Hugh Scobie

Mr. Scobie is the owner and principal risk assessor/toxicologist with HS Group. Mr. Scobie is a board-certified toxicologist and chartered chemist with 25 years of experience in conducting
human health and environmental risk assessment. Mr. Scobie has successfully completed over 50o risk assessments over his career. Mr. Scobie provides expert advice in the fields of human health and ecological risk assessment and toxicology, site-specific risk assessment, environmental toxicology, probabilistic exposure assessment, multi-media risk assessment, review of risk assessments and toxicology and development of regulatory standards for chemicals in soil and other media.

 

He was previously employed with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) as a Regulatory Toxicologist in the Human Toxicology and Air Standards section of the Standards Development Branch. In his previous work at the MOE, he provided expert advice in assessing the risk of adverse effects resulting from exposure to a wide range of hazardous chemicals. He has experience in the assessment of human health and ecological risks associated with contaminants in air, water and soil from numerous investigations conducted at various contaminated sites and exposure situations.

 

With his years of experience and expertise in conducting risk assessments in Ontario, Mr. Scobie has been designated by the MOE as a Qualified Person (QP RA ) for conducting risk assessments under Ontario Regulation 153/04 (as amended). 

 

Mr. Scobie has performed site-specific risk assessments throughout Canada associated with site contamination by various chemicals including a wide variety of metals. His work in the field of contaminated sites has provided him with extensive knowledge of both federal and a number of the province’s environmental regulations.