Re: Proper Sickbuilding Sampling for Mold

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Vrana.....

Thank you for your inquiry from the ToxLaw website.

A complete environmental sampling program must be used.......

PRE.....and ...... POST for mold ( or pesticides, heavy metals, solvents or whatever the contaminant is in a sick building where environmental illness is alleged.) Whether I am working for the insurance company or a group of concerned workers, or a homeowner, the method is the same.

PRE-decontamination sampling is used to determine the proper remediation needed and the proper referral to treating physicians, etc

.........and POST sampling is needed to insure that the remediation (decontamination) was complete and effective.

This still a rapidly evolving field of science........and LAW !! Toxic tort litigation, like environmental illness//MCS, etc., are all rapidly evolving fields with few real experts in science and medicine and few experienced attorneys in toxic tort and environmental illness. That is why Daubert hearings are now the rule in toxic tort cases to weed out the junk scientists who pretend to be experts in this new field. After over 1,000 cases since 1976, I have seen engineering firms and "experts" come and go in this field. Buyer beware.........for sure. Thanks for writing.

DR. RICHARD L. LIPSEY

PROFESSOR AND TOXICOLOGIST

UNIV OF NORTH FLORIDA &

FLA COASTAL SCHOOL OF LAW

RESUME, 2001--DR. R. LIPSEY(www.richardlipsey.com)

DR. RICHARD L. LIPSEY