CSE: Health links on Toxicology

TOXICOLOGY INDIA

Mr Ravi Agarwal Designation: Director Category: Sanitation and waste disposal, toxicology Email: ravig1@toxicslink.org Speciality: Urban planning and environment, waste issues (medical, municipal and hazardous) toxics and chemicals Organisation: Toxics Link Address: H-2 (Ground Floor) Jangpura Extension New Delhi 110014 Telephone: 011-24328006, 24320711 Fax: 011-24321747 Work done: Ravi Agarwal is actively working on the problem of medical waste disposal and technologies, he is also working on issues relating to plastic, in particular recycling, waste disposal, toxicity and health issues.	Dr Pralay O Basu Designation: Founder Managing Secretary & CEO Category: Medical specialist, public health, toxicology Email: ste@vsnl.net Speciality: Respiratory illnesses, neurological disorders, toxics and chemicals, cardiovascular diseases, lifestyle diseases, systemic disorders (cancers and others), water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases) Organisation: Save The Environment Address: 16/4, Naren Sarkar Road Sakher Bazar Kolkata 700008 West Bengal Telephone: 033-24173694 Work done: Save The Environment is involved in community-based projects to mitigate arsenic pollution in West Bengal and provide treatment to arsenic affected people.
Prof Pradeep Bhatnagar Designation: Professor Category: Academic, toxicology Email: pradeepbhatnagar1947@yahoo.com Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, endocrine disorders and birth defects, pesticide toxicology Department: Environmental Toxicology Unit Organisation: Department of Zoology Address: University of Rajasthan Jaipur 302004 Rajasthan Telephone: 0141-2711158 Work done: Prof Bhatnagar has extensively researched on pesticides. He has monitored and carried out surveillance of pesticide pollution in water bodies situated in Jaipur district and in the food chain. He also studied pesticide and human health, dye toxicity.	Dr Dipankar Chakraborti Designation: Director & Head Category: Environmental health, toxicology Email: dcsoesju@vsnl.com Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, arsenic expert, industrial and air pollution, water quality monitoring Organisation: School of Environmental Studies Address: Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 West Bengal Telephone: 033-24146233, 24146760 Fax: 033-24146266 Work done: Dr Chakraborti is involved in studying arsenic content in groundwater in various parts of the country especially West Bengal. He is involved in creating awareness on health hazards posed due to arsenic contamination in drinking water. He has also worked on some aspects of air pollution and industrial pollution and conducted environment impact assessment studies.
Dr B Dinesh Kumar Designation: Senior Research Officer Category: Health economics, toxicology Email: dineshkalpa@eth.net Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, rational use of drugs Department: Food & Drug Toxicology Division Organisation: National Institute of Nutrition Address: Jamia-Osmania P O, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500007 Andhra Pradesh Telephone: 040-27008921 Ext 322 Fax: 040-27019074 Work done: Dr Dinesh Kumar is doing a research to monitor pollutants in population, develop early diagnostic markers and evaluate economical interventional strategies to prevent toxic effects caused by them. Worked on lead toxicity and involved in promoting rational use of drugs.	Dr Ranjit Hazarika Designation: Senior Lecturer Category: Academic, toxicology Email: rranjit96@rediffmail.com Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, systemic disorders (cancers and others) Department: Department of Zoology Organisation: M C College Barpeta 781301 Assam Telephone: 03666-263572 Work done: Dr Hazarika is associated with Society for Environmental Health and Risk Assessment (SEHRA) which is engaged in publication, monitoring and generating public awareness against environmental pollution and pesticides; conservation of nature; cancer and AIDS in north-eastern India.
Dr N K Khetarpaul Designation: Director Category: Medical specialist, toxicology Email: nkhissar@sancharnet.in Speciality: Lifestyle diseases, toxics and chemicals Organisation: Khetarpaul Hospital Address: Green Square SCF-211, CUE-I Hisar 125001 Haryana Telephone: 01662-237500, 233300 Fax: 01662-233000 Website: www.khetarpaul.com Work done: The hospital runs a 24 hour free suicide prevention telephonic helpline. It offers service for de-addiction of alcohol and drugs on subsidised rates and deals in treatment of attempted suicide cases, especially poisoning cases.	Mr K Mohan Kumaravel Designation: Director Category: Public health, toxicology Email: rids_ngo@rediffmail.com Speciality: Infectious and communicable diseases, systemic disorders (cancers and others), water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases) Organisation: Rural Interdisciplinary Development Society (RIDS) Address: 4/153, Opposite PAC Bank Perianahalli 635205 Dharmapuri district Tamil Nadu Telephone: 04348-247407 Website: www.cedar.org.in/rids Work done: Rural Interdisciplinary Development Society (RIDS) is working for AIDS prevention, child education, women empowerment, women and child health, sustainable agriculture, green and clean environment.
Prof S V S Rana Designation: Coordinator Category: Academic, toxicology Email: sureshvs_rana@yahoo.com Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, hepatotoxicity Department: Department of Environmental Science Organisation: Ch Charan Singh University Meerut 250004 Uttar Pradesh Telephone: 0121-2774569 Fax: 0121-2772930 Work done: Prof Rana is involved in experiments on biological monitoring of exposure to lead, benzene, trichloroethylene and toluene in human beings. He also works on the toxicology of heavy metals and spreads awareness about their effects through awareness camps.	Prof (Dr) A K Susheela Designation: Director Category: Toxicology, water pollution Email: susheela@ndf.vsnl.net.in Speciality: Drinking water contaminants such as fluoride and its effect on human health Organisation: Fluorosis Research & Rural Development Foundation Address: C-103, Saransh Apartment 34, Indraprastha Extention Delhi 110092 Telephone: 011-22725156, 22731886 Fax: 011-26847814 Website: http://education.vsnl.com/fluorosis Work done: Prof (Dr) Susheela the CEO and Director of India's Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation, located in Delhi, is an outstanding Academician with a distinguished Professional carrier. She was the Faculty of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi for 3 decades. She has held a number of responsible positions and coveted assignments at the AIIMS. Her foundation is involved to combat Fluorosis by providing adequate Scientific and Technical inputs to those involved in dealing with the disease. She is a world renowned scientist in the field Fluoride, Fluorosis and its management.

TOXICOLOGY ABROAD
Dr Aw Myres Designation: Science and Health Consultant Category: Public health, toxicology Email: tony_myres@hc-sc.gc.ca Speciality: Toxics and chemicals Address: 204 Compton Ave Ottawa K2B 5A9 Ontario Canada Work done: Dr A W Myres is involved in information dissemination on environmental health and toxicology, in the form of reports, papers and technical factsheets to the audiences from science, public health and general public.	Dr Toby G Rossman Designation: Professor Category: Academic, toxicology Email: rossman@env.med.nyu.edu Speciality: Carcinogenesis Organisation: Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine Address: New York Univeresity School of Medicine 57 Old Forge Road Tuxedo 10987 New York USA Telephone: 001-845-7313616 Fax: 001-845-3513489 Website: http://niem.med.nyu.edu/faculty/rossmanT-res.html Work done: Dr Toby G Rossman has developed the first animal model for arsenic-induced skin cancer and used the model for chemoprevention.