This site provides basic information about environmental risk assessments for the public. Additionally, the site offers a comprehensive set of links to key EPA tools, guidance and guidelines.
Getting started with risk assessment
What's new in risk assessment
Risk related information for the public
Quick Links
- Air Pollution
- Asbestos
- Children's Health
- Climate Change
- Drinking Water
- Fish Advisories
- IRIS - Toxicity Data
- Indoor Air
- Lead
- Mercury
- TEACH - Children's Health Data
- TRI - Toxic Release Inv
- Water Science
- Waste & Cleanup
The history of risk
For the EPA, the study of "risk" and "risk assessment" began in 1970's when ...
Meetings/Events
- 10/6-9: Risk Assessors Training Conference
- 10/7-9: International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference: Applications and Implications
- 11/13: NAS Review Meeting on the IRIS Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene/Perc)
- 11/19: External peer review workshop on the draft document, Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-applied Biosolids
- 12/7-10: Society for Risk Assessment (SRA) Annual Meeting