Industrial Hygienist/Hazard Control
Expert Witness No. 660
EXPERIENCE
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Certified Industrial Hygienist and Master Level Certified Hazard Control Manager with over 30 years of experience. This experience includes numerous forensic studies, including sick building syndrome, asbestos analysis, and airborne contamination studies.
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Some of the specific studies and tasks which have been performed are:
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Participated in EPA Emergency Response Team efforts for monitoring episodes of airborne toxicants by providing health and safety guidance to team members.
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Forensic studies involving cleanup procedures for contaminated buildings, building contents, structures and soils.
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Forensic investigations into reported problems in educational occupancies.
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Developed and implemented a comprehensive Health and Safety Program for multi-site operations involving chemical carcinogens, addressing both occupational and environmental control.
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Developed a system for assessing the extent of worker hazard in laboratory facilities.
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Conducted field survey operations to implement industrial hygiene programs.
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Participated in defining allowable exposure standards for chemical substances prior to promulgation of OSHA regulations.
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Developed Procedures Manual and Personnel Training Program for support of industrial hygiene field workers.
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Supervised analytical chemistry laboratory for performing environmental and industrial hygiene chemistry; secured AIHA accreditation laboratory.
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Developed sampling and analysis procedures for trace level organic and inorganic materials.
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Provided consultation on sampling, analysis and method development in areas of industrial hygiene, air and water pollution, solid waste disposal, toxicology, biochemistry and data quality.
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Evaluated and performed needs assessments for decontamination work involving PCB and PCDF/PCDD incidents.
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Conducted and participated in training courses in areas of industrial hygiene and in environmental chemistry.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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B.S., State University of New York, Albany, New York, Chemistry, 1960
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Ph.D., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, Physical Chemistry, 1963
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
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Certified Industrial Hygienist, Comprehensive Practice, American Board of Industrial Hygiene
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Certified Hazard Control Manager, Master Level, International Hazard Control Manager Certification Board
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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American Academy of Industrial Hygiene
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American Industrial Hygiene Association
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American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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American Chemical Society
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
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American College of Toxicology
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American Society of Safety Engineers
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New York Academy of Sciences
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Air and Waste Management Association
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American Public Health Association
