Industrial Hygiene

About Emily Goswami

Emily Goswami, CIH, is a Principal Scientist at Roux in Oakland, California, bringing more than twenty years of experience in exposure assessment and human health risk assessment of chemicals and agents across environmental, occupational, and consumer product settings. Prior to joining Roux in 2022, Ms. Goswami spent twenty years at Exponent, Inc. (2002–2022) and began her career at Entrix, Inc. (2001–2002). Ms. Goswami's practice spans toxic tort evaluations, California Proposition 65 compliance, PFAS exposure and regulatory assessments, asbestos exposure reconstruction, mold investigations, contaminated site risk assessments, indoor air quality, and personal care product stewardship. She has designed and conducted sampling studies, developed exposure calculators for global manufacturers, and performed meta-analyses of epidemiologic literature. As a testifying expert, Ms. Goswami has authored expert reports and provided deposition and jury trial testimony across multiple jurisdictions, including California, Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and U.S. District Court. She is an active member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, served as President of its Northern California Section (2020–2021), and serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Proposition 65 Clearinghouse (2024).

Credentials & Professional Affiliations

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) — Credential #9579 — American Board of Industrial Hygiene (2009)
• Member, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• President, AIHA Northern California Section (2020)
• Advisory Board Member, Proposition 65 Clearinghouse (2024)

Education

• Master of Science, Environmental Health
  University of Washington · 2001
• Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Science
  University of California, Berkeley · 1998

Selected Publications

• Comment on 'Impacts of Sugarcane Fires on Air Quality and Public Health in South Florida', Environmental Health Perspectives (2023)
• The Dose Makes the Poison: Incorporating the Concepts of Exposure and Dose into Your Witness Questioning Strategy, DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Newsletter, Volume 23, Issue 1 (2021)
• The Halogens (book chapter in Patty's Toxicology), Patty's Toxicology (2012)
• Domestic asbestos exposure: A review of epidemiologic and exposure data, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2013)Read
• Benzene inhalation by parts washers: New estimates based on measures of occupational exposure to solvent coaromatics, Risk Analysis (2010)
• Screening-level hazard assessment for six phthalates under A.B. 1108 and Proposition 65 (Rev. 1), Technical Report, Exponent, Inc., for the Environment Section, Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice (2009)
• Simulation of benzene exposure during use of a mineral spirit solvent to clean elevator bearing housings, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (2008)
• Spatial characteristics of fine particulate matter: Identifying representative monitoring locations in Seattle, Washington, Air and Waste Management Association (2002)

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