Critical Review of Environmental Forensic Techniques: Part I |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024, India;2. Department of Petrochemical Technology, Anna University, BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024, India;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saranathan College of Engineering, Venkateswara Nagar, Panjappur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620012, India;4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Samayapuram-Kariyamanickam Road, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 621112, India;1. College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;2. Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China;3. Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, National Engineering Research Center of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing 100037, China;1. Semeion Institute, Via Sersale 117, 00128 Rome, Italy;2. Lincoln Agritech Ltd, PO Box 69-133, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand;3. Institute of Environmental Science & Research, PO Box 29-181, Christchurch 8540, New Zealand;1. School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;2. Key Laboratory of High Efficiency Utilization of Agricultural Water-Soil Resources of Ministry of Agriculture of China, Harbin 150030, China;3. College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China |
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| Abstract: | A multitude of forensic techniques are available for age dating and source identification, including aerial photography interpretation, corrosion models, the commercial availability of a compound, chemical associations with discrete type processes, chemical profiling, degradation models and contaminant transport models. These techniques, however, are rarely challenged or discussed in the literature relative to the scrutiny encountered in environmental litigation. When introduced as scientific evidence, the governing assumptions and quality of the data are critically evaluated and frequently successfully challenged. The purpose of this paper is to review five types of forensic techniques and discuss their merits so that a user can decide which technique, or combination of techniques, is most appropriate for developing the technical portion of a case. |
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