Risk Assessment - Literature

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Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment

CLAY. This site provides miscellaneous links to environmental sites and information on the latest versions of relevant software.

Contaminated Sediments News (EPA Office of Water) A newsletter developed by the EPA Office of Water

Risk Excellence Notes A Dept. of Energy (pdf format) newsletter formerly called DOE Risk Management Quarterly. It is published every two months to inform the risk community of current activities and to present developments in risk analysis.

U.S. EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment This website contains a variety of items including the IRIS human risk assessment database, risk guideline documents (for carcinogens, ecological effects, exposure assessment and reproductive toxicity), actual risk assessments, and several additional risk tools.

U.S.G.S. Environmental and Contaminants Research Center This USGS center focuses on environmental toxicology and chemistry with an emphasis on large rivers and ecosystems (of the Central Region).

Oak Ridge (ORNL) Ecological Risk Analysis This useful site contains information used to do ecological risk assessments including screening benchmarks for aquatic biota, wildlife, terrestrial plants, sediments, and soil organisms. There are numerous guidance documents for radiation effects, bioaccumulation, petroleum waste in soils, wildlife exposure, the general approach to ecological risk assessment, and examples of completed risk assessments from the U.S. DOE Oak Ridge Facility.

OECD Chemicals Programme The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an international organization founded in 1960 to enhance economic growth, living standards and financial stability. There are currently 25 member countries including the U.S. Publications can be purchased from the OECD that describe the toxicity test guidelines, physical-chemical properties, effects on biota, degradation and bioaccumulation, and human health effects.

U.S. EPA Center for Environmental Information and Statistics (CEIS) The Center for Environmental Information and Statistics is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new one-stop source of data and information on environmental quality, status and trends. The CEIS Web site is dedicated to providing clear information and data about environmental quality, status and trends.

Society for Risk Analysis provides an open forum for all those who are interested in risk analysis.