Indoor Air Quality Expert Witnesses

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What is an indoor air quality expert witness?

Indoor air quality expert witness candidates are typically professional engineers with backgrounds in environmental health, mold remediation, and/or chemical engineering. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a qualified expert with prior expert witness testimony experience.

What types of cases require an indoor air quality expert witness?

Air pollution can be natural or man-made, and consists of airborne material (solids, liquid or gas) that can have adverse effects on humans and the ecosystem. Examples of air emissions that affect indoor air quality (IAQ) include ash from a volcano or fire, carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust, toxic mold contamination, asbestos, and other indoor air pollutants. Human health effects of poor indoor air quality are extensive, and air pollution is known to cause premature deaths, respiratory infections, heart disease, COPD, stroke and lung cancer.

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 established the air permitting program. Operating air permits are legally enforceable documents that permitting agencies issue to air pollution sources. Air pollution permits are required for businesses that build sources of pollution. Most permits are issued by State and local permitting authorities, however, the EPA regulatory agency can also issues air permits. Operating permits document how air pollution sources will comply and monitor emission limits and other requirements.

Indoor air quality expert witness case examples

Subject matter experts in indoor air quality have been placed by Cahn Litigation Services to provide expert testimony in matters concerning:

What litigation support work might an indoor air quality expert witness be expected to perform?

Expert witness services by an indoor air quality expert could include exposure assessments, research and authoring expert reports, depositions, and expert witness testimony at a trial. In addition, clients may seek an expert for pre-litigation indoor air quality consulting services.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for an indoor air quality expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.

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Indoor Air Quality Expert Witness - Representative Bios

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Indoor Air Quality experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Indoor Air Quality landscape.