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Environmental Forensics: Environmental Crime Scene Investigations
This course provides useful information related to contaminant source tracking and age-dating. Environmental forensic and its role within environmental and legal fields will be first defined. Then, various components of environmental forensic investigations will be presented, including: historical document and aerial photograph review, as well as investigative “fingerprinting” techniques (e.g., chemical, isotopic, mineralogical, tree-ring and DNA fingerprinting). Some of these techniques can point out multiple releases and may be used to track old releases even after site mitigation. Additionally, contaminant properties and fate & transport will be reviewed for main environmental contaminant classes (e.g., petroleum products, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, perchlorate, oxygenate additives, metals).
Online class taught by Dr Ioana G. Petrisor
September 26, 2012 - December 2, 2012
Representative case studies will be provided in order to illustrate practical applications, including:
- successfully settling of environmental disputes;
- building appropriate monitoring strategies and minimization of future liabilities;
- effective characterization of complex sites (where many contaminants and potential sources of contamination exist) enabling efficient and cost-effective remedial design.
The course is intended for a large range of professionals who deal with environmental contamination issues, especially involving legal liability and complex site contamination characterization and cleanup. Such professionals may include (but are not limited to): environmental consultants, industrial site owners and operators (e.g., manufacturers, mining companies, foundry operators, refineries, dry cleaners), insurance agency’s employees, environmental lawyers and judges, governmental employees (from regulatory agencies), and environmental students. This course will serve as the cornerstone for the Certificate in Environmental Forensics, which will soon be offered by the AEHS Foundation.