Dr. Wayne Roth-Nelson , MSTM (Environmental Health, The American University, 1974); PhD (Environmental Science & Policy, University of London, 1986); DABFE (Diploma, American Board of Forensic Examiners, 1996).
FORENSIC SCIENCE CAREER . Past ten years experience as toxic tort scientific consultant and expert witness for plaintiff and defense counsel in fields of environmental and occupational health. Developed and presented quantitative evidence of toxic exposure, absorbed dose, and health risk or disease causation. Contaminated media included sick buildings, indoor and outdoor air, ground and surface water, soils and landfills, aquifers and drinking water, hazardous waste, food and pharmaceuticals, and consumer products.
Disciplines include environmental toxicology and epidemiology, air and water quality, hydrology and hydrogeology, and soil science. Provided testimony by deposition and in state and federal courts. Two dozen cases were located in Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Three cases (Florida, Missouri, Wyoming) involved large industrial or agricultural operations (petroleum refinery, ball bearing manufacturing, pesticides to eradicate citrus grove pests) affecting entire communities.
R & D SCIENCE CAREER . Over three decades consulting in the R & D community in environmental health sciences, health risk assessment, hazardous waste management, and regulatory compliance. Organizations included Westinghouse Urban Systems, GE TEMPO/Center for Advanced Studies, TRW/DeLeuw Cather, Dynamac/Enviro Control, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Assignments included Manager, Health Risk Assessment/Deputy Program Manager at Battelle Institute and Technical Director/Program Manager at SAIC Division of Environmental Remediation.
Client organizations included Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Force Occupational & Environmental Health Laboratories, and Department of Energy Environmental Restoration Division. Appointed to Risk Assessment Committee, Westinghouse-Hanford Nuclear Installation.
Investigated health risks and health effects at public utility, transportation, mining, agricultural, energy, industrial and military operations and their surrounding communities in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
TOXIC AGENT EXPERIENCE : Hydrocarbon Fuels (gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, propane, natural gas); Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Organic Solvents (Stoddard solvent, mineral spirits, benzene, toluene, xylenes, trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, methylene chloride, ethylene glycol, hexane); Gases and Fumes (carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, chlorine, arsine, hydrazine, tear gas); Particulates and Aerosols (asbestos, smoke, dust, acids, spray paint); Heavy Metals (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, hexavalent chromium); Radionuclides (radon, radium, uranium, thorium, strontium, plutonium); Organophosphate/Carbamate Pesticides (malathion, chlordane, chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, carbofuran); Paints and Coatings (latex, acrylic polyurethane, isocyanates); Molds/Fungi (Stachybotrys, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Fusarium, Nigrospora, Chaetomium, Acremonium).
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS . Founder and first elected Chair of the Specialty Group for Risk Science & Law of the international Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). Among other goals, the Specialty Group explores the interface between scientific and legal standards for evidence of inferred disease causation or increased health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals and biological toxins.
Peer reviewer and referee for scientific journals and editor of SRA's Online Casebook: Risk-Based Case Law Analysis and Legal Commentary. Author of dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles, handbooks, and government documents.
Recently published "Explaining Toxic Chemical Risk in the Courtroom: Authority, Storytelling, and Science" (Chapter 13, Expert Witnessing: Explaining and Understanding Science, CRC Press, 1999). Also, "Risk Evidence in Toxic Torts" in The Environmental Lawyer 2(2):404-443 (American Bar Association, 1996).
See Dr Roth-Nelson's WebSite for many more details:
http://www.ToxicTortScience.com
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