Environmental Forensics
What is Environmental Forensics?
Environmental forensics is the application of scientific techniques to identify the source, timing, and extent of environmental contamination. It supports legal, regulatory, and remediation efforts by providing defensible data that links pollutants to their origin—whether industrial, agricultural, or municipal.
This discipline is especially critical for complex contaminants like PFAS and oil/hydrocarbon sites, where multiple sources and pathways may be involved. Routine and specialized measurement of contaminants is a key component of forensics and provides the basis of source identification and identification.
Why SGS for Environmental Forensics?
- Our long list of accredited methods for 1000s of contaminants is suited for most contamination scenarios including hydrocarbons, PFAS, dioxins, PCBs, chlorinated solvents and many industrial chemicals
- Our excellence in method development and customization allows for custom scopes for sites that need services beyond our usual target lists
- Our specialty hydrocarbon forensics methods and team can provide Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 hydrocarbon methods, data visualization and more enabling powerful insights
- Our long history with PFAS and our specialized PFAS forensics services means we can help you solve this latest source attribution challenge!
- Our team of expert scientists can handle the most specialized of challenges
