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Nowadays, an ever-increasing number of companies have violated environmental rules. In this case, the environmental forensic expert figure plays a fundamental and decision-making role, using investigative methods and technologies, beforehand applied only in industrial or military courts. Although science and technology are making giant strides in this context, the success of a forensic environmental investigation still depends on the level of know-how of the expert.
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Sommaruga, G.P. (2017). Environmental Forensics. In: Di Maggio, R., Barone, P. (eds) Geoscientists at Crime Scenes. Soil Forensics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58048-7_7
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