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QUALITY SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM: US EPA QA AND PEER REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMPARED TO THE DAUBERT FACTORS
Citation:
Brilis, G M., J. Worthington, AND A. D. Wait. QUALITY SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM: US EPA QA AND PEER REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMPARED TO THE DAUBERT FACTORS. Presented at Association of Environmental Health Sciences and US Navy Eleventh Annual West Coast Conference, San Diego, CA, March 19-22, 2001.
Impact/Purpose:
The overall objective of this task is to provide the Agency with improved science guidance and strategies for more effective science management and administration.
Description:
Protection of the environment is, in part, dependent on the quality of data used in decision making. Whether the decisions are applied to science itself or to the laws governing people and their living conditions, good quality data are expected by two disciplines with distinct differences
This presentation examines some landmark cases in the United States on science in the courtroom, compares the "Daubert Factors" to U.S. EPA peer review and quality assurance guidelines, and presents an outline of quality assurance elements that may be applied to environmental forensic studies in support of enforcement. Web sites for US EPA quality assurance guidance documents will also be given.