While environmental catastrophes can be naturally occurring, often they are the result of criminal intent or malfeasance. Sorting out the details when the land itself is the only witness requires a special set of investigative skills. For accountability to be established, investigators must be able to answer these questions with a measure of scientific certainty:
How and when did the contamination occur?
Who caused the contamination?
What are the consequences and extent of liability?
Offering investigators a complete field manual, Methods in...
While environmental catastrophes can be naturally occurring, often they are the result of criminal intent or malfeasance. Sorting out the details w...