Lisa Yost is a board-certified toxicologist with 30 years of experience assisting clients in assessing human health risks related to exposure to various chemical substances in environmental media (soil, water, and the food chain) in the workplace or within consumer products. She has conducted or supervised risk assessments under CERCLA, RCRA, or state-led regulatory contexts, assisting clients in negotiations with regulatory staff to develop and apply sound technical approaches that realistically characterize potential risk and meet environmental and business objectives. She has directed project teams comprised of colleagues, consultants, regulatory staff, and academic researchers working to develop coordinated strategies addressing human health concerns.
Lisa has extensive experience crafting culturally relevant public health messages for diverse technical and non-technical audiences. She has provided technical support for litigation and detailed toxicological evaluations of numerous chemicals and chemical classes, including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, trichloroethylene (TCE) and other solvents, arsenic, mercury, and selenium. Lisa serves as chair of the Minnesota Department of Health Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel and is an adjunct instructor with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.