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Environmental Contamination: Forever Chemicals and the Courts
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Learn about the applicable laws available to address damages arising from the exposure to toxic environmental contaminants, using “forever chemicals” as the example. Topics include:
- What are “forever chemicals,” why are they bad, and how are people exposed
- Applicable laws and administrative agencies
- Which laws govern, including example torts action and action under administrative law
Faculty
Sandra Daussin, AVA Law Group
Sandra T Daussin
Sandra Daussin is an attorney and regulatory scientist chemist with 25+ years’ work experience in environmental laws and regulations. She has a chemistry degree from Georgetown University and was valedictorian of her evening law school class at North Carolina Central University. Sandra started her career working under contract with the US EPA Offices of Water, Solid Waste, and Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. Sandra left this work to open her own regulatory consulting firm where she helped her clients achieve US and global registrations of agricultural chemicals, as well as genetically engineered crops. Her industry clients included Bayer CropScience, BASF, DuPont, Rhone-Poulenc, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., and others. She also has worked as an employee of BASF in the role of Regulatory Expert Team Lead and Regulatory Science Lab Manager. Sandra now works at AVA Law Group, primarily on environmental torts and estate matters. Sandra’s interest are environmental injury litigation, civil rights, appeals, and trust, wills, and estates. Sandra is licensed in North Carolina, Arizona (not active), and Alaska.
