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Groundwater Modeling and Impact Assessment for Large-Scale Lithium Brine Operations in Northwestern Argentina
A combination of surface and groundwater resources undergo treatment before use in a selective adsorption process to extract lithium from...
Antidegradation Analysis at a Former Metals Plating Facility
As part of an RCRA post-closure plan for a former metals plating facility, our client was seeking to terminate groundwater...
Data Hub Development for Complex Environmental Litigation Support
A prominent environmental law firm specializing in complex litigation matters hired Integral to take on the challenging task of managing,...
Comprehensive EHS Program Development for Pharmaceutical Startup
A newly established pharmaceutical manufacturing company faced the challenge of building their environmental, health, and safety (EHS) program from the...
Proposition 65 Compliance Evaluation for Zinc Alloy Products
A manufacturer of zinc alloy products needed to assess compliance with California’s Proposition 65 due to the presence of cadmium...
Risk Assessment for Extended Phase-Out of Pentachlorophenol
In 2022, Health Canada’s Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) proposed an accelerated phase-out of pentachlorophenol (PCP) for treating utility poles...
Occupational Exposure Monitoring for Flame Retardant Chemicals under TSCA
Two company consortia required assistance in responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Section 4 test orders for occupational...
Work Practice Simulation and Exposure Modeling for VOCs in Industrial Insulation
A client in the industrial sector needed to assess the potential occupational exposure risks associated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs)...
Occupational Risk Assessment and Exposure Mitigation for Laser Device Emissions
A laser apparatus manufacturer sought an assessment of potential indoor air exposures resulting from the use of a laser-cutting device....
Surf Quality Impact Assessment—Evaluating Lagoon Restoration Design Alternatives on Surf Quality in Response to Surfing Stakeholders
Led by the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, California State Parks, County of Los Angeles Department of...
Morro Bay Equity Strategy
The Bay Foundation, the non-governmental organization tasked with management of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program (NEP), was required to...
Developing a Screening Environmental Assessment Framework for Fragrances
In April 2022, the client sought to update their environmental risk screening assessment framework that has been used to prioritize...
Product Vulnerability and Business Risks of Consumer Product
Our client needed to assess potential business risks and product vulnerabilities related to the manufacturing of certain disinfectant compounds and...
Sunscreen Safety Requirements
A consortium of the leading cosmetic and personal care product companies relied on Integral to coordinate efforts to address updated...
Environmental Risk Assessment for a New Drug Application of a Novel Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
Our client needed ecotoxicological expertise on a time-sensitive inquiry by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a new treatment...
Peer-Reviewed Scientific Rigor for Setting Occupational Exposure Standards
The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) is a well-recognized nongovernmental agency with influence over occupational exposure standards that...
Assessing Pesticide Risk Using Mesocosm Studies
Our client was seeking a more realistic way to model potential pesticide risks. Doing that involves an incredible number of...
Addressing concerns about the misapplication of a frog toxicity test
Integral was tasked to critically review a proposed protocol for a frog embryo-larval toxicity test adapted by a regulatory agency...
A pre-remedial wetland depression did not have to be retained as a vernal pool in habitat mitigation plans
A pre-design investigation at a forested palustrine wetland requiring future sediment remediation identified a temporarily inundated depression with potential vernal...
Collecting fish samples to provide analytical data for tracking future sediment remediation efforts
Integral conducted a predesign investigation on an urban river to collect fish tissue samples for chemical analyses. We obtained samples...
Scientific critique places the results of a salinity tolerance study into perspective for future evaluations
Integral provided expert testimony on behalf of a client who obtained a state effluent permit for a proposed desalination facility...