MULTIMEDIA RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
Through the combined experience of industrialized nations during the last two to three decades of environmental protection, we have gained a critical recognition of the limitations of the natural resources (air, water and land) around us. e have seen a continued rapid industrial development during the last 30-40 years; however, we have witnessed previous mistakes of Industrialized countries being repeated. uch mistakes have resulted in overwhelming environmental deficits. These environmental debts became very obvious in many forms: he air in many industrial zones became so dirty it was deemed unhealthy; many lakes and rivers became too polluted for recreational use; and pesticides and other agricultural chemicals were exerting adverse effects on wildlife. In order to manage such crises, governmental agencies were established throughout the world to control environmental problems. n the United States, Congress enacted a series of laws to clean up the pollution. hese accomplishments were very significant in light of a tremendous increase in population and economic growth during the same period. However, through our experience in approaches to remove contaminants from individual environmental media, we have come to recognize that we must accord more attention to cross-media approaches for controlling our pollution problems. elected examples of current efforts in prevention oriented multimedia risk assessment and risk management will be discussed to emphasize the need for enhanced efforts in this area.
Citation
Lee, S. MULTIMEDIA RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-91/092 (NTIS PB91191288), 1991.
Additional Information
Proceedings of 1st Pan Pacific Cooperative Symposium on Industrialization and Emerging Environmental, Oct. 2-6, 1989