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OUR
SERVICES //
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Kemic
Bioresearch
provides research and consulting services primarily in the areas of pharmacokinetics
(including
data analysis, computer modeling) and toxicology (forensic,
occupational,
clinical and environmental aspects).
OUR
COURSES //
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Kemic's
acclaimed
COURSES
in the biomedical sciences have been presented at various venues in
North
America, the UK and Brazil since 1987. These courses have also been
presented
in-house (on site) for major pharmaceutical companies and government
agencies
(e.g. Health Canada's HPB / TPD). Hundreds of former Kemic course
participants are currently employed in the pharmaceutical industry,
academia,
government agencies and other organizations worldwide.
TOXICOLOGICAL
EXPERTISE //
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Kemic's
expertise
in all aspects of toxicology has been widely utilized by the legal
profession.
Our specific interests and extensive consulting and expert witness
experience
include: alcohol/drugs and driving (DUI), urine drug testing, forensic
pharmacokinetics, and the adverse effects of various xenobiotic
substances
in the workplace and the environment.
Recognized
for
scientific integrity, Kemic offers genuine expertise concerning various
toxicological matters including the increasingly widespread and highly
controversial phenomenon of "MCS" (Multiple Chemical Sensitvity). To
conduct
a toxicological assessment the toxicologist requires extensive
knowledge
and special insight. Worth emphasizing in this regard: "... is
that
all chemicals are potentially toxic at certain (high) doses -- a
concept
("the dose makes the poison") which was first elaborated by the
16th century Swiss physician and alchemist, Paracelsus.
"It
is inappropriate ... therefore, to speak of a separate class of "toxic
chemicals". Toxicity is dependent upon the dose
(amount)
of any chemical. It is not a peculiar inherent property of only
certain
substances.
"The
ever increasing ability ... of the analyst to measure substances at
lower
and lower concentrations (e.g. ppb or ppt), especially in the
environment,
leads a misinformed public to assume that "toxic chemicals"
are a ubiquitous cause of concern. The mere detection of a
potentially
"nasty" chemical, however, does not imply that a toxic threat
exists."
Mullen, P.W. (1995) Forensic Interpretative
Pharmacology &
Toxicology, In: The Expert: A Practitioner's Guide (Eds:
K.M.
Matthews, et al.) Carswell, Toronto p. 20-5
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