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Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment
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Size: 672 pages, 6 x 9
Publication Year:1994
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ISBN-10: 0-309-07490-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-07490-2
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Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
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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 overblown--or when risks are overlooked--public skepticism abounds.
This comprehensive and readable book ...
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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 overblown--or when risks are overlooked--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.
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"If we want information on how to analyze [environmental] hazards, Science and Judgment is the best source currently available."--Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers
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