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Persons downwind of the release may be exposed. Effects will depend on tlie concentration and toxicity of the chemical. These can range from no adverse effect to deatli. 

In general, it is easier to use models such as these to predict the distribution of chemicals (i.e., relationship between exposure and tissue concentration) than it is to predict their toxic action. The relationship between tissue concentration and toxicity is not straightforward for a diverse group of compounds, and depends on their mode of action. Even with distribution models, however, the picture can be complicated by species differences in metabolism, as in the case of models for bioconcentration and bioaccumulation (see Chapter 4). Rapid metabolism can lead to lower tissue concentrations than would be predicted from a simple model based on values. Thus, such models need to be used with caution when dealing with different species. 

Jacobs, M.H., Senior, R.M., and Kessler, W.R., Clincial experience with theophylline Relationship between dosage, serum concentration and toxicity, JAMA, 235,1983,1976. 

Wastewaters generated from manufacturing plants that produce or use inorganic chemicals vary considerably, depending on raw materials, type of process, and the end product, among others. A screening program is often conducted to determine the presence, concentration, and toxicity of metal ions in such wastewaters. The minimum detection limits for the toxic metals are presented in Table 22.1. 

The approaches described previously can be used to relate biomonitoring results to a reference population or to workplace exposures, but they do not evaluate the risk associated with the amount of a chemical found in the body. To do that, one needs to develop a relationship between biomarker concentration and toxic response, a relationship that is not commonly derived in standard toxicologic practice. The following sections outline methods for deriving such a relationship. The approaches include the ideal case of existing risk assessments based on biomarker-response relationships established in epidemiologic research. Lead and mercury are used as examples of cases in which exposure was quantified according to hair or blood biomarkers and dose-response associations were developed on this basis. 

Similarly, the peaks between doses should not exceed toxic levels. Together, the minimum effective concentration and toxic level define the therapeutic window of the drug. 

Modeled fate, concentrations, and toxic pressures (PAF) of pesticides for a generic river basin... 

The continuous process is the only way of avoiding the accumulation of inhibitors, since it guarantees their constant removal at the same time as it supplies the system with the nutrients necessary for the performance of the cells. If perfusion is used, with cell retention, the system provides a high cell density that is controllable, without gradients, and which can maintain optimal conditions of nutrient concentration and toxic byproducts. 

Hepatic enzyme inhibition by nefazodone can significantly raise concentrations and toxicity of haloperidol (29). 

Wang, L.R. et al. The efficacy and relationship between peak concentration and toxicity profile of fixed-dose-rate gemcitabine plus carboplatin in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Chemother. Pharm. 2007, 60, 211-218. 

GRAPEFRUIT JUICE DISOPYRAMIDE Likely interaction with possibility of t plasma concentrations and toxic effects of disopyramide. Flowever, the clinical significance is not yet known as the interaction has not been scientifically tested Unclear Monitor ECG and side-effects more closely... 

The importance of these secondary effects on acid-base status, metal concentration, and toxicity are still being studied. The recovery from acidification has been simulated by MAGIC for many watersheds, but sufficient time has not elapsed since acid inputs declined to assess the accuracy of the model predictions (Majer et aL, in review). 

Erythromycin can increase the plasma concentration and toxicity of oral lidocaine, as shown in a crossover study in nine volunteers who took erythromycin orally (500 mg tds) for 4 days and 1 mg/kg of oral lidocaine on day 4 (77). 

Zinc acetate (Galzin, Gate Pharmaceutical Co), developed for the treatment of Wilson s disease (4), has been used in maintenance therapy of adult and pediatric disease, but it also has efficacy in the treatment of pregnant women and presymptomatic patients from the start. It also has value as adjunctive therapy for the initial treatment of symptomatic patients. Its mechanism of action involves induction of intestinal cell metaUothionein, which blocks copper absorption from the intestinal tract. Negative copper balance is caused by blockade not only of absorption of food copper but by blockade of reabsorption of the considerable amount of endogenously secreted copper in saliva, gastric juice, and intestinal secretions. It is therefore effective in controlling copper concentrations and toxicity in Wilson s disease. 

Macrolides are metabolized in the liver via the microsomal (cytochrome P450) enzyme system. The alkylxanthines (e.g. theophylline, amino-phylline) utilize the same enzyme system, so concurrent administration with macrolides leads to a doubling of the alkylxanthine concentration and toxicity. Because of similar mechanisms of action, concurrent administration of other macrolides, lincosamides, chloramphenicol or florfenicol is not recommended. 

To illustrate the WoE approach we will apply it to the evaluation of toxicity as a cause or risk factor in the alteration of benthic community structure in a waterway (Figure 12.11). Extensive data on chemical concentrations in sediments are obtained at the site under investigation (A). Data on the chemical contaminants are matched with laboratory tests of sediment toxicity to the chemicals (B). A comparison of the chemical concentrations to the toxicity data indicates that the materials are toxic under laboratory conditions (C). A hypothesis is then generated that identifies the sediment under consideration as likely to be toxic. Sediment bioassays of the sediment can confirm the hypothesis (D). Since the assessment endpoint is the preservation of benthos, measurements are made of the benthic community structure in the region (E). Chemical concentrations and toxicity results are also compared to measures of benthic community structure. Chemicals that are positively associated... 

Some of the effects of toxic chemical mixtures on soil pollution are predictable. Acidic soils dissolve otherwise insoluble metal oxides and salts, thereby increasing available metal concentrations and toxicity to flora and fauna. Available copper content is inversely proportional to increased pH of soiU4 Earthworm mortality in soil polluted by lead increases as pH decreases. I15l The addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and its disodium salt to soil contaminated with cadmium, lead, and zinc increases the availability of these metals to plants and results in significant increases in the uptake of these in plants. I25l... 

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