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Dr. Jay Turim is a Senior Managing Scientist in Exponent's Health Sciences practice and the Director of the Alexandria Virginia office. He has more than 30 years experience in assessing the risk to human health posed by the release of substances into the environment or the workplace. Dr. Turim has directed and participated in numerous projects for commercial and government clients modeling dose-response relationships of potentially toxic substances assessing risks posed by industrial operations and investigating and managing associated liabilities. Among the large-scale projects directed by Dr. Turim have been the oversight of hundreds of risk assessments of Superfund sites environmental audits for international clients spanning numerous sites across the world preparation of toxicity profiles for ATSDR EPA and NIOSH and regulatory support to parties dealing with governmental agencies. For the past 10 years he has been engaged in the study of risks posed by fibrous substances. Dr. Turim recently participated as an invited specialist in a workshop convened by the World Health Organization to assess the comparative health effects of asbestos substitutes. | 