Protection of human health and the environment

Toxicology and human health risk assessment guided by core principles, experience, and candor.

Toxic-Risk LLC was built on a lifelong commitment to protecting human health and the environment. Tempered by 23 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, George Woodall, PhD, provides consulting that is scientifically rigorous, ethically grounded, and candid about scope, capabilities, and what a project truly requires.

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Independent consulting and education for complex toxicology and risk assessment work.

Commitment

Protection of human health and the environment

Experience

40+ years in toxicology, exposure science, and human health risk assessment

Public Service

23 years as a toxicologist with the U.S. EPA, plus 15 years working as a consultant to the EPA and other clients

Additional Experience

Toxicologist with API for 2.5 years

About Dr. George Woodall

Broad toxicology and risk assessment experience, applied with clear principles.

Dr. George Woodall, toxicologist and founder of Toxic-Risk LLC, brings wide-ranging experience from over 40 years in the field.

He has helped organizations make better scientific decisions by application of his wide-ranging knowledge in toxicology and quantitative human health risk assessment. He has provided support for regulatory actions, emergency response and risk management planning, and the development of practical methods and tools to meet organizational objectives. He has also been active in providing and organizing training events for all levels of society (fellow scientists and trainees, political leadership, and the general public).

His commitments to protection of human health and the environment, ethical integrity, and honesty have remained constant across his career. He has demonstrated skills in working across diverse groups to reach consensus.

More details on his experience are available on Dr. Woodall’s ORCID Profile.

A full CV is available upon request via email to george@toxic-risk.com.

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Professional Services

Professional consultation and training services shaped by experience, innovative methods, and scientific leadership.

Toxic-Risk LLC supports technically demanding projects with sound science, practical judgment, and a candid understanding of what clients need in order to move forward with confidence.

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Innovative risk assessment methods and support tools

Work includes originating Reference Value Arrays to help risk assessors identify the most suitable human health reference values, initiating an agency-wide strategy for managing and communicating environmental health science information using semantic matching and ontologies, and leading development of an acute reference concentration methodology later published by the OECD.

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Emergency Response and Risk Management Planning

Dr. Woodall served on the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) from 2004 to 2015 and was primary author on several AEGL documents. He was also called upon to provide support following several accidental releases of toxic chemicals to the environment (e.g., Deepwater Horizon and the East Palestine train derailment).

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Regulatory support and scientific leadership

Service on EPA regulatory work groups included scientific support for air quality regulations covering Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) as required under the Clean Air Act, and review of risk evaluations and proposed rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Dr. Woodall also led the multi-agency Air Sensors Health Group, organized major workshops and symposia, and while at API commented on pending regulations using arguments grounded in sound science.

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Professional Training Services

Professional training covers the basics of toxicological sciences and the practice of risk assessment, with deeper instruction shaped around participants' needs. Contact Toxic-Risk to discuss the scope and goals of training for your organization.

Core Principles

A practice built around non-negotiable commitments.

These principles shape what work Toxic-Risk accepts, how that work is carried out, and how clients are advised when the science, scope, or expectations need to be addressed directly.

Protection of Human Health and the Environment

This commitment has been the common theme across George Woodall's entire career and was fully tempered during 23 years with the U.S. EPA. Toxic-Risk will not abandon this principle under any circumstances.

Ethical Integrity

Toxic-Risk will work diligently in the best interests of clients, but never by compromising ethical integrity, core principles, or the integrity of any client organization.

Honesty and Candor

Potential clients receive a candid assessment of Toxic-Risk's abilities, and projects are declined when the client's needs cannot be fully met. Before any agreement is signed, the request, scope, expectations, and intended final product are reviewed to ensure full understanding on both sides.

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Need principled scientific support for a toxicology or risk assessment project?

Toxic-Risk LLC provides consultation, training, method development, and technical review for clients who need rigorous science, ethical integrity, and direct honest communication from the outset.

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