David Kent joined Keller and Heckman in 2005.
Mr. Kent has 28 years of consulting experience, primarily in the area of chemical and pesticide regulation for both domestic and international companies. He assists clients in assessing available data, manages consortia, conducts environmental fate and transport modeling, and performs environmental risk assessments. Mr. Kent is a leader in the assessment and management of High Production Volume (HPV), medium production volume (MPV), and PBT chemicals in both the U.S. and Europe. He assesses potential risks of chemical and pesticide use while protecting product lines from misuse of inappropriate or unreliable information. He has helped companies in a wide variety of specialty areas, including chemicals, pesticides, and consumer products. Mr. Kent is very active in advising companies in how best to meet their obligations under of the European REACH chemical control program, the European Union (EU) classification and labeling (CLP) regulation, and the Biocides Directives and Regulation. He has also prepared numerous data dossiers for client submission to regulatory agencies, including proprietary reports for submission under REACH, FIFRA, BPD, TSCA, HPV, FDA, and other regulatory and voluntary programs.
Mr. Kent is actively involved in and commonly speaks at regional, national, and international scientific organizations. He has served as president of regional chapters of both the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). He chaired the Program Committee for the 26th Annual SETAC meeting and routinely participates at trade association-sponsored conferences, often as the moderator for panels.
Mr. Kent has also authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles for peer-reviewed journals and technical newsletters. Topics have included preparations and requirements for REACH, probabilistic ecological risk assessment of pesticides, policy implications of emerging chemical regulations, and the status and trends of the HPV Chemical assessment programs in the U.S. and Europe.