- Medical Toxicology
Dr. Greenberg was awarded the Williams S. Knudsen Award from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). This is the highest honor bestowed by ACOEM. (2006)
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Academic and Professional Credentials
Current Position Title
Professor, Medicine and Chief, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, East Lansing, MI 4882
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, Relevant
Experiences
Dr. Rosenman's interests include occupational and environmental disease with particular interest in pulmonary disease. He has published over 205 articles on occupational and environmental disease.
In conjunction with Michigan OSHA and the Michigan Health Department, he tracks:
- The occurrence of work-related asthma
- Acute work-related traumatic fatalities
- Acute pesticide disease, noise-induced hearing loss
- Silicosis
- Blood and urine arsenic
- Cadmium
- Lead and mercury levels
- Serum and red cell cholinesterase levels and asthma deaths in the young
He received a Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award in 2010, a College of Human Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award in 2010. He also received a Michigan Department of Community Health and Health Policy Champion Award in 2011.
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