Neurotoxic Chemical Effects Information

1. 1978: Awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Washington State University.


2. 1979: Awarded the National Institute of Health Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biological Psychiatry, Millhauser Laboratory, New York University Medical Center, New York City.


3. 1980: Awarded the National Institute of Health Post-Doctoral Fellow in Environmental Epidemiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, under the direction of Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, one of the top applied toxicologist in the world, who brought the dangers of asbestos to the world's attention.


4. 1983: Began independent practice as a neuropsychologist and a neurotoxicologist.


5. 1984: Served as one of approximately 6 expert medical witnesses in the Agent Orange Vietnam Veterans Litigation. The class action case was settled out-of-court in 1984 for $180 million dollars, reportedly the largest settlement of its kind at that time.
   
   
   • http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/Herbicide/AOno2.htm


6. 1987: With blind funding from Archer Daniels Midland and the National Renewable Fuels Association, I developed a report regarding Congressional regulation of neurotoxic chemicals in gasoline, entitled The Toxicity of Gasoline Additives, circulated among U.S. Congress and staff. In this report, I warned Congress that methyl tetrabutyl ether (MTBE), used as a gasoline additive, would have serious toxic consequences. My predictions were found to be accurate.
   
   
   • Due to toxicity problems, MTBE has been banned in California in 2003. http://www.energy.ca.gov/mtbe/
   
   
   • Some drinking-water supplies that have been contaminated by MTBE have been shut down pending remediation. Consumers and government agencies in many parts of the United States now oppose the use of MTBE in gasoline. Chevron, Texaco and other energy companies are involved in cleaning up MTBE pollution and no longer manufacture the product.
   
   
   http://www.chevron.com/cr_report/2002/environmental_issues/case_studies/mtbe_phaseout_cleanup.asp


7. 1987: Developed the Neurotoxicity Screening Survey, an instrument to determine the consistency of symptoms with patients diagnosed with neurotoxicity.


8. 1990: Published the Neurotoxicity Guidebook, one of perhaps two single author texts on this subject, by Van Nostrand Reinhold. Revised First Edition, Aventine Press, 2005.


9. 1990: Elected as a Fellow, American Psychological Association in recognition of "outstanding, substantial and unusual contribution to psychology". Approximately 2% of American psychologists had been elected to this status when awarded in 1990.


10. 1991: Consultant in neuropsychology and neurotoxicology, United States Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, and Federal Bureau of Investigation: I conducted an investigation of a hazardous solvent waste neurotoxicity case.


11. 1992: Served as an expert witness in landmark litigation where the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously accepted the testimony of Dr. Raymond Singer, stating "a witness who is not a physician, but who qualifies as an expert under [state evidence rules] may give evidence that would be relevant to diagnosis of a medical condition" - in this case, a multiple sclerosis type condition from gasoline exposure. Shilling v. Mobile Analytical Servs., Inc., 602 N.E.2d 1154 (Ohio 1992).


12. 1993: Board-Certified Diplomate in Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Neuropsychology


13. 1994-1999: Served as President, and other elected offices, for the Roundtable of Toxicology Consultants (an organization of independent, consulting toxicologists, derived from members of the Society of Toxicology - the premier organization of toxicologists in the world), in recognition of my contributions as an independent, consulting neurotoxicologist.


14. 1999: Upon invitation of the German Federal Government, SPD Bundestagfraktion, I addressed The Great Assembly Hall of Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag), Wasserwerk, Bonn, Germany.


15. 2001: Served as an expert witness in landmark United States Federal litigation demonstrating that judicially-compensable nervous system damage can result from a novel commercial substance (a solvent). The manufacturer attempted to exclude my testimony under the strict Daubert rules, but the original verdict was upheld by the Federal Appeals Court that accepted my testimony (Bonner v. ISP Techs., Inc., 259 F.3d 924 (8th Cir. 2001)); http://daubertontheweb.com/toxicologists.htm


16. 2004: Elected as a Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology, for "significant contributions to the Science and Profession of Neuropsychology", awarded to approximately 213 neuropsychologists in the world at that time.


17. 2004: Diplomate in Neuropsychology with Added Qualification in Forensic Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (12 such certifications awarded worldwide at that time).

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