Environmental Forensics

期刊简介：Environmental Forensics provides a forum for scientific investigations that address environment contamination, its sources, and the historical reconstruction of its release into the environment. The context for investigations that form the published papers in the journal are often subjects to regulatory or legal proceedings, public scrutiny, and debate. In all contexts, rigorous scientific underpinnings guide the subject investigations.Specifically, the journal is an international, quarterly, peer-reviewed publication offering scientific studies that explore or are relevant to the source, age, fate, transport, as well as human health and ecological effects of environmental contamination. Journal subject matter encompasses all aspects of contamination mentioned above within the environmental media of air, water, soil, sediments and biota. Data evaluation and analysis approaches are highlighted as well including multivariate statistical methods. Journal focus is on scientific and technical information, data, and critical analysis in the following areas:-Contaminant Fingerprinting for source identification and/or age-dating, including (but not limited to) chemical, isotopic, chiral, mineralogical/microscopy techniques, DNA and tree-ring fingerprinting-Specific Evaluative Techniques for source identification and/or age-dating including (but not limited to) historical document and aerial photography review, signature chemicals, atmospheric tracers and markets forensics, background concentration evaluations.-Statistical Evaluation, Contaminant Modeling and Data Visualization-Vapor Intrusion including delineating the source and background values of indoor air contamination-Integrated Case Studies, employing environmental fate techniques-Legal Considerations, including strategic considerations for environmental fate in litigation and arbitration, and regulatory statutes and actions

【译文】环境法医学提供了一个论坛，用于讨论环境污染、污染源及其释放到环境中的历史重建的科学调查。该期刊发表的文章通常涉及监管或法律程序、公众审查和辩论。在所有情况下，严格的科学基础指导着主题调查。具体来说，该期刊是一本国际性的、季度的、同行评审的出版物，提供探索或与环境污染的来源、年龄、归宿、运输以及人类健康和生态影响相关的科学研究成果。期刊的主题涵盖了上述所有方面的污染，包括空气、水、土壤、沉积物和生物体等环境介质。同时，还突出了数据评估和分析方法，包括多元统计分析方法。期刊重点关注以下领域的科学和技术信息、数据和批判性分析：-用于源识别和/或年代确定的污染物指纹技术，包括但不限于化学、同位素、手性、矿物学/显微镜技术、DNA和年轮指纹技术；-用于源识别和/或年代确定的特定评估技术，包括但不限于历史文件和航空摄影审查、特征化学物质、大气示踪剂和市场法医学、背景浓度评估；-统计评估、污染物建模和数据可视化；-蒸气侵入，包括室内空气污染源和背景值的界定；-综合案例研究，采用环境归宿技术；-法律考虑因素，包括在诉讼和仲裁中环境归宿的战略考虑，以及监管法规和行动。