Hazards of Military Burn Pit Exposure By Nachman Brautbar, M.D. Military burn pit is an area of a military base used to dispose of waste by burning, often with an accelerant like jet fuel. Waste products commonly disposed of in open burn pits include:...

Camp Lejeune: Toxic Exposure Water Contamination By Nachman Brautbar, M.D. From at least 1953 through 1985, people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina were potentially exposed to contaminated water containing...

Toxic Molds: Revisited (2017) Indoor Toxic Molds and their Symptoms By Nachman Brautbar, M.D. Based on the most recent scientific literature (Hurraß, J., et al. Medical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2017 Apr;220(2 Pt B):305-328),...

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY - AN IMPORTANT CASE OF CAUSATION ANALYSIS Scientific Studies (Absence of), Temporal Relationship, Differential Diagnosis KATIE BONNER VS. ISP TECHNOGIES INC., ET AL. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. NO. 00-3458. 259 F.3D 924...

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY: CAUSATION REVISITED By Nachman Brautbar, M.D. Daubert, Joiner, Kumho: Revisited In a recent editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, (Supplement 1; 2005) Professor Michaels discussed events that occurred after a Daubert Supreme...

Drug Interactions Medications, Food Supplements, Industrial Chemicals, and Alcohol By Nachman Brautbar, M.D. Definition A drug interaction refers to the possibility that one drug may alter the pharmacological effects of another drug given concurrently. The net result...