EPA perspective

Magno, P.J. and R.J. Guimond, Assessing Exposure to Radon in the United States An EPA Perspective, this volume (1987). 

Davis JM. 1999. Inhalation health risks of manganese An EPA perspective. Neurotoxicology 20 511-518. 

For selective estimation of phenols pollution of environment such chromatographic methods as gas chromatography with flame-ionization detector (ISO method 8165) and high performance liquid chromatography with UV-detector (EPA method 625) is recommended. For determination of phenol, cresols, chlorophenols in environmental samples application of HPLC with amperometric detector is perspective. Phenols and chlorophenols can be easy oxidized and determined with high sensitivity on carbon-glass electrode. 

Dr. Richard Walentowicz provided the EPA CD-ROM disk entitled Exposure Models Library and Integrated Model Evaluation System" with other reference material. Lester Wittenberg of the Center for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE was particularly helpful in providing a chenncal industry perspective and reference material as was Dr. Steven Arendt of JBF Associates, Inc. Drs. David Hesse of Battelle Columbus Laboratories and Vinod Mubayi of Brookhaven National Laboratory were very helpful in providing material on the chemical consequence codes. 

EPA. 2001d. Radioactive waste disposal An environmental perspective. Low-level radioactive waste. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, http //www.epa.gov/radiation/radwaste/llw.htm. March 13, 2001. 

EPA. 1979a. The environmental lead problem An assessment of lead in drinking water from a multimedia perspective. Washington, DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 570/9-79-003, NTIS PB-296556. 

Kavlock, R.J., et al., Research needs for the risk assessment of health and environmental effects of endocrine disrupters a report of the U.S. EPA-sponsored workshop, Environ. Health Perspect., 104, 715, 1996. 

The latter session included government perspectives from the EPA OPPTS, the EPA Office of Research and Development, the EPA Office of Children s Health Protection, the OECD, the EMEA and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), in addition to industry perspectives reflecting both the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.19 The NIEHS/NIOSH workshop was limited to 23 invited participants. A limited number of background scientific presentations were given, and the emphasis was on break-out group sessions in which a series of predetermined questions were raised and key points were captured by rapporteurs.17... 

Monsanto s experience illustrates both the positive and negative impacts on one chemical company under TSCA sections 5 and 8. For a broader perspective, refer to the Chemical Manufacturers Association publication "The First Four Years of the Toxic Substance Control Act." - The authors views are also presented relative to EPA s management of information under section 10. 

The Center for Policy Alternatives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under contract to the EPA, observed that regulation may affect industry in areas such as profitability, growth, imports, exports, employment and technological innovation.(3 From the Coatings and Resins perspective, direct impacts on innovation have had a cascading effect on the other areas with the exception of direct employment costs associated with compliance. 

One continuing problem area in management of this and similar data required by other national systems is their confidentiality. Procter and Gamble s J. O Reilly presented a perspective on this issue, which is dealt with explicitly by TSCA s Sec. 14 and has so far been managed well by EPA. Problems are arising in... 

US-EPA has formed the Risk Assessment Forum, a standing committee of senior US-EPA scientists, to promote US-EPA consensus on difficult and controversial risk assessment issues and to ensure that this consensus is incorporated into appropriate US-EPA risk assessment guidance. To fulhil this purpose, the Forum assembles US-EPA risk assessment experts in a formal process to study and report on issues from a US-EPA scientific perspective. Major Fomm guidance documents are developed in accordance with the US-EPA s regulatory and policy development process and become US-EPA pohcy upon approval by the Administrator or the Deputy Administrator. The Risk Assessment Forum products include risk assessment guidelines, technical panel reports on special risk assessment issues, and peer consultation and peer review workshops addressing controversial risk assessment topics. 

EPA. 1991. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxics in the community. National and local perspectives. Washington, DC Office of Toxic Substances. EPA 560/4-91-014. 

Martin MT, Judson RS, Reif DM, Kavlock RJ, Dix DJ (2009) Profiling chemicals based on chronic toxicity results from the U.S. EPA ToxRef Database. Environ Health Perspect 117 1-8... 

These review papers have included the circular by the U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 779, "Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes - Earth-Science Perspectives" the review by the Ad-Hoc Committee of Earth Scientists for the EPA reviews by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and finally a review prepared by an Interagency Committee chaired by the Office of Science and Technology Policy whose paper was released for public comment on July 3, 1978. 

USEPA (2002) The foundation for global action on persistent organic pollutants A United States perspective. Office of Research and Development, Washington, EPA/600/P-01/003F... 

US Environmental Protection Agency. A review of ecological assessment case studies from a risk assessment perspective. Washington, DC Risk Assessment Forum, USEPA, 1993. EPA/630/R-92/005. 

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