Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Unseen Oil Continues to Damage the Environment. BP Corporate Recklessness in Stark Contrast to "Reasonable Person" Criteria TASA ID: 897 Just because you can't see the crude oil from the BP Oil Spill of 2010, doesn't mean it is not continuing to damage the environment and kill marine organisms. Crude oil can occur as free product when the local concentration of the crude oil exceeds solubility of the compound in water. Read more
Category: Environment Understanding the Impacts of Hydroelectric Power, Mining, and Other Land Use Activities that Alter Water Temperatures and the Resulting Thermal Effects on Coldwater Fishes Such as Salmon and Trout TASA ID: 537 Changes in water temperatures can affect coldwater fishes, such as salmon and trout (salmonids) (Rich, 2007, 2000, 1987), either detrimentally or beneficially, depending upon other environmental factors. Of all the life-stage requirements of temperature-intolerant fishes, such salmonids, water temperature is the most important, yet, commonly, the least understood. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Product Liability Air Quality and Product Liability Case Studies: A Chemical Expert’s Analysis TASA ID: 203 End users of a product are occasionally unhappy with the product's performance or time of durability. In the areas of paints, coatings, and adhesives, a paint or coating may fade, blister, or crack shortly after its application or well before its expiration date. An adhesive may also delaminate in random fashion. Additionally, personal injury may result. Read more
Category: Articles, Construction, Environment Compliance with EPA's RRP Rule (40 CFR 745) (Renovation, Repair and Painting)...And the Real World Whitepaper TASA ID: 3352 By now, you have probably heard about the rules that tell us how to properly manage lead-based paint under the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), and most state, county, and local governments. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Environment, Food Safety and Production Counsels’ Guide to Risks and Uncertainties that Depreciate Damage Estimates in Seafood Production/Marketing Cases Whitepaper TASA ID: 390 The arrival of the dreaded and presumed cannibalistic “Asian tiger shrimp” along shores in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic Coast points out a simple, but often overlooked proposition [1]. Seafood harvesting and processing operations are risky, and plaintiff’s damage estimates that do not account for risks and uncertainties are overstated, hence ripe for challenges [2]. Read more