Guidance for risk characterization
HERO ID
1061860
Reference Type
Technical Report
Subtype
EPA Report
Year
1995
Language
English
| HERO ID | 1061860 |
|---|---|
| Material Type | EPA Report |
| Year | 1995 |
| Title | Guidance for risk characterization |
| Authoring Organization | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Publisher Text | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| City | Washington, DC |
| Abstract | This guidance contains principles for developing and describing EPA risk assessments, with a particular emphasis on risk characterization. The current document is an update of the guidance issued with the Agency's 1992 policy (Guidance on Risk Characterization for Risk Managers and Risk Assessors, February 26, 1992). The guidance has not been substantially revised, but includes some clarifications and changes to give more prominence to certain issues, such as the need to explain the use of default assumptions. As in the 1992 policy, some aspects of this guidance focus on cancer risk assessment, but the guidance applies generally to human health effects (e.g., neurotoxicity, developmental toxicity) and, with appropriate modifications, should be used in all health risk assessments. This document has not been revised to specifically address ecological risk assessment, however, initial guidance for ecological risk characterization is included in EPA's Framework for Ecological Risk Assessments (EPA/630/R-92/001). Neither does this guidance address in detail the use of risk assessment information (e.g., information from the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)) to generate site- or media-specific risk assessments. Additional program-specific guidance will be developed to enable implementation of EPA's Risk Characterization Policy. Development of such guidance will be overseen by the Science Policy Council and will involve risk assessors and risk managers from across the Agency. |
| Url | https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-11/documents/guidance-risk-characterization-feb1995.pdf |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Number Of Pages | 15 |
| Is Public | Yes |
| Language Text | English |
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