Author: Publisher:
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Category : Hazardous wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Superfund Risk Assessment Information Directory
Author: Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: pt. A. Human health evaluation manual
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.
EPA Risk Assessment Guidelines and Information Directory
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Health and Environmental AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carcinogenicity testing
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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.
Catalog of Superfund Program Information Products 1994
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial ResponsePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Catalog of Superfund Program Information Products
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial ResponsePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Information Resources Directory
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Catalog of Superfund Program Publications
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial ResponsePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309465567
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites. Identification of Superfund sites and their remediation is an expensive multistep process. As part of this process, EPA attempts to identify parties that are responsible for the contamination and thus financially responsible for remediation. Identification of potentially responsible parties is complicated because Superfund sites can have a long history of use and involve contaminants that can have many sources. Such is often the case for mining sites that involve metal contamination; metals occur naturally in the environment, they can be contaminants in the wastes generated at or released from the sites, and they can be used in consumer products, which can degrade and release the metals back to the environment. This report examines the extent to which various sources contribute to environmental lead contamination at Superfund sites that are near lead-mining areas and focuses on sources that contribute to lead contamination at sites near the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District. It recommends potential improvements in approaches used for assessing sources of lead contamination at or near Superfund sites.