Schecter Dioxins and Health

Including Other Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disruptors
3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-18417-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 680 Seiten, E-Book

Explores the latest science on dioxins and other POPs, and theirimpact on human health
Now in its third edition, Dioxins and Health is the mostrespected reference of its kind, presenting the latest scientificfindings on dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls andrelated compounds, and their impact on human health. The book fullyexamines the many toxicological effects--includingimmunological, neurological, developmental, dermatological, andcardiological--these chemicals have on health.
This Third Edition has been greatly expanded with thelatest research findings on dioxins and related compounds.Moreover, it now includes coverage of other persistent organicpollutants (POPs) and endocrine disruptors, including:
* Brominated flame retardants, such as polybrominated diphenylethers and hexabromocyclododecane
* Perfluorinated chemicals such as perfluorooctanoic acid andperfluorooctanesulfonic acid
* Other endocrine disrupting chemicals similar to POPs such asbisphenol A
Readers will also learn about the latest findings on thelong-term impacts caused by the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam.Other chapters review the Seveso disaster in Italy and the Yushoand Yucheng rice oil poisoning incidents in Japan and Taiwan. Inaddition, there is a full chapter dedicated to the dioxin poisoningof former Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko.
All the chapters in the book have been written by leadinginternational experts. References at the end of each chapter guidereaders to the primary literature in the field.
Expertly organized in one volume, Dioxins and Healthoffers readers quick access to essential information about dioxinsand related compounds written in clear, simple language that isaccessible to not only scientists, clinicians and public healthprofessionals, but also general readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schecter, Arnold

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT xvi
ABOUT THE EDITOR xvii
CONTRIBUTORS xix
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES xxiii
1 PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS: AN OVERVIEW 1
Daniele Wikoff, Lauren Fitzgerald, and LindaBirnbaum
2 TOXICITY EQUIVALENCE FACTORS FOR DIOXIN AND RELATED COMPOUNDS37
Michael DeVito
3 HISTORIC AND NEWER PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN FOOD53
Janice Huwe
4 FLAME RETARDANTS: POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS AND THEIRREPLACEMENTS 89
Thomas F. Webster and Heather M. Stapleton
5 PHARMACOKINETICS OF 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-AND RELATEDCOMPOUNDS P-DIOXIN 109
James R. Olson
6 IMMUNOMODULATION BY PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS171
Robert W. Luebke, Jamie C. DeWitt, Dori R. Germolec, Keith D.Salazar, and Nancy I. Kerkvliet
7 DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY OF DIOXINS 193
G. Jean Harry and Pamela J. Lein
8 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OFPERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID 229
Kyle Steenland, Tony Fletcher, and David A. Savitz
9 POLYBROMINATED P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZO-DIBENZOFURANS255
Kurunthachalam Kannan, Chunyang Liao, and Hyo-Bang Moon
10 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON CANCER AND EXPOSURE TO DIOXINS ANDRELATED COMPOUNDS 303
Lennart Hardell and Mikael Eriksson
11 REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIOXINS359
Anne Sweeney, Deborah J. del Junco, Marcella Warner, and BrendaEskenazi
12 BISPHENOL A 381
Thaddeus T. Schug, Sarah A. Vogel, Laura N. Vandenberg, Joe M.Braun, Russ Hauser, Julia A. Taylor, Frederick S. vom Saal, andJerold J. Heindel
13 PHTHALATES: HUMAN EXPOSURE AND RELATED HEALTH EFFECTS415
John D. Meeker and Kelly K. Ferguson
14 THE SEVESO ACCIDENT 445
Angela Cecilia Pesatori and Pier Alberto Bertazzi
15 AGENT ORANGE: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN VIETNAM,CAMBODIA, AND LAOS 469
Susan Hammond and Arnold Schecter
16 THE YUSHO AND YUCHENG RICE OIL POISONING INCIDENTS521
Yoshito Masuda and Arnold Schecter
17 THE BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER FIREINCIDENT OF 1981 553
Nancy Kim and Arnold Schecter
18 THE YUSHCHENKO DIOXIN POISONING: CHRONOLOGY ANDPHARMACOKINETICS 567
John Jake Ryan
19 POPs AND HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT 579
David T. Szabo and Anne E. Loccisano
INDEX 619

Über Autor(innen)

ARNOLD SCHECTER, MD, MPH, is Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. He is a preventive medicine physician-researcher who has studied the effects of dioxin and related chemical exposure around the world. Most recently, his research has focused on emerging POPs and endocrine disruptors in human milk, blood, and food. Dr. Schecter has served on EPA dioxin advisory panels and ATSDR/CDC dioxin, PCB, and PCDF review groups. Moreover, he has worked with the NIEHS, NIH, and NTP to communicate dioxin carcinogenicity assessments.