Dr. Thomas M. Dydek, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., P.E.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS AND PROJECTS

Client Name
Project Type
Project Description
Baker Botts
Houston, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendants)
Expert witness in case concerning benzene exposure and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Bailey, Negem,
Patterson & Drott
Marshall, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for plaintiffs)

Emission rate calculations, air dispersion modeling, and health risk analyses for residents living near industrial facility.

Blackburn & Carter
Houston, Texas

 

Toxicological and Epidemiological Review

Preparation of report on scientific basis for National Ambient Air Quality Standard for PM-2.5.
Brio Site Task Force
Friendswood, Texas
 

Risk Assessment for Site Remediation

Establishment of risk assessment-based acceptable ambient air quality standards for a Superfund remediation project.
Brown, McCarroll &
Oaks Hartline
Austin, Texas
Texas Air Control
Board Permitting

Expert witness in agency public hearing involving health effects of exposure to metals.

Bryan, Cave L.L.P.
Phoenix, Arizona
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for plaintiff)
Expert witness support for case involving exposure to gasoline and diesel fuel leaking from a pipeline.
Chaves, Gonzales &       Hoblitt
Corpus Christi, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for plaintiffs)
Worker exposure to mixed solvents in medical products manufacturing plant.
Chemical Waste Management
Dryden, Texas
Hazardous Waste Disposal
Facility Permitting
Emissions estimation, air dispersion modeling and health effects review for more than 1600 chemicals.
City of Austin
Austin, Texas

Risk Analysis for
Hazardous Chemicals

Inventory, risk analysis, and risk reduction strategies for all facilities using, storing, or transporting hazardous materials in the City of Austin.
Dal-Tile Corporation
Dallas, Texas
Occupational Health and Safety Administration Requirements
Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets for various materials used in manufacturing process.
Dayton Tire Company
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 
Air Toxics Determination

Classification of chemicals into air toxics categories using Oklahoma DEQ guidelines.
Dos Republicas
Eagle Pass, Texas
TNRCC Public Hearing

Toxicological and engineering support for public hearing for coal mining operations.
Dupont
Victoria, Texas

Health Effects Review


Preparation of report on human health effects of exposure to nitrous oxide. New Effects Screening Level was proposed and accepted by TNRCC staff.
EBI Companies
Dallas, Texas
Worker's Compensation Case Insurance Matter
Prepared report on exposure to welding fumes and lung cancer.

Fulbright & Jaworski
Houston, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)
Expert witness in case of exposure to air emissions from a petroleum refinery.
Hallco of Texas
Tilden, Texas
Non-Hazardous Waste
Facility Permitting
Preparation of Air Addendum to TNRCC Permit, including effects review of more than 1800 air contaminants.
Harkness Law Firm
Austin, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)
Expert witness in case of worker exposure to lead.

Herrera Law Firm
San Antonio, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for plaintiff)
Expert witness in case of fireman exposed to gases in sewer where he went to rescue unconscious workers.
Hogan & Hartson
Washington, D.C.
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)
Expert witness support for case of arsenic contamination from a pesticide formulation facility.
Ingram Readymix, Inc
New Braunfels, Texas

 

TNRCC Air Quality Permitting

Toxicological support for permit application for concrete batch plant.
Jenkins & Gilchrist
Austin, Texas

TNRCC Agreed Board Order for American Rockwool, Nolanville

Toxicity review for inorganic fluorides.

Latham Law Firm
Corpus Christi, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for plaintiff)
Expert witness testimony in case of benzene exposure  and leukemia.
Lower Colorado River
Authority
Site Remediation at an abandoned power station. Risk Assessment for determination of cleanup levels for petroleum products
McLeod, Alexander,
Powel & Apffel, P.C.
Galveston, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)

Expert witness in case involving occupational exposure to cutting oils and diesel fuel and melanoma.

Motorola, Inc.
Austin, Texas
 

TNRCC Air Quality Permit Application

Obtained exemption from TNRCC Regulation III  Standard for sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride.
North Texas Cement Company
Midlothian, Texas
 

Indirect Risk Assessment Project

Determination of risk of cement kiln burning hazardous wastes including indirect exposures through multiple pathways such as the food chain.
Oliver Law Firm
Austin, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)
Expert witness in a case involving community exposures emissions from a petroleum products storage facility.

Recovery and Reclamation
Pecos, Texas

Occupational Health Survey

Review of occupational exposures to mercury at a battery recycling plant.

Royston, Rayzor, Vickery
& Williams
Houston, Texas

 

Toxic Tort Litigation
(for defendant)

 

Expert witness in case involving diesel engine exhaust and carbon monoxide exposure and respiratory problems.

Strasburger & Price
Austin, Texas
Toxic Tort Litigation 
(for defendant)
Expert witness in case involving indoor air exposure to a mixture of chemicals.
Texas Chemical Council
Austin, Texas
 

Toxicological Consultation

Review of TCC alternative methodologies for performing human health risk assessments.

Unimin Corporation
New Canaan, Connecticut

Toxicity and Regulatory Review


Preparation of report on toxicity of crystalline silica, regulatory levels and risk assessment methods used by various state agencies.

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