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Science and Decisions : Advancing Risk Assessment by National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Science and Decisions : Advancing Risk Assessment about?

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><i>Science and Decisions</i> 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 ha

Author

National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA

Publisher

The National Academies Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780309120463

Subjects

Science, Technology, Political Science