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2014
The Risk Assessment in the 21st Century (RISK21): Roadmap and Matrix
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 01, 2014]
The RISK21 integrated evaluation strategy is a problem formulation-based exposure-driven risk assessment roadmap that takes advantage of existing information to graphically represent the intersection of exposure and toxicity data on a highly visual matrix. This paper describes i...
2012
A Bayesian network approach for causal inferences in pesticide risk assessment and management
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 15, 2012]
Pesticide risk assessment and management must balance societal benefits and ecosystem protection, based on quantified risks and the strength of the causal linkages between uses of the pesticide and socioeconomic and ecological endpoints of concern. A Bayesian network (BN) is a gr...
Need to Know: Anticipating the Public's Questions during a Water Emergency
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Apr 04, 2012]
Report and Webinar (hosted by WaterISAC) To view webinar: Follow the link, click playback, slides will be visible within 2 minutes
2011
Proceedings From the Behavioral/Social Sciences Scientist-to-Scientist Town Hall Meeting
(EPA PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS) [Published : Jun 07, 2011]
Every four to five years, the Office of Research and Development (ORD) gives its Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) the task of reviewing its research programs to decide how the National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) can better achieve the scientific needs of the Ag...
2010
Development of the Metropolitan Water Availability Index (MWAI) and Short-term Assessment with Multi-scale Remote Sensing Technologies
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 01, 2010]
Global climate change will change environmental conditions including temperature, precipitation, surface radiation, humidity, soil moisture, and sea level, and impact significantly the regional-scale hydrologic processes such as evapotranspiration (ET), runoff, groundwater levels...
2007
2007 TOXICOLOGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE
(COMMUNICATION PRODUCT) [Published : Jan 11, 2007]
EPA has announced<br> <h4 align="center">The 2007 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference<br> Cincinnati Marriott North, West Chester (Cincinnati), OH<br>April 23- 26, 2007 - <a href="http://www.team-psa.com/trac">Click to register!</a></h4><p>The Annual Toxicology and Risk Ass...
RISK COMMUNICATION AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL: A RISK COMMUNICATION WORKBOOK
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Nov 14, 2007]
Communicating information about environmental risk to the people most affected by it is one of the major challenges faced by risk managers and community decision makers. Changing human behavior is a far more complex task than designing water retention systems or managing storm wa...
RISK COMMUNICATION IN ACTION: CASE STUDIES IN FISH ADVISORIES
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Nov 14, 2007]
This Handbook provides both general and specific information on how to enhance mercury risk communication activities and their associated outreach efforts. Additionally, it provides information on how to facilitate communication in areas where information is not available. Chapte...
RISK COMMUNICATION IN ACTION: THE TOOLS OF MESSAGE MAPPING
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Nov 14, 2007]
Risk Communication in Action: The Tools of Message Mapping, is a workbook designed to guide risk communicators in crisis situations. The first part of this workbook will review general guidelines for risk communication. The second part will focus on one of the most robust tools o...
2006
COMMUNICATING THE RISKS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE TO AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Dec 04, 2006]
The goals of the USEPA pesticide worker safety program are to protect human health and the environment by ensuring the competency of pesticide applicators to minimize pesticide exposure to occupational pesticide users and agricultural field workers, to assure use of pesticides, a...
Society for Risk Assessment (SRA): EPA Meeting Presentations
[Published : Jun 29, 2006]
For many years now, NCEA Scientists have been presenting at the annual meetings of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). The SRA annual meeting brings together nearly 1,000 international scientists and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in risk ...
2005
DIFFUSION AND PERCEPTION OF MERCURY RISK INFORMATION
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 15, 2005]
Approximately 8% of American women have blood Mercury levels exceeding the EPA reference dose (a dose below which symptoms would be unlikely). The children of these women are at risk of neurological deficits (lower IQ scores) primarily because of the mother&#8217;s consumption of...
PREDICTING RISKS OF UNCHARACTERISTIC WILDFIRES: APPLICATION OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 06, 2005]
The U.S. Forest Service is struggling with a legacy of over 100 years of fire suppression on the country's national forest lands and an increasing occurrence of uncharacteristically large, intense wildfires. This paper reviews the risk assessment process and describes how it can...
RISK COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: COMPARING REGIONAL PROGRAMS IN SOUTH FLORIDA
[Published : Oct 31, 2005]
<p>Comparison of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s Superfund Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers&rsquo; Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) decision-making regimes revealed...
RISK PERCEPTION AND DIFFUSION OF MERCURY RISK INFORMATION
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Dec 03, 2005]
The most recent NHANES data reveals that approximately 8% of American women have blood Mercury levels exceeding the EPA reference dose (a dose below which symptoms would be unlikely). The children of these women are at risk of neurological deficits (lower IQ scores) primarily bec...
WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN ASTHMA AND ENVIRONMENT CONSORTIUM
[Published : Dec 31, 2005]
<p> The Consortium expects to develop a family health promotion model in which organized residents have access to easily understood, scientifically accurate, community-specific information about their health, their environment, and the relationship between the two,...
2004
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT/COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR REVITALIZATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES CD
(EPA PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS) [Published : Oct 25, 2004]
Revitalization of potentially contaminated sites is often at a disadvantage compared to greenfield development. Apart from the lower cost of land in rural areas, redevelopment is very often still seen as a rather complex time- and cost-consuming process. Additionally, the potenti...
LESSONS-LEARNED AND SUCCESS STORIES FROM EPA'S REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, DATA DELIVERY, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 01, 2004]
TTSD has completed a series of technology transfer and risk communication handbooks, case studies, and summary reports for community-based environmental monitoring projects under EPA's Real-Time Environmental Monitoring, Data Delivery, and Public Outreach Program. The Program tak...
National Water Security Risk Communication Symposium
(EPA PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS) [Published : Feb 11, 2004]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a 2-day Symposium about communicating risks to drinking and waste water systems on May 20-21, 2004, in San Francisco, California.
PERCEPTION OF MERCURY RISK INFORMATION
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 14, 2004]
Approximately 8% of American women have blood Mercury levels exceeding the EPA reference dose (a dose below which symptoms would be unlikely). The children of these women are at risk of neurological deficits (lower IQ scores) primarily because of the mother's consumption of conta...
THE EMPACT COLLECTION
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Jun 28, 2004]
The TTSD of the USEPA's ORD/NRMRL has completed a series of technology transfer and risk communication handbooks, case studies, and summary reports for community-based environmental monitoring projects under EPA's Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking ...
URBAN SPRAWL MODELING, AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND RISK COMMUNICATION: THE NORTHEAST OHIO PROJECT
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Apr 13, 2004]
The Northeast Ohio Urban Sprawl, Air Quality Monitoring, and Communications Project (hereafter called the Northeast Ohio Project) provides local environmental and health information useful to residents, local officials, community planners, and others in a 15 county region in the ...
USEPA OFFICE OF RESERCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES ON MERCURY RESEARCH
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 29, 2004]
Two meet USEP A mercury research strategy goals, five mercury workshops were held in the U.S. The two overall objectives governing the proceedings of these workshops were:<br><br>.identifY state-of-tbe-science practices and techniques for reducing the use of mercury at its source...
2003
COMMUNICATING PROBABILISTIC RISK OUTCOMES TO RISK MANAGERS
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Apr 28, 2003]
Increasingly, risk assessors are moving away from simple deterministic assessments to probabilistic approaches that explicitly incorporate ecological variability, measurement imprecision, and lack of knowledge (collectively termed "uncertainty"). While the new methods provide an...