GlobalTox

GlobalTox describes itself as "a privately owned international corporation providing services in industrial hygiene, human and environmental toxicology, and risk assessment." 

GlobalTox personnel coauthored a 2004 critique of studies linking the industrial solvent Trichloroethylene (TCE) to congenital malformations. The same authors subsequently authored in 2005 a critical review of TCE toxicity in the scholarly journal Birth Defects Research, but listing their affiliation as Veritox, Inc. According to a conflict-of-interest diclosure published with each paper, GlobalTox's Bruce J. Kelman has provided testimony as a defense witness in TCE litigation involving congenital malformations. 

Clients
"Our clients are U.S., Canadian, and other national governments, corporations and non-governmental organizations," it states on its website. 

Personnel

 * Mark T. Goldberg, President
 * Ronald W. Brecher, Principal
 * Bruce J. Kelman

Contact Details
367 Woodlawn Rd. W., Unit 6 Guelph, Ontario N1H 7K9 Canada Email: info AT globaltox.ca Tel: 519-766-1000 Fax: 519-766-1100 Web: http://www.globaltox.ca

Other SourceWatch Resources

 * Frontline Corporate Communications
 * Precautionary principle
 * Risk Communication

Presentations By GlobalTox

 * Ronald W. Brecher (GlobalTox) and Trevor Smith Diggins (Frontline Corporate Communications, "Do You Hear What I Hear: Overcoming Literacy, Numeracy and Perception Barriers In Communicating Environmental and Public Health Risk", Science Forum on Brownfields Redevelopment, April 5, 2006, Halifax Nova Scotia (Pdf)