Environmental Protection Agency risk management policies

Goldstein BD. 1985. Risk assessment and risk management of benzene by the Environmental Protection Agency. In Risk quantitation and regulatory policy, Banbury Report 19 293-304. 

On November 18-20, 1998, a workshop on Scientific Issues Relevant to the Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Methylmercury was conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and ATSDR. The purpose of this workshop was to discuss and evaluate the major epidemiologic studies that associated methylmercury exposure and the results of an array of developmental measures in children. These studies monitored and evaluated exposed populations in Iraq, the Seychelles Islands, the Faroe Islands, and the Amazon River Basin. A number of animal studies were also considered in support of a human health risk assessment. 

EPA (2003). Human Health Toxicity Values in Superfund Risk Assessments. Memo from Michael B. Cook, Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, to Superfund National Policy Managers, Regions 1-10. OSWER Directive 9285.7-53. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Accessed at http //www.epa.gov/ oswer/riskassessment/pdf/hhmemo.pdf. 

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