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Dennis J. Paustenbach

Dennis J. Paustenbach, PhD, CIH, DABT, President and Founder

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Phone: (415) 618-3201
Fax: (415) 896-2444
Email: dpaustenbach@chemrisk.com

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Education

  • Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, Purdue University, 1982
  • M.S., Industrial Hygiene, University of Michigan, 1977
  • M.S., Counseling Psychology, Indiana State University, (at night), 1978
  • BSChE, Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1974
  • Post-Doctoral Research (in absentia), Pharmacokinetics, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; 1985-1987 (Dr. Melvin Andersen, collaborator)
  • Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health; Center for Risk Analysis; Boston, MA. A one-year appointment (June, 1996-June, 1997) which included 10 weeks in residence at the college. Worked with Dr. John Graham.
Professional Association

  • Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
    • Council Member for National Organization (1998 - 2000)
    • Council Member of Northern California chapter (1995-1996)
  • American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
    • Member of Risk Assessment Committee (1995–1997)
    • Liaison representative between AIHA and the SRA (1991–1994)
    • Member of Toxicology Committee (1982–1984)
    • Member of Workplace Exposure Limits Committee (1982–1984)
    • Co-Chair of Committee on Unusual Workshifts (1981–1984)
    • President, Indiana Section (1981)
    • Member of Hygienic Guides Committee (1976)
  • American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
  • Society of Toxicology (SOT)
    • President, Risk Assessment Specialty Section (2000)
    • Vice President elect, Risk Assessment Specialty Section (1998–2000)
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
    • Associate Chairman of Organization Committee (2000)
  • International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA)
    • Member of Awards Committee (1999-2002)
    • Member of Executive Council (2002-2005)
  • International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (ISRTP)
  • Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
  • New York Academy of Science (NYAS)
  • Sigma Xi (Stanford Chapter)
Detailed Description

Dr. Dennis Paustenbach is a board-certified toxicologist and industrial hygienist with nearly 25 years of experience in risk assessment, environmental engineering, ecotoxicology, and occupational health. He is currently the President of Chemrisk, Inc., a consulting firm which specializes in human and ecological risk assessment and risk analysis of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He was previously a Vice President of Exponent, and prior to that, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McLaren-Hart Environmental, a nationwide consulting firm of 600 persons. In 1985, he founded ChemRisk, formerly the nation’s largest human and ecological risk assessment group. His experience includes investigating the health effects of exposure to, as well as the remediation of, numerous carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic chemicals.

Dr. Paustenbach specializes in the areas of industrial and environmental toxicology, occupational health, historical state-of-knowledge regarding environmental issues, and ecological and human risk assessment. He has directed the scientific aspects of toxic tort cases. Dr. Paustenbach has also provided expert witness testimony in public meetings and trials concerning the health effects of chemicals in sediments, air, soil, consumer products, groundwater, and the workplace.

Dr. Paustenbach has been an invited technical reviewer for prominent journals and of proposed regulations. He has published approximately 200 peer-reviewed articles and written nearly 40 book chapters in the fields of industrial hygiene, human and aquatic toxicology, engineering, and risk assessment. His textbooks on risk assessment are among the most popular ever published and they have been adopted at a number of universities.
Awards/Professional Honors

  • Honorary Doctor of Engineering (2007)
  • Honorary Doctor of Science (2006)
  • Society of Toxicology, Best Published Paper Award in Risk Assessment (2002)
  • Society of Toxicology, Arnold J. Lehman Award for Contributions to the Practice of Risk Assessment and Toxicology (2002)
  • Purdue University Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Health Sciences (2000)
  • Society of Toxicology, Best Platform Presentation in Risk Assessment Award at the 39th Annual Meeting (2000)
  • Society for Risk Analysis Outstanding Risk Practitioner Award (1997)
  • Society of Toxicology, Best Published Paper Award in the Field of Risk Assessment (1995)
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Distinguished Alumni Award (1994)
  • American Industrial Hygiene Association Award for "distinguished contributions to the field by a person under 40 years of age" (Kusnetz Award) (1992)
  • American Men and Women in Science (1993-present)
  • Who's Who in America (1993-present)
  • Who's Who in the Health Sciences (1994-present)
  • Health Sciences Honorary (Alpha Chi Omega) (1980)
  • Chemical Engineering Honorary (Omega Chi Epsilon) (1974)
Chemrisk Publications
  • On the chromium reanalysis: letter to the editor
  • Paustenbauch, D.J., J.M.Panko, P.K. Scott and K.M.Unice. 2006. A methodology for estimating human exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid(PFOA): A retrospective exposure assessment of a community (1951-2003). J Toxicol Snviron Health. 70(1):28-57.
  • Proctor, D., J.M. Panko, E. Liebig, K. Mundt, M. Buczynski, R. Barnhart, M. Harris, R. Morgan, B.L. Finley, and D.J. Paustenbach. 2002. Workplace concentrations of airborne hexavalent chromium for the Painesville, Ohio chromate production plant. Appl Occ Environ Hyg J. 18(6):430-49.
  • O’Flaherty, E.J., B.D. Kerger, S.M. Hays, and D.J. Paustenbach. 2001. A physiologically based model for the ingestion of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) by humans. Toxicol Sci. 60(2):196-213.
  • Kerger, B.D., C.E. Schmidt, and D.J. Paustenbach. 2000. Assessment of airborne exposure to trihalomethanes from tap water in residential showers and baths. Risk Anal. 20(5):637-51
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 2000. The practice of exposure assessment: A state-of-the-art review. J Toxicol Environ Health. B Crit Rev. 3(3):179-291.
  • Reinke, G., M. Swanson, D.J. Paustenbach, and J. Beach. 2000. Chemical and mutagenic properties of asphalt fume condensates generated under laboratory and field conditions. Mutat Res. 469(1):41-50.
  • Gargas, M.L.,T.R.Tyler,L.M.Sweeney, R.A.Corley, K.K.Weitz, T.J. Mast, D.J. Paustenbauch, and S.M. Hays.2000. A Toxicokinetic study of inhaled ethylene glycol ethyl ether acetate and validation of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for rat and human. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 165(1):63-73.
  • Gargas, M.L.,T.R.Tyler,L.M.Sweeney, R.A.Corley, K.K.Weitz, T.J. Mast, D.J. Paustenbauch, and S.M. Hays.2000. A Toxicokinetic study of inhaled ethylene glycol monomethyl ether(2-ME) and validation of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for the pregnant rat and human. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 165(1):53-62.
  • Wenning, R.J., D.B.Mathur, D.J.Paustenbauch, M.J.Stephenson, S.Folwarkow, and W.J. Luksemburg.1999. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in stormwater outfalls adjacent to urban areas and petroleum refineries in San Francisco Bay, California. Arch Snviron Contam Toxicol. 37(3):290-302.
  • Fries, G.F., D.J. Paustenbach, D.B. Mathur, and W.J. Luksemburg. 1999. A congener specific evaluation of transfer of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans to milk cows following ingestion of pentachlorophenol-treated wood. Environ Sci Tech. 33(8):1165-70.
  • Langard, S., B.D. Kerger, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1999. Cancer causation and assessment of relative contribution for known causes of human cancers: Case examples involving hexavalent Chromium. Hazardous Waste Strategies Update. 10(2):14-18.
  • Wilson, N.D., N.M. Shear, D.J. Paustenbach, and P.S. Price. 1998. The effect of cooking practices on the concentration of DDT and PCB compounds in the edible tissue of fish. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 8(3):423-40.
  • Mathur, D.B., M.J. Stephenson, R.J. Wenning, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1997. PCDD/PCDFs in storm water outfalls adjacent to urban areas and petroleum refineries in San Francisco Bay, California, US. Organohalogen Compounds. 32:1-5.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1997. Methods for setting limits for acute and chronic toxic ambient air contaminants. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 12(6):418-28.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1997. OSHA’s program for updating the permissible exposure limits (PELs): Can risk assessment help move the ball forward? Harvard University School of Public Health’s Monograph. Risk Perspect. 5(1):1-6.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1997. Updating OSHA’s permissible exposure limits: Putting politics aside. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 58(12):845-9.
  • Paustenbach, D.J., G.M. Bruce, and P. Chrostowski. 1997. Current views on the oral bioavailability of inorganic mercury in soil: implications for health risk assessments. Risk Anal. 17(5):533-44.
  • Paustenbach, D.J., S.M. Hays, B.A. Brien, D.G. Dodge, B.D. Kerger. 1997. Observations of steady state in blood and urine following human ingestion of hexavalent chromium in drinking water. J Toxicol Environ Health. 49:453-61.
  • Paustenbach, D.J., Y. Alarie, T. Kulle, N. Schacter, R.G. Smith, J. Swenberg, H.P. Witschi, and S. Horowitz. 1997. A recommended occupational exposure limit for formaldehyde based on irritation. J Toxicol Environ Health. 50(3):217-63.
  • Finley, B.L., J. Nethercott, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1995. Response to comments by Hazen and Stern. Occup Environ Med. 52:1-8.
  • Gargas, M.L., B.L. Finley, R.L. Norton, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1995. Response to Fagliano et al letter-to-the-editor on urine chromium screening. Drug Metab Disp. 23(6):607-9.
  • Nethercott, J.R., D.J. Paustenbach, and B.L. Finley. 1995. Response to Stern and Hazen letter-to-the-editor. Brit Med J. 701-8.
  • Copeland, T.L., A.M. Holbrow, J.M. Otani, K.T. Connor, and D.J. Paustenbach. 1994. Use of probabilistic methods to understand the conservatism in California’s approach to assessing health risks posed by air contaminants. JAWMA. 44:1399-413.
  • Wenning, R.J., S.L. Huntley, A.S. Wong, D.J. Paustenbach, and W.J. Luksemburg. 1994. Potential sources of polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes in the Passaic River, New Jersey. Chemosphere. 29(2):257-72.
  • Wenning, R.J., M.A. Harris, B.L. Finley, D.J. Paustenbach, and H. Bedbury. 1991. Application of pattern recognition techniques to evaluate polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran distributions in surficial sediments from the Lower Passaic River and Newark Bay. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety. 24:103-25.
  • Birnbaum, L.S., L.A. Couture, and M.R. Elwell. 1989. Subchronic effects of exposure to Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD). Chemosphere. 18(1-6):389-390.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1989. Toxic chemicals and health risk assessments in regulation and litigation. The Record of the Association of the Bar of The City of New York. Summary of oral paper. 44:406-9.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1988. Assessment of the developmental risks resulting from occupational exposure to select glycol ethers within the semi-conductor industry. J Toxicol Environ Health. 23:53-96.
  • Stewart, W.T. and D.J. Paustenbach. 1984. Ethical decision making for engineers and production managers. Ind Eng. 16:68-76.
  • Paustenbach, D.J. 1984. The need to educate engineers in occupational safety and health: A proposal for schools of engineering. Prof Safety. 100:15-23.

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