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HERO ID

10312756

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Traditional tribal subsistence exposure scenario and risk assessment guidance manual

Author(s)

Harper, BL; Harding, AK; Waterhous, T; Harris, SG

Year

2007

Publisher

Oregon State University Department of Public Health and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Location

Corvallis, OR

Report Number

Grant Number EPA-STAR-J1-R831046

Number of Pages

274

Language

English

URL

https://health.oregonstate.edu/sites/health.oregonstate.edu/files/research/pdf/tribal-grant/exposure_scenario_and_risk_guidance_manual_v2.pdf
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Abstract

This document provides a framework for evaluating risks in Indian Country. Under the paradigm used by the federal government (NRC 1983) human health risk derives from the combination of human exposure to contaminants and the toxicity of the contaminants. In the risk assessment process, contaminant data is gathered to estimate present or future exposures to determine if resources are, or could become, harmful to the health and well-being of a community.