Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment

Résumé du livre

Based on symposium The Quantitative Ranking of Environmental Problems According to Risk: What Must We Yet Know to Accomplish This Task? held August 1991. Contents - Overview; Introduction and overview of difficulties encountered in developing comparative rankings of environmental problems; Current concerns regarding the implementation of risk-based management- how real are they?; Ecological Health Risks; Application of ecological knowledge to environmental problems- ecological risk assessment; The Threat of greenhouse warming; Human Health Risks; Revising the risk assessment paradigm- limits on the quantitative ranking of environmental problems; It is possible to do quantitative assessment of relative risk; Noncancer health endpoints- approaches to quantitative risk assessment; Gaps in knowledge in assessing the risk of cancer; Estimating viral disease risk from drinking water; Quantitative Risk Assessment Problem Areas and Issues; Atmospheric nitrogen oxides- a bridesmaid revisited; Temporal variations in exposure data; An Integrated approach to risk characterization of multiple pathway chemical exposures; A Method for obtaining guidance for the combination of qualitative rankings by cancer and noncancer risks into a single, qualitative health risk ranking; The Use of statistical insignificance in the formulation of risk-based standards for carcinogenicity; Possible carcinogenic hazards from natural and synthetic chemicals- setting priorities; The Impact of data gaps in EPA's Regional Comparative Risk Projects; The Use of economic data and analysis in comparative risk projects- questions of policy and reliability; Thoughts for the Future; The Role of evidential reason and epistemic discourse in establishing the risk of environmental carcinogens; How to move quickly to risk-based environmental management- a specific proposal.