Dr Monica Nordberg, Ph.D. is an emerita Professor at Karolinska Institutet (KI), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden. She has served as chair of the Department of Environmental Hygiene, as member, Karolinska Institutet Study Program for Community Medicine, member of Education Policy Committee for Toxicology and Public Health, KI, Stockholm for many years. She has published 175 scientific articles, book chapters and review articles dealing with biochemical mechanisms and health effects related to exposure to metals mainly cadmium, lead and mercury and interaction with selenium. She is one of the editors of a Textbook in Swedish "Arbets- och Milj�medicin", latest (3:rd)… Edition 2010. Monica Nordberg is a co- editor and author, of the Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals 3rd edition, Academic Press/Elsevier, 2007 and, for the new 4th edition 2015. This work is within the framework of Scientific Committee on the Toxicology of Metals under International Commission on Occupational Health (SCTM/ICOH) which she served as secretary, chair and presently as former chair. She served as titular member of the Chemistry and Human Health of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry issuing recommendations regarding definitions and concepts. She was the Swedish representative in the Management Committee of COST Action, member EU Strategy Environment and Health, SCALE, Technical Working Group Indicators and Priority Diseases. She has experience as an expert serving Japan Food Safety Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Environmental Health Studies (NIEHS), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) USA, World Health Organization HQ, Geneva/International Program on Chemical Safety. Monica Nordberg is a full member of different societies such as Society of Toxicology, USA.