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RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
MANAGING llIE PROCESS
WORItING PAPERS
Prepared for
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Committee on the Institutional Means for
As ses seen t of Ri sks to Pub! ic Health
Commission on Life Sciences
NATIONAL RE SEARCH COUNC IL
NATION AL ACADEMY PRESS
April 1983
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PREFACE
This volume contains papers that were originally prepared for the use
of the National Research Council's Committee on the Institutional
Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health. The Committee, in
conducting a congressionally mandated study of ways to improve the
scientific basis of risk assessment in the federal government,
commiss toned the work as pa rt of a larger analysis of federal
experience. Me Committee' s final report, Risk Assessment in the
Federal Government: Managing_the Process, was released in March 1983.
~=~ reflect ehe judgment or
position of the Committee or the National Research Council. They 'cave
not been subjected to the internal review procedures that apply to
reports prepared by ARC committees.
Ire three case studies have been reviewed by individuals outside
the study project who are directly familiar with the federal analyses
and decisions that are described; however, responsibility for them
res ts wi th cue authors . The purpose of the case s tudies was to
summarize issues raised by others in pas ~ decisions on particular
substances, but t'ney are not intended to present independent positions
or interpretations on scientific or policy matters.
Lawrence E. McC ray
Pro jec t Direc For
April 29, 1983
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORMALDEHYDE
The Consumer Product Safety Commission'
Risk Assessment for Formaldehyde
William M. Stigliani
NITRITE
Catherine St. Hilaire
ASBESTOS
Part I - Environmental
Protec t ion Agency
Part II - Occupational Safety
and Health Agency/National Institite
for Occupat tonal Safety and Real th
William M. Stigliani
AN ANATOMY OF RI SK ASSESSMENT: S(:IENTIFIC
AND EXTRA-SCIENTIFIC COMPONENTS IN IRE
ASSESSMENT OF SCIENTIFIC DATA ON CANCER
RISKS
Lawrence E. McCray
FEDERAL RI SK ASSESSMENTS FOR POTENTIAL
CARCINOGENS: AN EMP [RICAL REVIEW
Robert ~ . F ie Id
Lawrence E. McCray
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