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An essential reference that comprehensively documents the known effects of chemical mixtures on the human body, presents a framework for understanding and predicting their effects, and recommends how to limit and regulate the release of potentially toxic mixtures into the environment

Table of Contents

PART I

1) Introduction to Chemical Toxicology of Mixtures

2) Health Effects of Exposures to Chemical Mixtures

3) Absorption of Chemical Mixtures

4) Chemical Toxicology

PART II Exposures to Chemical Mixtures

5) Scope and sources of toxic exposures

6) In Utero Exposure

7) Air Pollution

8) Water Pollution

9) Soil Pollution

10) Food

11) Chemicals In and Around The Home

12) Sick Building Syndrome

13) Industrial Exposure

14) Pesticides

15) Alcohol and Tobacco: Recreational Toxins

16) Electromagnetic Radiation and Toxic Exposure

PART III Mixture Effects on Body Systems

17) Respiratory System

18) Nervous System

19) Developmental Neurotoxicology

20) Autism: Effect of Maternal Exposure to Neurotoxic Chemcials

21) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

22) Endocrine System

23) Toxic Infertility

24) Teratogens

25) Immune System

26) Chemical Sensitivity: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)

27) Skin

28) Musculoskeletal System

29) Cardiovascular System

30) Liver

31) Kidneys

32) Cancer

33) Childhood Cancer

34) Cancer Clusters

PART IV Regulatory Requirements

35) Regulatory Requirements

36) Conclusions and Recommendations

About the Author

Dr. Harold I. Zeliger holds a PhD in organic chemistry and has been a professor of chemistry and environmental science. He is a Certified Professional Chemist, a Board- Certified Forensic Examiner, and an EPA Certified Laboratory Director. Dr. Zeliger is the author of 51 technical publications, including basic research journal articles and patents. In his more than 40 years in the Chemical Process Industry, he has personally developed many industrial and consumer chemical products, designed chemical product warning labels and written Material Safety Data Sheets for toxic and flammable chemicals. Dr. Zeliger has investigated hundreds of toxic chemical exposures, environmental spills and discharges, chemical fires and explosions nationally and internationally. He has served repeatedly as an expert witness for both plaintiffs and defendants in chemical product, process, toxic exposure, environmental, flammable, intellectual property and subrogation claims. Dr. Zeliger has provided services for numerous forensic examinations, technology transfer and due diligence investigations. Dr. Zeliger’s research is in the area of chemical toxicology. His published work includes papers on the toxic effects of chemical mixtures and chemical causes of cancer clusters and two editions of Human Toxicology of Chemical Mixtures, Second Edition.