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Environmental Forensics

Environmental Forensics

Morrison, Robert D.

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0849320585
ISBN13: 9780849320583
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: Sep 29 1999
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.59
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.53
Language: English
Offering state-of-the-art techniques for both attorneys and environmental scientists, Environmental Forensics: Principles and Applications discusses non-chemical methods such as corrosion modeling, inventory reconciliation, and aerial photography interpretation. The book also covers chemical fingerprinting used to identify the origin and age of a contaminant release- relevant techniques include the use of radioactive isotope analysis, degradation modeling based on half-lives, and fuel additives such as MTBE. Environmental Forensics provides case study examples of environmental trial exhibits. It covers misused techniques that can bias the scientific validity of a trial exhibit, such as scale exaggeration, use of statistical manipulation, data contouring, and selective presentation. Detailed information is provided for identifying and interpreting those portions of environmental reports that are target rich sources of scientific biases. These include the identification of false positive, false negative and the intentional manipulation of environmental data that occurs primarily in the sample collection process.

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