Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: pt. A. Human health evaluation manual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: pt. A. Human health evaluation manual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Environmental evaluation manual
Author: Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030904894X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The public depends on competent risk assessment from the federal government and the scientific community to grapple with the threat of pollution. When risk reports turn out to be overblownâ€"or when risks are overlookedâ€"public skepticism abounds. This comprehensive and readable book explores how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can improve its risk assessment practices, with a focus on implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. With a wealth of detailed information, pertinent examples, and revealing analysis, the volume explores the "default option" and other basic concepts. It offers two views of EPA operations: The first examines how EPA currently assesses exposure to hazardous air pollutants, evaluates the toxicity of a substance, and characterizes the risk to the public. The second, more holistic, view explores how EPA can improve in several critical areas of risk assessment by focusing on cross-cutting themes and incorporating more scientific judgment. This comprehensive volume will be important to the EPA and other agencies, risk managers, environmental advocates, scientists, faculty, students, and concerned individuals.
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Environmental evaluation manual, interim final
Author: Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
Author: Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: pt. A. Human health evaluation manual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
EPA 630/R
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Science and Decisions
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309120462
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. It has been instrumental to the mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as other federal agencies in evaluating public health concerns, informing regulatory and technological decisions, prioritizing research needs and funding, and in developing approaches for cost-benefit analysis. However, risk assessment is at a crossroads. Despite advances in the field, risk assessment faces a number of significant challenges including lengthy delays in making complex decisions; lack of data leading to significant uncertainty in risk assessments; and many chemicals in the marketplace that have not been evaluated and emerging agents requiring assessment. Science and Decisions makes practical scientific and technical recommendations to address these challenges. This book is a complement to the widely used 1983 National Academies book, Risk Assessment in the Federal Government (also known as the Red Book). The earlier book established a framework for the concepts and conduct of risk assessment that has been adopted by numerous expert committees, regulatory agencies, and public health institutions. The new book embeds these concepts within a broader framework for risk-based decision-making. Together, these are essential references for those working in the regulatory and public health fields.