J.S. Held Acquires Shechter & Everett to Expand Forensic Accounting Capabilities for Family Law Disputes in Florida
Read MoreWe are retained by legal advisors, insurance professionals, and corporate stakeholders to evaluate exposure, contamination, and toxicity to determine any adverse effects on human health or the environment. Our toxicology consulting services include expert witness and litigation support, risk mitigation strategies, forensic investigations, and regulatory consulting.
Our toxicologists investigate the health effects of exposure across a wide range of product types and hazardous materials. We conduct forensic investigations and analysis of exposures, contamination, and toxicity related to:
We analyze toxicity pathways, exposure levels, and potential human health impacts to support regulatory, litigation, and product liability matters.
Food contamination incidents can escalate quickly and require clear technical evaluation of what happened, where contamination may have originated, and what exposure considerations are relevant.
Whether responding to an outbreak or proactively assessing risk, our toxicology experts examine foodborne illness outbreaks, find out when and where contamination has occurred, and proactively implement food and beverage assessments to understand vulnerabilities and determine whether food, feed product, or beverages pose any health risks to consumers.
With increased legalization and expanded product availability, cannabis-related claims have become more common and more complex to evaluate. J.S. Held’s chemists and toxicologists evaluate claims regarding alleged intoxication, potency variability, adulterants, and expected effects, especially when product type, labeling, or timelines are disputed.
Our experts review laboratory data, product information, and exposure context to investigate inebriation and adverse effects in matters involving personal injury, workplace exposure, and impaired driving.
Our toxicologists help resolve questions regarding liability in the alleged over-service of patrons or guests that has led to damage, injury, and/or death. Critical issues addressed by our team include interpretation and/or estimation of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels, associated clinical effects, and degrees of intoxication. These evaluations are applied in matters involving dram shop and social host liability, including vehicle collisions, personal injury, and wrongful death claims, among others.
Social host and liquor liability cases often involve vehicle accidents and personal injury. We bring in J.S. Held experts who specialize in accident reconstruction, human factors, biomechanical engineering, and digital forensics to provide comprehensive forensic investigations and litigation support.
Microbiology analysis is an essential aspect of any health and safety operation, as it ensures products and procedures are free of germs that could cause contamination or infection. J.S. Held environmental microbiology experts help clients by taking a clinical approach to environmental investigations. Our services include detection, identification, isolation, and confirmation of microbial organisms in a range of environmental settings to determine if microbiological contamination has taken place.
When clients need a clear, defensible view of how chemical, biological, or environmental agents may or could potentially affect humans in a specific setting, our toxicology experts provide human health exposure assessments that can identify or simulate exposure scenarios and document the resulting risk considerations.
Our team is composed of specialists in exposure modeling, risk assessment, and chemical toxicology who have a breadth of expertise in data interpretation, hazard assessments, and the characterization of substances. J.S. Held provides clients with comprehensive chemical analysis of products, including composition analysis, structural analysis, chemical trace analysis, elemental analysis, morphological analysis, and material validation to determine chemical contamination.
Toxic releases from industrial operations are regulated according to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety standards. Our experts provide comprehensive Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) to determine the extent of health risk impacts from new and existing industrial operations emitting toxins.
These evaluations may address single events, chronic exposures, or cumulative effects across occupational, residential, or broader environmental scenarios. We are a leader in using HRAs to characterize and quantify pollutants, as well as to accelerate the regulatory closure of contaminated sites where no significant health risks are identified.
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