John Kind, Ph.D.

John Kind is the Director of Toxicology at The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, where he works on a broad range of human-health based issues including exposure assessment, dose reconstruction, industrial hygiene, and disease causation. He also participates in the Toxicology Emergency Response Program, leading air monitoring and environmental sampling teams to address worker and public safety after hazmat incidents across the country. Based on this work, he routinely faces a variety of issues and concerns related to chemical releases from fixed facilities, the transportation industry, oil and gas exploration and production, and landfills. Dr. Kind also serves as an expert witness in toxic tort litigation providing testimony regarding disease causation.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Involved in over 35 emergency responses involving a wide variety of chemicals including: crude oil and other petroleum products, solvents, acids, ammonia, metals, and complex industrial fires involving dozens to hundreds of chemicals.

• Over 11 years experience in litigation-based toxicology and has developed expertise in case evaluation and developing case strategies, drafting of expert reports, evaluating opposing experts’ testimony and assisting in opposing experts’ depositions. Dr. Kind has served as a testifying expert in toxicology since 2002.

• Involved in numerous nuisance odor issues from a variety of sources including landfills, oil and gas exploration and production, and animal production facilities. Odor investigations employing scentometry

• Toxicity evaluation – Dr. Kind has been involved in the drafting of Emergency Response Planning Guidelines, which are derived to be protective of community members during chemical emergencies. Dr. Kind has performed similar work in industrial settings, developing exposure guidelines for workers regarding industrial chemicals.