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Mass Disasters & Injuries
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Bo Mitchell
20 Indian Hill Road
Wilton CT 06897
USA
phone: 203-563-9999 or Cell: 203-984-7931
Bo
911 Consulting specializes in Emergency Preparedness, Training, Drills and Exercises for corporations, campuses and medical facilities. 911 Consulting gives you practical solutions for preventing likely incidents, preparing for emergencies, responding to a crisis and resuming operations. We create a custom emergency plan, train your personnel, and stage drills to make sure you're ready.

Bo Mitchell was Police Commissioner of Wilton, CT for 16 years. He retired in 2001 to found 911 Consulting which creates emergency, disaster recovery and business continuity plans, training and exercises for organizations like GE Headquarters, Cablevision, Goodrich, Western and Central Connecticut State Universities. He serves clients headquartered from Boston to LA working in their facilities from London to San Francisco. Bo has earned 16 certifications in homeland security, organizational safety and security. He also serves as an expert in landmark court cases nationally.

Bo is a Certified Emergency Manager, a Certified Business Continuity Professional and Certified in Homeland Security.

Professional Designations: CEM, CPP, CBCP, CHCM, CHSP, CHS-V, CSSM, CSHM, CFC, CIPS, CSC, CAS, TFCT3, CHEP, CERT, CMC.
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Steven R. Graboff M.D.
17752 Beach Blvd, Suite 202
Huntington Beach CA 92647
USA
phone: 714-843-0019
fax: 714-841-1280
Steven R.
Steven R. Graboff, M.D. is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners and a Certified Forensic Physician. He has had an active Orthopaedic Surgery practice in Huntington Beach, California, since 1985, and he brings considerable expertise and experience to the forensic medical legal community.

With over 20 years of litigation support experience, Dr. Graboff has qualified and testified as an orthopedic expert witness over 400 times for both the plaintiff and defense in cases throughout the United States.

Dr. Graboff received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine in 1980. He did a general surgery internship at the University of California Irvine Medical Center and affiliated hospitals from 1980 - 1981, and he completed his Orthopaedic Surgery training in 1985 from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and affiliated hospitals, Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Graboff was first certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1987. He has been re-certified by the Board in January 1998 and most recently re-certified effective January 2008. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is appointed by the State of California as a Qualified Medical Examiner.

Dr. Graboff is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Association, the California Orthopaedic Association, the Association of University Professors, the California Faculty Association, and the California Teachers Association. He has volunteered his services as the team physician for the Garden Grove School District for 10 years and participated in the CIF Southern Section Athletic Safety Commission.

Dr. Graboff has been teaching Orthopedics, differential diagnosis, and musculoskeletal radiology in the Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Long Beach, College of Health and Human Services, for over 10 years. He is a guest lecturer at the University Of California Irvine School Of Medicine and an Instructor in the Clinical Foundations teaching program. He is a medical specialist and advisor for the City of Huntington Beach Emergency Operations Center, and he volunteers his services with the Medical Reserve Corps, Orange County, California.



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Richard Parent, PhD, DABT, FATS, RAC, ERT
President
PO Box 1239
Damariscotta ME 04543
USA
phone: 207-563-2300
fax: 207-563-8990
Richard
Since 1984, Dr. Richard Parent has been providing consultations and testimony for both plaintiff and defense and has testified in local, state and federal courts around the country. He has lectured and continues to lecture on causation related to toxic exposures. He is board Certified in Toxicology by the American Board of Toxicology and the Academy of Toxicological Science and is also Regulatory Affairs Certified and a recognized expert in Toxicology in the European community. Dr. Parent sits on several editorial boards of toxicology journals and has over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and abstracts.

In addition to litigation support, Dr. Parent has been been heavily involved in Product Safety programs including Toy Safety, and other programs related to consumer products and drugs. Further, he is involved in the REACH program in helping chemical companies to be compliant with pending European legislation and has been helping Toy manufacturers with a pro-active program of Toy Safety.

Recent litigation activities have included sampling and health evaluation of over one thousand persons living next to a PCB and dioxin contaminated site in Mississippi, occupational evaluation of workers involved in the production of PVC, with specific emphasis on clinical tests to identify possible early stages of liver cancer and health surveys, blood testing and clinical evaluation of those exposed to Dioxins from Creosote sites. These massive projects have involved team efforts involving a physician, a toxiclogist, phlebotomists and nursing assistance.

Individual Legal Cases Include:
  • Benzene
  • Diesel Fumes
  • Smoking
  • Sulfur Dioxide
  • RADS
  • Trichloroethylene
  • Vinyl Chloride
  • Manganese and Parkinsonism
  • Welding Fumes
  • Lindane
  • Ammonia
  • Formaldehyde
  • PPA
  • Ephedra
  • Hexavalent Chromium and Dioxin exposure at Creosote sites
  • 4/20/2012 · Toxicology
    Toxicology Litigation Support: Benzene
    Benzene is a highly volatile aromatic hydrocarbon solvent which is present in most petroleum distillates such as Stoddard solvent and mineral spirits. Recent advances in the purification process for these solvents has reduced the benzene content significantly, but it is still present in products such as WD-40 and Liquid Wrench as well as many solvents used in the printing industry and elsewhere.

    12/23/2011 · Toxicology
    Toxicology Litigation Support: Lead
    Lead is ubiquitous in our environment. It used to be contained in gasoline but has now been replaced. It has been used in pipes, ceramic glazes, paints, and solder, among other sources. Exposure can be oral through ingestion of food or water or by inhalation from lead-containing dust or dirt.

    9/20/2011 · Toxicology
    Toxicology Litigation Support: Cocaine
    Cocaine users may exhibit behavioral deficits. These include deficits in attention, learning, memory, executive function, and response speed.

    7/13/2011 · Toxicology
    Toxicology Litigation Support - Methadone
    Methadone is an opioid thought to act by decreasing release of neurotransmitters in the brain resulting in respiratory suppression and, in some cases, death.

    2/4/2011 · Toxicology
    Toxicity Of Crude Oil And It's Vapors
    CRUDE OIL is a complex mixture of chemicals, some volatile and some water soluble.

    Creosote Sites
    Most creosote mixtures that are used today are byproducts of the petroleum industry or coal gasification processes. They are mixtures of several hundreds of chemicals mostly polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) but contain a host of other chemicals including complex heterocyclic compounds