VA Disability Claims - Agent Orange - Chemical exposures at Camp Lejeune -- benzene,
trichloroethylene, perchlororethylene - Other chemical
exposures - Drug and chemical toxicity - Chemical causes of cancer
Medical Records Review
Pre-Clinical Toxicology Support
- Study Data Review and Analysis
- Report Preparation
- Peer Review
- Risk Characterization
- Comparative Risk
Chemicals of Interest Benzene
Lead Bisphenol-A (BPA)
Methylene chloride
Butadiene
Mineral oil
Chlorinated solvents
Perchloroethylene (PERC) DEHP
Phthalates
1,2-Dichloroethane
Silica cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Terephthalic acid trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Toluene
Diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) Trichloroethylene
(TCE) Formaldehyde Xylene Gadolinium ...and
many more
Drugs of Interest
Alcohol
Methadone
Botox (e.g., Botulinum neurotoxin
Type A) Mineral Oil CephalosporinMorphine
Cipro
NuvaRing Cocaine
Penicillin Cyclosporine A
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Demerol (meperidine)
Prilosec
Dylantin
Progesterone
Gadolinium Proscar
(finasteride) Keflex
Prozac (fluoxetine) Levaquin
Soma Librium
Viagra LithiumXanax (alprazolam) Mellaril Zicam (e.g., zinc
gluconate)
Zyprexa (olanzapine) ...and many more
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Bisphenol-A (BPA)
Children's Health
Endocrine Disruption
Lead
Morphine Intoxication
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)
Random Drug Testing
Rhabdomyolysis
Sepsis
Sewer Gas
Steroid-induced Myopathy
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
Toxic-Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
Regulatory Submissions and Responses
-- EPA, FDA
Monitoring -- scientific conferences, workshops and regulatory agency meetings
Examples of
Past Projects
Expert Witness and litigation support since
1998, including deposition and jury trial testimony, for Defense and Plaintiff in toxicology,
carcinogenesis (cancer causation), pharmacology, and pharmacy standards of
care.
Expert technical report preparation in
support of company responses to FDA and EPA requests.
Provided expert professional advice at
strategy sessions on environmental regulatory policies and considerations.
A review of chemical contaminants in
food, water and breast milk.
A review of published studies that do not
support the endocrine disruption hypothesis.
A report on the lack of consensus on
endocrine disruption.
Poster presentations and poster
monitoring at the International Symposiums on Environmental Endocrine
Disruptors in Japan ('99 and '00).
...and many more.
Relevant
Scientific Publications
Milman, H.A., Bosland, M.C., Walden, P.D. and Heinze, J.E.:
Evaluation of the adequacy of published studies of low dose effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the rodent prostate for use in human risk
assessment. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 35:338-346 (2002).
Milman, H.A., and Heinze, J.E.: Evaluation of the
relationship between children's health and exposure to endocrine
disrupters. Abstracts, 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of
Endocrine Disrupters Research. PE-18:336 (2000).
Over 70 peer reviewed, scientific publications and
abstracts and numerous governmental reports (see PUBLICATIONS).