Environmental Forensics

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Environmental Forensics details cutting-edge techniques in language that science can appreciate and the legal community can understand. The author covers non-chemical methods such as corrosion modeling, inventory reconciliation, and aerial photography interpretation. He emphasizes the chemical fingerprinting techniques that are used to identify the origin and age of a contaminant release. The author also recounts case studies and misused techniques that commonly bias the scientific validity of trial exhibits. TOC:An Overview of the History, Chemistry and Transport of Chlorinated Solvents.- Chemistry and Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons.- Identification of Biased Environmental Data.- Overview of Forensic Techniques Used in Environmental Litigation.- Contaminant Transport Modeling.- Forensic Review of Environmental Trial Exhibits.- Appendices.