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J.S. Held Acquires Technorm, Québec’s Leading Forensic, Building Safety & Compliance Experts
Read MoreKatherine "Katie" Steimel specializes in toxicology. Her educational background is in biology and environmental health. With over five years of work experience, she provides consulting and expert services for exposure and risk assessment, toxic tort litigation, consumer product safety and regulation, and occupational exposure limit (OEL) derivation. Specifically, she has conducted health effect reviews for FDA Pre-Market Tobacco Applications (PMTAs), derived OELs for pharmaceutical manufacturers, and performed exposure and risk assessments related to California’s Proposition 65. Katie has also prepared experts for deposition and trial in asbestos and talc litigation cases.
Katie is involved in asbestos, talc, mold litigation, consumer product safety assessments, and OEL derivation. She critically reviews and summarizes scientific literature, laboratory test results, client documents, medical records, deposition testimony, and court documents to prepare expert reports, depositions, and trials.
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J.S. Held is recognized as an ENR Top 200 Environmental Consulting Firm and industry leader in the Verdantix Green Quadrant for Sustainability & ESG Consulting.
