Dr Marlene Fourie

Portfolio of Dr Marlene Fourie

Name & initials
Dr Marlene (MH) Fourie

Qualifications

  • B.Sc (Cum Laude), University of Stellenbosch, 1985.
  • B.Sc. (Hon) (Cum Laude), University of Stellenbosch, 1986.
  • M.Sc. (Reproductive Biology: Andrology) (Cum Laude), University of Pretoria, 1996.
    Title: Biochemical markers of epididymal function with specific reference to α-glucosidase in infertile men.
  • Ph.D. (Reproductive Biology: Andrology), University of Pretoria, 1999.
    Title: Biochemical evidence of male fertility impairment in the rat after exposure to the environmental oestrogenic pollutant p-nonylphenol.
  • M.Sc. (Epidemiology), University of Pretoria, 2010.
    Dissertation title: Retrospective case-control study of cancer incidence associated with vanadium pentoxide exposure in the mineral processing industry
    Taught M.Sc.-level coursework included:
    • Toxicology
    • Statistical Methods and Analysis
    • Health Measurement
    • Epidemiological Study Design
    • Analytical Epidemiology
    • Exposure Assessment
    • Health Risk Assessment

Specialised Courses

  • Classifying and Labelling Chemicals According to the UN Globally Harmonised System (GHS), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 2017

Professional Registrations

  • Professional Natural Scientist (Pr Sci Nat, Toxicological Science, No 400190/14) at the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)

Experience

  • Medical Natural Scientist at Andrology, Department of Urology, University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Academic Hospital, September 1987 – March 2001.
  • Toxicological Scientist, INFOTOX (Pty.) Ltd, since April 2001.

Previous Projects at INFOTOX

  • Human health risk assessments of multi-route, multi-pathway exposure to multiple organic and inorganic contaminants on industrial sites
  • Environmental human health risk and impact assessments for proposed industrial production plants, mining and mineral processing operations and power generation installations
  • Technical background document for the assessment of toxicity and risks associated with environmental exposure to petrol contamination
  • Petrol and diesel pipeline leaks and spills in residential areas: assessment of potential adverse human health effects
  • Fuel additives and BTEX environmental human health risk assessment
  • Toxicological background documents for health risk-based air and drinking water guidelines
  • Risk assessment of exposure to hexavalent chromium in groundwater, soil and housedust
  • Development of questions-and-answers documents pertaining to industrial contamination
  • Literature reviews on health effects associated with occupational and environmental chemical and dust exposures
  • Interactive CD-format database on health hazards in the mineral processing industry
  • Occupational exposure and ecological impacts relating to military smoke formulations
  • Technical background document for the development of a national ambient air quality guideline for lead
  • Technical background document for the development of a national ambient air quality guideline for sulphur dioxide
  • Toxicological and human health risk assessment of food contaminants
  • Nuclear radiation environmental human health risk assessments
  • GHS classification and SDS preparation for organic and inorganic chemical consumer products, agricultural and veterinary remedies, mining and industrial wastes
  • Criteria pollutant human health risk assessment for provincial, regional and priority area impacts of large-scale and small-scale electrical power generators, industrial, mining and mineral processing operations
  • Fertiliser human health risk assessments
  • Toxicological reviews for medical negligence cases
  • Toxicological reviews for legal cases of environmental industrial chemical contamination

Dr Marlene Fourie