SV's Toxicology/Risk Assessment Division is nationally recognized as providing the highest level of expertise.  SV has provided toxicological services and litigation support to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, and numerous state, local, and private clients.

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Toxicologists in SV's Toxicology/Risk Assessment Division hold Ph.D. degrees and have faculty appointments at major U.S. universities.  In addition, SV has both junior- and intermediate-level scientists.  SV's areas of expertise include the following:

• Toxicology;

• Expert Witness Testimony and Toxic Tort Technical Support;

• Human Health Risk Assessment;

• CERCLA/SARA/RCRA/UST/MMRP;

• Chemical Fate and Transport Analyses;

• Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW):  All chemicals;

• Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MECs);

• Contaminants and Exposure;

• PFCs;

• PCB Fingerprint Analysis;

• Dioxins;

• Stormwater Guidance;

• Vapor Intrusion;

• Hydraulic Fracturing;

• Risk Management;

• Industrial Hygiene;

• Guidance and Policy;

• Contaminated Drywall;

• Development of Environmental Sampling Plans, Data Quality Objectives (DQOs);

• Statistical Analyses of Environmental Sampling;

• Training, Seminars, and Workshops;

• Negotiation  and Litigation Support;

• Pharmacology, Pathology, and Physiology Studies; and

• Risk-Based Cleanup of Contaminated Sites.

Scientific Leadership

SV is a woman-owned small business.  Our Toxicology/Risk Assessment unit is led by Dr. Richard DeGrandchamp, SV’s President and Principal Toxicologist, as well as a co-founder.  Dr. DeGrandchamp has a Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Michigan and over 25 years of experience.  Dr. DeGrandchamp has two faculty appointments at the University of Colorado and has served on the faculty of the Navy Civil Engineering Corps Officer School.  He has served on numerous scientific review panels and has been a toxicological consultant for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Department of the Navy (DON), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, as well as many chemical, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing companies.  He has conducted or reviewed more than 300 human health risk assessments (HHRAs) regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA; Superfund); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); and Underground Storage Tank (UST) programs.  Dr. DeGrandchamp has been the lead negotiator in over 150 regulatory meetings and provides expert toxicological support, as well as expert witness testimony on all issues related to toxic chemical exposure. 

Dr. DeGrandchamp has provided expert toxicological legal support in the private sector and U.S. EPA Regions III, V, and VIII in environmental cases involving hazardous releases.  Dr. DeGrandchamp recently served in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Expert Witness Unit, providing expertise on the U.S. Magnesium Corporation of America (MagCorp) mining Superfund site, Metal Bank Superfund site, and AK Steel Superfund site.  He is currently providing support to the District of Columbia Department of the Environment, and he has previously provided support on the Lowry Air Force Base, Rocky Flats, Alameda Naval Air Station, and NAS Whiting Superfund sites.  Dr. DeGrandchamp has written several guidance documents for the U.S. Navy's Environmental Health Center, and recently provided support for the U.S. Navy’s Office of the General Counsel on Vieques.

Prior to founding SV, Dr. DeGrandchamp served as Corporate Director of Medical Toxicology and Health Sciences and Principal Toxicologist for Terranext, Director of Toxicology and Risk Assessment and Principal Toxicologist for GeoTrans (now part of Tetra Tech), and Toxicology and Atmospheric Science Discipline Leader and Principal Toxicologist for PRC Environmental Management Inc.

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Management

Scientia Veritas was co-founded by Patricia DeGrandchamp, who has over 20 years of experience managing both healthcare and environmental projects.  Ms. DeGrandchamp has a B.S. in Microbiology, runs SV's Healthcare group, develops all proposals and teaming arrangements for SV's Toxicology/Risk Assessment group, and provides document production and project management for both groups.