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Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment
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Hazard Identification
Determining which chemical substances or environmental stressors could potentially cause harm to the environment or to human health.
Dose-Response Assessment
Analyzing the relationship between the amount of exposure and the occurrence of the unwanted health effects.
Exposure Assessment
Estimating or measuring the magnitude, frequency, and duration of exposure to an agent.
Risk Characterization
Integrating information from hazard identification, dose-response assessment, and exposure assessment to estimate the health risks that may result.
Uncertainty Analysis
Evaluating the degree of uncertainty inherent in the process of risk assessment.
Risk Management
The process of identifying, evaluating, selecting, and implementing actions to reduce risk to human health and the environment.
Toxicological Testing
Scientific testing of substances to determine their potential to cause harmful effects on living organisms.
Chemical Fate Modeling
Predicting how chemicals move through the environment and change over time.
Ecological Assessment
Evaluation of the impacts of exposure to chemical or physical agents on ecological systems.
Risk Communication
The process of expressing the results of the risk assessment and the decisions of risk management to the public and other stakeholders.
Regulatory Toxicology
The application of toxicology data and principles to inform and make policy or regulatory decisions.
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Comparing the expected costs of risk management measures with their expected benefits, often measured in terms of public health and environmental preservation.
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