July 20, 2006

Critical Developments in Toxic Torts Seminar Series:
Body Burden and Subclinical Effects in Court

On July 20, 2006, ELI convened a seminar at Jones Day in Washington, DC to consider the issues surrounding body burden and subclinical effects in court. Questions addressed at the seminar included: What’s the role of lower detection levels for substances in the body and the environment? Does liability flow from detectability? Is the law keeping pace with the science, causing problems, or both? How do we distinguish between such low levels and background levels?

Speakers included:
Richard Lewis, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, LLC
Linda Birnbaum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robin Juni, Jones Day
Anthony Scialli, Sciences International, Inc.

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