Victor O. Sheftel

Background

Son of O. (a lawyer) and Ye. (a surgeon; maiden name, Sheftel) Bukhman, Mr. Sheftel was born in Moscow, Russian Federation, on June 9, 1936.

Education

Mr. Sheftel finished his studies at Medical Institute (Kyiv Medical University of UAFM), Kiev, U.S.S.R. (now Ukraine), receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1960. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Medical Institute (Kharkiv National Medical University), Kharkov, U.S.S.R., in 1966. In 1970 Mr. Sheftel graduated from Academy of Medical Sciences of the U.S.S.R. (Russian Academy of Sciences) with Doctor of Science degree.

Career

From 1961 to 1968 Mr. Sheftel was a scientific fellow at Research Institute of General and Commune Hygiene, Kiev, U.S.S.R. Between 1968 and 1989 he served as a scientific fellow and team leader at All-Union Research Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology of Pesticides, Polymers, and Plastics, Kiev. In 1990 Mr. Sheftel joined the staff of Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel, acting as a chief environmental toxicologist.

Victor O. Sheftel is an author or co-author of seven books in Russian on the subject of toxicology and contributor of nearly two hundred articles to scientific journals.

Achievements

• Victor O. Sheftel is a well-known writer and physician, whose works are highly appreciated.

Works

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• book

  • Indirect Food Additives and Polymers: Migration and Toxicology
  • Handbook of Toxic Properties of Monomers and Additives
  • Indirect Food Additives and Polymers: Migration and Toxicology by Victor O. Sheftel (2000-03-30)

Views

Quotations: "My main field of scientific activity is the toxicology of plastics, a comparatively new and insufficiently investigated branch of applied toxicology. I began my work in this field at a time when there was a lack of both consensus and effective guidance on how to evaluate the safety of plastic materials. My books are intended to present both theoretical and practical aspects of this problem in modern toxicology, and to make an advancement in the regulatory toxicology of plastics, namely, to implement the modern approach instead of the application of out-of-date principles."

"For the past twenty years, 1 have developed a comprehensive database on the toxic properties of plastics. It was published in Russia in 1982, England in 1990, and the United States in 1995. It is an attempt to provide comprehensive information about the hazard of plastic ingredients migrating into food and water. I have also made a considerable contribution to the national drinking water regulations of Russia and Israel."

Membership

• Israeli Toxicology Society , Israel

• Russian Toxicology Society , Russia

• Russian Society of Hygienists , Russia

Interests

• poetry

Connections

Victor O. Sheftel married Raisa Goisman in 1970. They had one child, Larisa Safran.

Father:

O. Bukhman

Mother:

Ye. Sheftel Bukhman

Wife:

Raisa Goisman