Dr Willie van Niekerk
Managing Director

Dr Marlene Fourie
Human toxicology &
Epidemiology

Nardus Potgieter
Chemistry & environmental science

Wilma van Niekerk
IT consultant

Management and regulatory decisions based on scientific information often have enormous financial implications. These could include capital investment for the reduction of the quantity and toxicity of industrial emissions and waste streams, costs for waste management, claims for liability relating to detrimental occupational and public health consequences, and for damage to property and loss of income.

INFOTOX (Established 1991) integrates its own expertise with the resources of leading organisations and capabilities of professionals with proven track records in related disciplines into project teams to conduct high-quality scientific investigations.

Environmental and Occupational Health Risk Assessment

• Hazard identification relating to toxic chemicals, industrial emissions, effluent and products of combustion.
• Toxicological data review and human exposure assessment using internationally recognised sources.
• Physiological interpretation of target organ effects of toxic substances, including research into occupational disease (e.g. pneumoconiosis).
• Health risk characterisation using protocols from internationally recognised agencies.
  Statement of risk options for decisions on the implementation of risk management programmes.
• Epidemiological studies to establish health status or dose-effect correlations.
• Scientific interpretation and quality assessment of analytical data and environmental reports to verify compliance with environmental standards and regulations.

Design and Management of Scientific Surveys

• Health-risk based assessments for selection of remediation goals at contaminated sites.
• Design and management of environmental pollution surveys to assess environmental and public health impacts.
• Design of occupational health risk management programmes based on the integration of international regulatory requirements.
• Thermodynamic prediction of combustion products of wastes and industrial materials, using advanced computer simulations.
• Scientific assessment of hazardous waste incinerators and other industrial installations: performance, emissions and compliance with regulations.

Technical Background Documents

• Compilation of risk-associated technical background documents for the development of government policy on environmental standards.
• Peer review of studies on toxicology, epidemiology and health risk assessment.

Dricky Simpson
Toxicology