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Dr. Thomas L. Deardorff is a Senior Managing Scientist in Exponent’s EcoSciences practice. He possesses a broad scope of experience commensurate with previous employment in academia the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and private industry. Among Dr. Deardorff’s areas of expertise are constructed wetlands; wastewater treatment; environmental impacts to aquatic ecosystems; fate and effects of dioxins and furans toxicology seafood safety parasitology human and environmental health risk assessments and litigation support. For over 15 years Dr. Deardorff worked in the pulp and paper industry as a Human and Environmental Health Advisor. Dr. Deardorff studied various bleach plant processes and their impacts on the quality of wastewater released by the mills and the resulting changes that may occur to organisms in the receiving waters. He conducted several environmental studies adjacent to the mills. He served as a customer advocate for environmental issues with the industry such as labeling paper recycling and sustainable forestry practices. The use of constructed wetlands for the treatment of industry wastewater has also been a focus for Dr. Deardorff in recent years. | 