
Environmental Expert Testimony
CEC provides litigation support for individuals and the business community in a full range of environmental and toxic tort situations. We provide technical analysis and strategies for case development, including gathering of additional environmental data. We also provide environmental expert advice and testimony with cases involving adverse human health and ecological effects from a range of toxic chemicals, including pesticides, lead, arsenic, mercury, asbestos, and PCBs.
Environmental Expert Testimony Cases:
Waste Disposal in Alaska
Expert testimony was provided to the Attorney General, State of Alaska, in a criminal case concerning human health and environmental impacts from improper waste disposal adjacent to oil fields. An environmental risk analysis was provided as well as court testimony. As a result uncontrolled waste sites were promptly cleaned up.
PCB Hazards
Testimony was provided in U.S. Department of Justice administrative hearings concerning human health hazards posed by PCBs and pesticides, including acceptable levels of exposure. In a separate case, depositions were prepared for the Department of Justice case concerning the Outboard Marine Corporation Bankruptcy.
Health Injury
On behalf of attorneys for plaintiffs, expert health assessments and court testimony were provided in separate personal cases involving exposure to formaldehyde, chlordane, and pentachlorophenol.