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Through Roux’s News & Events, we share relevant industry news, regulatory updates, upcoming webinars and conferences, articles published by our experts, corporate social responsibility events, monthly newsletters, project and market sector information, and much more. Browse through our latest posts below.

CERCLA Divisibility: Clear & Comprehensive Requirements

December 13, 2023
A new ruling lays out with clarity what it takes to be successful with claims of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) divisibility. For contaminated sites, CERCLA allows the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold each...
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J&J Seeks Appellate Reconsideration of Ruling Dismissing Talc Bankruptcy Case

February 13, 2023
LTL Management, Inc. filed a petition for a rehearing en banc with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Feb. 13, following the Third Circuit’s recent opinion dismissing LTL's talc bankruptcy case in New Jersey on grounds...
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Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) Services

November 08, 2022
Roux's team of toxicologists, industrial hygienists, and human health risk assessors have evaluated complex exposure, toxicity, and risk assessment in the context of product safety evaluations, occupational exposure, contaminated site investigation and cleanup, and in toxic tort litigation. Our human health risk assessors guide efficient cleanup of contaminated sites via creative technical approaches to exposure unit/land use assumptions, background contributions, historic fill, and statistical approaches under various regulatory regimes across the United States.

Roux also provides qualitative and quantitative industrial hygiene assessments for commercial and industrial clients in various industries to assist them with both complex and regulatory challenges. Our services include guiding clients through product regulatory testing and compliance and identifying additional potential product exposure hazards. Roux also has a team of experienced expert witnesses who have offered expert opinions on general causation (mechanistic toxicity data, animal bioassays, and epidemiological data), dose reconstruction, and association of exposure-specific health outcomes. Roux has been retained and testified in some of the country’s highest profile cases, as outlined below.
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Georgia Talc Cases Dismissed After Plaintiff’s Talc Expert Fails To Prove Causation

October 28, 2021
A three-judge panel of a Georgia appellate court on Oct. 28 dismissed four talc cases after finding that a plaintiff’s medical expert failed to prove that talc exposure was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. The Georgia Court of...
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Jury Returns Defense Verdict for J&J in Philadelphia’s First Ovarian Cancer Talc Trial

September 27, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – In the city’s first ovarian cancer trial alleging injuries from Johnson & Johnson’s baby talcum powder, a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas jury on Sept. 24 absolved J&J of responsibility that its baby powder caused a woman...
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