Climate Change Impacts on Toxins and Health Effects

This book covers the impact of global warming on environmental toxins, occupational toxins, food toxins, marine toxins and agricultural toxins. It discusses the current knowledge on the environmental and health effects of these toxins, and how these toxins could be aggravated through global warming and the worsening environmental conditions. Step-by-step, each chapter describes the impact of climate change on a type of the toxins and their health effects, also depicted by numerous photographs and drawings. In addition, clear flow charts aid in identifying the magnitude of the health problem among the target population. Physiology and pathology of these toxins on human body is also discussed. Further topics include the impacts of global warming on drugs and other different therapeutic medications. The book provides an outlook on adaptive measures that could be taken to minimize the toxicity of these toxins, and how to minimize the health impacts.

This book assists the medical persons and environmental scientists in negotiating the steep learning curve involved in gaining the skills needed to perform predictive and therapeutic strategies for proper adaptation with climate changes, which offers significant advantages in terms of avoidance of health impact of climate change.

Prof. Amal Saad-Hussein (MD) graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. She is currently a Professor of environmental and preventive medicine. Formerly, she was a Dean of Environment and Climate Change Research Institute (2016-2020), and Head of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department (2011-2016). She has 97 peer reviewed international publications, 22 peer reviewed national publications, and 5 chapters in two books published by Springer. She is the editor of a book published by Springer (2023). In addition, she has delivered numerous oral presentations in numerous national and international meetings. She is member in the Egyptian Environmental Research Council (since 2021), member in the Egyptian Council for Climate Change, Egypt (2019-2021), and member in the National Committee of Toxicology (since 2011). She is also the vice-president of Egyptian Society of Environmental Mutagens, and member in Egyptian Medical Women Association Board.

Prof. Osama El-Tawil is currently a President of National Committee of Toxicology, Professor and Chairman of Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. He is an adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Louisville, WHO expert for updating the global air quality guidelines, member and expert observer for Global European International Network to promote use of dust monitoring and forecasting products. He is Vice President for the Pan Africa Environmental Mutagen and Genomic Society. He is a member in many scientific and research committees. He is reviewer and member of advisory board for governmental and non-governmental authorities and institutions, and international reviewer for many scientific journals. He has been awarded and honored national and international awards, and has more than 75 peer-reviewed international and national publications.

Prof. El-Sayed A. El-Sheikh graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Egypt. He has conducted postdoctoral research in the University of California, Davis and the University of Missouri. He is currently a Professor of Pesticides Biotechnology and Environmental Toxicology and Head of Plant Protection Department at Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University. He is the coordinator of the National Committee of Toxicology at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and a member of Zagazig University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (ZU-IACUC). El-Sheikh has more than 50 publications in the field of environmental toxicology, and pesticide toxicology and residues. He is an editorial board member of several journals and a peer-reviewer in several international publishers. His research is currently focusing on the detection of pesticide residues in environment using immunoassays and their relationship to climate change.