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2003
CONSIDERATIONS IN RISK COMMUNICATION: A DIGEST OF RISK COMMUNICATION AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Oct 31, 2003]
Risk communication is the process of informing people about hazards. Like all communication, communicating risk is a two-way exchange in which you inform the target community about possible hazards, but also gather information about those affected by the risk. The purpose of risk...
EDUCATION LEVEL IS GREATEST RISK-FACTOR IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Mar 10, 2003]
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels. In confined spaces, inefficient combustion sources, such as furnaces, stoves, kerosene heaters and automobiles can generate levels of CO that interrupt oxygen transport throughout the body, potentially ...
MEASUREMENT OF WATER INGESTION BY SWIMMERS
[Published : Apr 25, 2003]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Action Plan for Beaches and Recreational Waters describes research needs for exposure assessment related to swimming activities which include characterizing swimming populations with regard to routes of exposure and the magnitude of thei...
MERCURY MULTI-YEAR PLAN
[Published : Jan 01, 2003]
A 1997 EPA Mercury Study Report to Congress discussed the magnitude of mercury emissions in the United States, and concluded that a plausible link exists between human activities that release mercury from industrial and combustion sources in the United States and methyl mercury c...
RISK COMMUNICATION IN ACTION: ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Jan 06, 2003]
This handbook discusses a variety of data visualization and data interpretation tools that municipal, state and federal government agencies and others hve successfully used in environmental risk communication programs. The handbook presents a variety of tools used by several diff...
TIME-RELEVANT BEACH AND RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY AND MONITORING AND REPORTING
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Jul 14, 2003]
This handbook provides information on how to design and implement a time-relevant water quality monitoring program for beaches and other recreational waters. It was developed to help interested communities learn more about the beach monitoring projects associated with EPA's Envir...
USEPA ORD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITES ON MERCURY RESEARCH
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 25, 2003]
Key scientific questions have compelled ORD, in support of the Agency's mission, to develop a Mercury Research Strategy (1999). This strategy was to enable ORD to take a more proactive stance in identifying and implementing research programs designed to meet out-year goals in pro...
USEPA ORD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES ON MERCURY RESEARCH
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 22, 2003]
Anthropogenic releases of mercury to air, water and land have adversely impacted human health and the environment for many years. In fact, according to the 1997 Mercury Study Report to Congress, mercury levels have increased significantly (by more than a factor of two) over pre-i...
2002
ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE MAGNITUDE OF HUMAN INGESTION OF RECREATIONAL WATER DURING SWIMMING ACTIVITY
[Published : Sep 30, 2002]
The EPA's Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health (BEACH) Program is a multi-year, multifaceted strategy for reducing human exposure to certain risks from infectious pathogenic organisms associated with human behavior, and activities related to hygienic practices, o...
COMMUNICATING RISKS OF PERSISTANT BIOACCUMULATING TOXICS IN FOODS
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 18, 2002]
The primary route of exposure to many persistant bioaccumulating toxins (PBT) such as methyl mercury, PCDs or Dioxins is though foods. Many people, but particularly subsistence fishermen, pregnant women and children, are at high risk for methyl mercury toxicity because of their c...
COMMUNICATING THE RISKS OF FISH CONSUMPTION
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Dec 10, 2002]
The primary route of exposure to many persistant bioaccumulating toxins (PBT) such as methyl mercury, PCDs or Dioxins is though foods. Many people, but particularly subsistence fishermen, pregnant women and children, are at high risk for methyl mercury toxicity because of their c...
COMMUNITY-BASED UV RISK EDUCATION: THE SUNWISE PROGRAM HANDBOOK
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Jun 30, 2002]
This handbook is a user-friendly "How-to Guide" on providing information on how the SunWise project: 1) increased understanding of the importance of Ultraviolet light as a carcinogenic agent and an agent of skin aging, 2) disseminated time-relevant information on when (times of d...
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND COMMUNITY TRACKING, EMPACT
[Published : Sep 01, 2002]
This project seeks to apply sound science to the collection and presentation of environmental data on Human Exposure to the public so that the public can make informed decisions regarding activities that would affect their exposure to environmental pollutants. The Environmental ...
ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH: THE FISH QUALITY INDEX AS A RISK COMMUNICATION TOOL
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Mar 17, 2002]
Many people are at high risk for methyl mercury toxicity because of their consumption of contaminated fish. Often health risks of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxicants (PT) such as methyl mercury, PCBs or Dioxins are underestimated because of their amplification in the food chain ...
PROCEEDINGS: THE 1991 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADON AND RADON REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 1: SYMPOSIUM ORAL PAPERS: SESSIONS I THROUGH V
[Published : May 24, 2002]
The proceedings, in four volumes, document the 1991 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, held in Philadelphia, PA, April 2-5, 1991. n all, 65 oral papers (including the welcome address, the lead address, and the keynote address), 14 panel session paper...
PROCEEDINGS: THE 1991 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADON AND RADON REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 2: SYMPOSIUM ORAL PAPERS: SESSIONS VI THROUGH X
[Published : May 24, 2002]
The proceedings, in four volumes, document the 1991 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, held in Philadelphia, PA, April 2-5, 1991. n all, 65 oral papers (including the welcome address, the lead address, and the keynote address), 14 panel session paper...
PROCEEDINGS: THE 1991 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADON AND RADON REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 3: SYMPOSIUM PANEL/POSTER PAPERS: SESSIONS I THROUGH V
[Published : May 24, 2002]
The proceedings, in four volumes, document the 1991 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, held in Philadelphia, PA, April 2-5, 1991. n all, 65 oral papers (including the welcome address, the lead address, and the keynote address), 14 panel session paper...
PROCEEDINGS: THE 1991 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADON AND RADON REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 4: SYMPOSIUM POSTER PAPERS: SESSIONS VI THROUGH X
[Published : May 24, 2002]
The proceedings, in four volumes, document the 1991 International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, held in Philadelphia, PA, April 2-5, 1991. n all, 65 oral papers (including the welcome address, the lead address, and the keynote address), 14 panel session paper...
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO DEVELOP IMPROVED METHODS AND APPROACHES TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPS
[Published : Jun 17, 2002]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) for cooperative agreements to provide assistance conducting research to stimulate advances in the scie...
RISK COMMUNICATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER. (R827351)
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jan 01, 2002]
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Concl...
2001
Mercury Research Strategy
[Published : Aug 20, 2001]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Research and Development (ORD) is pleased to announce the availability of its Mercury Research Strategy. This strategy guides ORD's mercury research program and covers the FY2001 2005 time frame. ORD will use it to ...
RISK COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : May 30, 2001]
In EPA's Mercury Report to Congress an important finding ws that certain populations of subsistence fishermen are at high risk for methyl mercury toxicity because of their high consumption of contaminated fish. Often health risks of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxicants (PBT) such...
2000
EMPACT: THE LAS VEGAS INTERAGENCY PILOT PROGRAM
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Sep 19, 2000]
ENPACT: The Las Vegas Interagency Pilot Project <br><br>The Las Vegas Interagency Pilot Project of the EMPACT program has involved eleven efforts. These efforts are described in brief on the poster presentation. They include: Las Vegas Environmental Monitoring Inventory, the Qual...
MERCURY RESEARCH STRATEGY.
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Sep 01, 2000]
The USEPA's ORD is pleased to announce the availability of its Mercury Research Strategy. This strategy guides ORD's mercury research program and covers the FY2001-2005 time frame. ORD will use it to prepare a multi-year mercury research implementation plan in 2001. The Mercury R...
ORGANIZATIONAL RISK COMMUNICATION
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Aug 16, 2000]
Ris communication tools in organizations differs in several ways from many of tools and techniques developed for public meetings. The traditional view of risk communication seeks to manage the public outrage ssociated with site-based issues. Organizational risk communication seek...