Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund

EPA (1989) Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume I. Human Health Evaluation Manual. EPA/540/1-89/002. 

SADA provides a full human health risk assessment module and associated databases. The risk models follow the USEPA s Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS) and can be customized to fit site-specific exposure conditions. It calculates risks based on the following exposure pathways ingestion, inhalation, dermal contact, food consumption, and also a combined exposure. 

United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) (1989) Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume 1. EPA/540/1-89/002. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC... 

USEPA] US Environmental Protection Agency. 1999. Risk assessment guidance for superfund volume 3, part A, process for conducting probabilistic risk assessment. Washington (DC) EPA 000-0-99-000. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. 

U S Environmental Protection Agency. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS), Vol. I Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part E, Supplemental Guidancefor Dermal Risk Assessment) Interim, 2004 http //www.epa.gov/oswer/ riskassessment/ragse/index.htm (last accessed 12 July 2010). 

USEPA (2001) Risk assessment guidance for Superfund. Vol. Ill, Part A. Process for conducting probabilistic risk assessment (RAGS 3A). Washington, DC, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 540-R-02-002 OSWER 9285.7-45 PB2002 963302 http //www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/rags3adt/index.htm). 

Source Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund [14]. Note Both exposure and RfD are in units of mg/kg-day. 

US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) (2009). Risk assessment guidance for Superfund (RA65), volume 1 Human health evaluation manual (Part F Supplemental guidance for inhalation risk assessment). Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC. 

Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund Human Health Evaluation Manual Part A. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Washington, DC 20460. OSWER Directive 9285.701a, July, 1989. 

EPA Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund Volume 1 Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part B, Development of Risk-Based Preliminary Remediation Goals. (1991a). Publication 9285.7-OlB. Washington, DC Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, NTIS PB92-963333. 

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