Forensic Industrial Hygiene

Presentations and Papers

Presentations

Over the last two decades, FACTs personnel have provided an host of lectures, presentations and papers.  Below is a partial list of various lectures, presentations, papers and publications involving FACTs personnel.

Field Measurements for Moulds: Spatial and Temporal Variations

Presented at the ASTM International D22 Committee: Bringing Science to Bear on Moisture and Mold in the Built Environment, University of Colorado, June 2006

 

Industrial Hygiene Considerations in Emergency Planning & Law Enforcement Response

Arizona Center for Public Health Seminar Series, Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of Arizona, Tucson, September 10, 2009

 

 

Sampling Strategies and Data Interpretation

Presented at the 2009 ASTM International D22 Committee Johnson Conference: Standardization of Mold Response Procedures, University of Vermont (July 2009)

(Mr. Connell was also a Session Arranger (Health Effects of Molds), and participated on the Steering Committee for the conference)

 

Sample Results: What do they really tell us? IAQ Sampling Myths

13th Annual AIHA/ASSE OEH&S Conference, “Exchanging Knowledge – New Times, New Ideas” Denver, CO October 2007

 

Laboratory Fume Hoods and Laboratory Control Devices

Presented to the annual meeting of the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), November, 1998, Palm Springs California.

 

Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories

Presented to the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers , August, 2002

 

Methlabs – Recognition and Hazards

Guest speaker: CSI Seminar, Regis University, October 2008

 

Sample results… What do they really tell us?

Presented to the IAQ in Schools and Commercial Buildings seminar, Corpus Christi, Texas, March 2003

 

Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories

Presented to the Colorado Association of Realtors, March, 2003, Denver, Colorado

 

Indoor Air Quality

Round Table Mediator: Joint BOMA, IREM, IFMA Continuing Education Meeting February, 1998, Colorado Springs Colorado

 

Introduction to Mould

Presented to the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors, June, 2002, Denver, Colorado

 

 A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and tracer gas comparison of the spatial distribution of an airborne contaminant in an office space as a function of general ventilation

Rasmuson J, Hall D, Birkner L, Connell C, Martyny J (American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists AIHce, June, 2007, Philadelphia, PA)

 

Indoor Air Quality Issues

Presented at the Building Owner's and Manager's Association (BOMA) Annual Meeting, April 1997, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 

General Considerations in Biological Safety

Rocky Mountain Section AIHA, March 2003

 

Laboratory Fume Hoods and Laboratory Control Devices

Presented to the annual meeting of the Colorado Environmental Balancing Bureau (CEBB), chapter of the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB). October, 1997, Denver, Colorado.

 

Search And Seizure- Law Enforcement Applications of the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution;

Platte Cañon School District, Dec. 2004

 

Regulations and Hazards Pertaining to the Cleanup of Methamphetamine Laboratories.

Presented to the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Rocky Mountain Section, June 2005

 

Recognition and Hazards Pertaining to Meth Laboratories.

Presented to the American Society of Home Inspectors, June 2005

 

Contemporary Thoughts on Fume Hood Evaluation

Presented to the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Rocky Mountain Chapter, February 2002, Golden, Colorado.

 

Clandestine Laboratory Operations

Park County Colorado  Sheriff’s Office Victim’s Advocate Office, (June 2005), and Park County Sheriff’s Deputies and Auxiliary November 2005

 

Decontamination of Meth-Labs

Presented to the Rocky Mountain Property Claims Association, September 2005, Denver

 

Recognition and Hazards Pertaining to Meth Laboratories

Aurora (Colorado) Association, December, 2005

 

Moulds and Myths

Aurora (Colorado) Realtor’s Association, December, 2005

 

Moulds and Myths

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, December, 2005

 

US EPA TSCA Title II Classes: Asbestos

Co-Instructor with Steve Herron, Hager Laboratories, 1990 through 1992

 

Provided CRCPI/POST Accredited HIDTA Eight Hour Clandestine Drug Lab Safety training to the following sponsoring organizations (Partial List):

· Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office/Gunnison Police Dept. May 2005

· Montrose Police Department June 2005

· Denver Probation, June 8, 2005

· Park County Sheriff’s Office, June 2005

· Denver Probation & Parole, June 24, 2005

· Western Area Power Authority, March 2006

· Delta County Sheriff’s Office, Delta Police Dept., March 2006

· Firestone Police Department March, 2006

· Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Sedalia, March 2006

· Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office/Denver Probation, May 2006

· Reise Environmental (4 Hour non-law enforcement) June 2006

· Colorado State Patrol, June 2006

· Monte Vista Probation and Parole, June 2006

· Gunnison Area Residents (4 Hour non-law enforcement) June 2006

· Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, Cortez Police Dept., July 2006

· Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Probation/Parole, Sept. 2006

· Park County Office of Victim’s Advocate, October 2006

· Colorado State Patrol (4 Hour), November, 2006

· Prestige Realty Group (4 Hour non-law enforcement) December 2006

· Denver Probation/Clear Creek and Park Co. SO, December 2006

· Platte Canyon High School (4 Hour non-law enforcement) Aug. 2007

· Colorado Springs Fire Department Dec. 14, 2008

· Colorado Springs Fire Department Dec. 15, 2008

· Colorado Springs Fire Department Dec. 16, 2008

 

Colorado State Regulations Pertaining to Methlabs

County Sheriffs of Colorado Undersheriff’s Meeting, Montrose, June 2006

 

Regulations Pertaining to Methlabs

Aurora Board of Realtors, April 2007

 

Colorado Methlab Regulations – Aspects of Sampling

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, October, 2008

 

General Considerations in Biological Safety

ABIH CIH Preparation Course sponsored by the RMS AIHA, April 2006

 

Aspects of Methlabs

Impromptu Guest Speaker at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Train The Trainer Meth Program, October 2008

 

Methlabs, Hazards, and Recognition

Denver Board of Realtors, December 2005

 

Indoor Mould Assessments

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, October, 2007

 

Colorado Real Estate Regulations and Methlabs

Craig Board of Realtors, Insurance Agents (Nov. 10, 2008)

 

Meth and Methlabs: Where are they and what are they? Hazards, Recognition and Evaluation

Craig Board of Realtors, Insurance Agents ( Nov. 10, 2008)

 

Colorado Regulations pertaining to Methlabs- Assessment and Compliance

Craig Board of Realtors, Insurance Agents (Nov. 10, 2008)

 

Selected Writings (Partial List)

 

Koch TD, McArthur HL, Martyny JW, Cameron MS, Havics AA, Connell CP

Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory Assessment and Remediation Guidance

American Industrial Hygiene Association, ISBN 13: 978-1-931504-80-5, July 2007

 

Connell CP, Forensics by Any Other Name, The Monitor, American Society of Safety Engineers, Vol 6, No.2, December 2006

 

 Chamomile Dust Exposure

British Occupational Hygiene Newsletter, May 2003

 

Connell, CP Mold Rush, Environmental Health and Safety Solutions; Fall/Winter 2003

 

Interview and photographs included in Cover Story; Reid, J The Battle Behind “Toxic” Mold Colorado Builder Forum, Vol. 6 No.4 2002

 

Connell CP, Occupationally Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: An Historical Industrial Hygiene Perspective www.forensic-applications.com/cts/cts.html (This article is the censored version of an expert witness work product prepared for litigation.)

 

 Larson DM, Rasmuson JO and Connell CP, Comparison of Health Risks Associated with USEPA cleanup guidelines and workplace standards, Fall Technical Conference, Colorado Hazardous Waste Management Society, October 1991.