| Academic degree: | Dr. | | Last name: | Obenshain | | First name: | Karen | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | Edison Electric Institute | | Department: | | | Position: | | | Street, Number, POB: | Pennsylvania Ave NW 701 | | Postal code, City: | Washington | | State: | DC | | Country: | UNITED STATES | | Phone: | | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | KObenshain@eei.org | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Dr. Obenshain is a Staff Scientist with the law firm of Keller and Heckman LLP, Washington, DC. She specializes in technical issues related to the regulation of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). and Sections 408 and 409 of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Dr. Obenshain also provides risk assessment, exposure modeling, and public health expertise to clients working with hazardous chemicals (TSCA) and occupational safety and health issues (OSHA).
Dr. Obenshain has published in peer reviewed journals including Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Prior to joining Keller and Heckman, Dr. Obenshain was employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Scientist with Entergy Spatial Analysis Research Laboratory, Tulane University Medical Center. Her research involved assessment of potential risk to human and ecological health at nuclear weapons complexes and the evaluation of innovative and conventional remediation technologies. Dr. Obenshain’s dissertation research involved the examination of pesticide residues in food and water and their potential impact on human health in Kazakstan. | | Areas of interest: | | exposure/risk assessment | | occupational health | | pesticides | | air pollution health effects | | energy | | risk analysis, assessment, management | | |
| | Articles: | 11 ESPR (5) 302-306 (2004), Using Multimedia Modeling to Expedite Site Characterization (5 pp)
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