• What is risk?
• What is risk assessment?
• Who evaluates the risks?
• How does EPA conduct risk assessments?
• Where do I find EPA risk assessments?

More basic information about risk assessment

• 12/08: Publication: Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter (First External Review Draft)
• 12/08: NCEA releases Physiological Parameters Database for Older Adults 1.1 (Beta)
• 12/08: An Exposure Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (NCEA External Review Draft) ER Period Extended 30-days
• 11/08: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin (TCDD) Dose-Response Studies: Preliminary Literature Search Results and Request for Additional Studies (Request for comments)
• 09/08:Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-applied Biosolids (NCEA External Review Draft)
• 09/08: NCEA releases BMDS 2.1
• 08/08: Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur - Environmental Criteria (NCEA 2nd External Review Draft)
• 06/08: Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) (IRIS External Review Draft)

Final Guidance & Tools

• 12/08: Publication: Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment (NAS Final Assessment)
• 12/08: Publication: Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment (NAS Final Report)
• 12/08: Publication: Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur - Ecological Criteria (Final Report)
• 11/08: An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin in Exposure in Ceramic Art Studies (Final Report)
• 09/08: Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report)
• 09/08: Uncertainty and Variability in Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Models: Key Issues and Case Studies (Final Report)
• 09/08: IRIS Toxicological Review of Propionaldehyde (Final Report)

More tools & guidance

• What you can do to protect your children from environmental risk
• Actions you can take to reduce lead in drinking water
• Aging and Environmental Health Fact Sheets
• Children’s environmental health online resources for health care providers
• Industrial Materials Recycling
• Mercury-Containing Light Bulb (Lamp) Recycling
• Pesticide poison prevention resources
• Pharmaceuticals and personal care products as pollutants (PPCPs)
• Promoting Ecological Revitalization at Superfund Sites
• Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call
• RCRA Training at Your Desktop
• Schools Go Green Both Inside and Outside the Classroom
• Sun safety action steps