A Toxicologist's Perspective on Baycol by Michael D. Corbett, Ph.D.

photo-4icTendic he basic role of the toxicologist in Baycol litigation will be to present to the court an opinion as to whether a particular plaintiff has suffered a toxic effect as the result of this drug. Naturally, the bases for arriving at such an opinion should be carefully scrutinized by the officers of the court. In order to do this, it is incumbent that these critics have a basic understanding of the 'science' behind the toxicologist's thought process. I have designed this article to serve as a primer of this science, not to offer an opinion as to …