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History of Toxicology

Shahin Shadnia Bianca Raikhlin-Eisenkraft, PhD

Israel

updated Apr 20, 2010 by Nick Thorp

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After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the discipline of Toxicology received a tremendous uplift throughout the country.

The importance of the discipline has been increasingly recognized and Toxicology has been pursued and developed in university departments and governmental agencies. Attention is being drawn to the adverse effects of pollution. The marketing and utilization of pesticides is regulated by the Ministries of Agriculture and Environmental Protection. Air quality is closely monitored by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Disposal of hazardous wastes is regulated and specific sites have been allocated. The Israel Institute of Standards has established standards which are being regularly updated for the protection of human health and the environment. The Ministry of Health regulates and controls the marketing and utilization of medications as well as of water and food quality.

The Israel Poison Information Center was established in 1964 and its main goal is to provide 24h/7d telephone consultations in clinical and occupational toxicology, first aid and triage including laboratory services. Heath care providers and the public receive on-line consultation on the management and follow up of patients with acute poisonings. In addition to daily rounds, journal clubs and seminars, as well as participation in bi-annual national toxicology meetings, the staff of MDs and PhDs is engaged in updating the intentional commercial products database, as well as teaching, research and regulatory activities.

The Center's databases are a reliable information source on the active ingredients of commercial products and on the epidemiology of poisonings in Israel.

A version of this article was published in Information Resources in Toxicology, 4th Edition, Yedidia Bentur and Bianca Raikhlin-Eisenkraft, Copyright Elsevier (2009).


Relevant Government Ministries


Non-Government Organizations


Universities


Professional Societies

  • Israel Medical Association
    • Israel Society of Toxicology (הסתדרות רפואית בישראל - החברה הישראלית לטוקסיקולוגיה)

Mati Lifshitz, M.D.
Chairman
Soroka University Medical Center
Dept. of Pediatrics
P.O Box 151
Beer Sheva, Israel 84101
Tel: +972-8-6400140
Fax: +972-8-6403089
Email: MatiL@clalit.org.il

Yedidia Bentur, M.D.
Chairman, Scientific Committee
Israel Poison Information Center
Rambam Medical Center
PO Box 9602
Haifa 31096
ISRAEL
Tel: +972-4-854-2725
Fax: +972-4-854-2092
Email: ipic@rambam.health.gov.il


Poison Information/Control Centers

  • Israel Poison Information Center (המכון הארצי למידע בהרעלות)
    Tel: +972-4-8541900
    Fax: +972-4-8542092
    Email: ipic@rambam.health.gov.il


Miscellaneous Resources


Recent Publications in Environmental/ Clinical Toxicology

1.       Amitai Y, Winston G, Sack J, Wasser J, Lewis M, et al. (2007) Gestational exposure to high perchlorate concentrations in drinking water and neonatal thyroxine levels.

2.       Bar-Oz B, Goldman M, Lahat E, Greenberg R, Avgil M, et al. (2008) Medication Errors and Response Bias: The Tip of The Iceberg

3.       Bentur Y, Lurie Y, Cahana A, Lavon O, Kovler N, et al. (2008) Poisoning in Israel: Annual Report of the Israel Poison Information Center, 2007

4.       Bentur Y, Ashkar J, Lurie Y, Levy Y, Azzam ZS, et al. (2008) Lessepsian migration and tetrodotoxin poisoning due to Lagocephalus sceleratus in the eastern Mediterranean.

5.       Bentur Y, Bloom-Krasik A, Raikhlin-Eisenkraft B (2008)Illicit cathinone ("Hagigat") poisoning.

6.       Bentur Y, Spanier E. (2007) Ciguatoxin-like substances in edible fish on the eastern Mediterranean.

7.       Berman T, Hochner-Celnikier D, Calafat AM, Needham LL, Amitai Y, et al (2009) Phthalate exposure among pregnant women in Jerusalem, Israel: results of a pilot study.

8.       Finkelstein Y, Zhang N , Fitsanakis V, Avison M , Gore J,  Aschner  M (2008) Differential Deposition of Manganese in the Rat Brain Following Subchronic Exposure to Manganese: a T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

9.       Gweta S,  Spanier E, Bentur Y. (2008) Venomous Fish Injuries along the Israeli Mediterranean Coast: Scope and Characterization

10.   Kozer E,  Bar-Hamburger R, Rosenfeld N, Zdanovitch I,  Bulkowstein M, et al (2008) Illicit Drug and Alcohol Users Admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department

11.   Lavon O, Lurie Y, Bentur Y (2008) Scombroid Fish Poisoning in Israel, 2005-2007

12.   Leibson T and Lifshitz M (2008) Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisoning - Review of Current Literature and Summary of Clinical and Laboratory Experience in Southern Israel

13.   Levy-Khademi F, Tenenbaum AN, Wexler ID, Amitai Y.(2007) Unintentional organophosphate intoxication in children.

14.   Lurie Y, Wasser SP, Taha M, Shehade H, Nijim J, et al. (2009) Mushroom poisoning from species of genus Inocybe (fiber head mushroom): a case series with exact species identification.

15.   Salameh S, Amitai Y, Antopolsky M, Rott D, Stalnicowicz R. (2009) Carbon monoxide poisoning in Jerusalem: epidemiology and risk factors.

16.   Markel G, Krivoy A, Rotman E, Schein O, Shrot S, et al (2008) Medical Management of Toxicological Mass Casualty Events

17.   Safi J, Fischbein A, El Haj S, Sansour R, Jaghabir M, et al. (2006) Childhood lead exposure in the palestinian authority, Israel, and Jordan: results from the Middle Eastern regional cooperation project, 1996-2000.

18.   Salameh S, Weiss T , Amitai Y (2008) Fungicide (Rubigan®) Overdose Mimicking Organophosphate Poisoning 

19.   Sawalha AF(2008) Poison Control and Drug Information Center: The Palestinian Experience 


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