Jack Thrasher

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| name = Jack Dwayne Thrasher

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|08|13|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|01|27|1936|08|13|df=yes}}

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| nationality = American

| fields = Immunotoxicology, environmental toxicology

| workplaces = University of Colorado, UCLA

| alma_mater = California State University, Long Beach, UCLA

| thesis_title = The mouse duodenal progenitor population: size, distribution, cell types and age changes as revealed by Thymidine-H³ and autoradiography.

| thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20859681

| thesis_year = 1964

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Jack Dwayne Thrasher (August 13, 1936[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249704703/jack-dwayne-thrasher Jack Dwayne Thrasher] – January 27, 2017) was an American immunotoxicologist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.drthrasher.org/ |title=Jack Dwayne Trasher, Ph.D. |access-date=2017-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830001919/https://www.drthrasher.org/ |archive-date=2017-08-30 |url-status=dead }} His area of expertise was primarily the toxicity of formaldehyde,{{Cite journal | last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D. | last2 = Kilburn | first2 = K. H. | doi = 10.1080/00039890109604460 | title = Embryo Toxicity and Teratogenicity of Formaldehyde | journal = Archives of Environmental Health | volume = 56 | issue = 4 | pages = 300–11 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11572272 | s2cid = 6605967 }}{{Cite journal

| last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D.

| last2 = Wojdani | first2 = A.

| last3 = Cheung | first3 = G.

| last4 = Heuser | first4 = G.

| title = Evidence for Formaldehyde Antibodies and Altered Cellular Immunity in Subjects Exposed to Formaldehyde in Mobile Homes

| doi = 10.1080/00039896.1987.9934357

| journal = Archives of Environmental Health

| volume = 42

| issue = 6

| pages = 347–350

| year = 1987

| pmid = 3439811

}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D. | last2 = Broughton | first2 = A. | last3 = Micevich | first3 = P. | doi = 10.1002/ajim.4700140411 | title = Antibodies and immune profiles of individuals occupationally exposed to formaldehyde: Six case reports | journal = American Journal of Industrial Medicine | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 479–488 | year = 1988 | pmid = 2973232}} as well as chlorpyrifos,{{Cite journal | last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D. | last2 = Madison | first2 = R. | last3 = Broughton | first3 = A. | doi = 10.1080/00039896.1993.9938400 | title = Immunologic Abnormalities in Humans Exposed to Chlorpyrifos: Preliminary Observations | journal = Archives of Environmental Health | volume = 48 | issue = 2 | pages = 89–93 | year = 1993 | pmid = 7682805}} and he has acted as an expert witness and consultant since 1984.[http://www.drthrasher.org/page25.html 2nd page of Dr. Thrasher's CV] He obtained his bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach, after which he traveled to UCLA for five years, during which time he published a paper about the effects of administering thymidine to mice.{{Cite journal

| doi = 10.1073/pnas.47.6.743

| last1 = Greulich | first1 = R. C.

| last2 = Cameron | first2 = I. L.

| last3 = Thrasher | first3 = J. D.

| title = Stimulation of mitosis in adult mice by administration of thymidine

| journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

| volume = 47

| issue = 6

| pages = 743–748

| year = 1961

| pmid = 13708513

| pmc = 221335

| bibcode = 1961PNAS...47..743G | doi-access = free }} After he obtained his PhD in 1964, he became an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, before switching to the Department of Anatomy at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1966 to 1972. While at UCLA, he published a number of papers about the epithelium of various parts of the mouse.{{Cite journal | last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D. | title = Age and the cell cycle of the mouse colonic epithelium | doi = 10.1002/ar.1091570408 | journal = The Anatomical Record | volume = 157 | issue = 4 | pages = 621–625 | year = 1967 | pmid = 6035002| s2cid = 29856706 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Thrasher | first1 = J. D. | title = Age and the cell cycle of the mouse esophageal epithelium | doi = 10.1016/0531-5565(71)90044-1 | journal = Experimental Gerontology | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 19–24 | year = 1971 | pmid = 5572735}} The numerous companies he has worked for include Millipore Corporation, which he worked for from 1973 to 1975 as an Application Specialist and Project Manager. More recently, Dr. Thrasher has testified in a court case in which the plaintiff alleged that exposure to fragrances and cosmetics caused her to develop toxic encephalopathy and impairment of her sense of smell due to multiple chemical sensitivity,[http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mcslegal.html Adverse Court Rulings Related to Clinical Ecology Theories and Methodology] and has voiced opposition to the practice of treating plants with pesticides, particularly tralomethrin, saying "this practice is insanity."{{cite web | url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1998/07/danger-air | title=Danger in the Air | work=Mother Jones | date=July–August 1998 | access-date=10 October 2013 | author=Winegar, Karin}}