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 Science
- 5/3: Conflicts of Interest (COI) Review Process for Contractor-Managed Peer Reviews of EPA Highly Influential Scientific Assessments (HISA) and Influential Scienctific Information (ISI) Documents (PDF) (4pp, 9.20Mb) [Press Release May 3, 2013]
- 4/5: Final rule on Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances
- 2/28: Manganese and BTEX chemials (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) Reference Value Arrays Final Reports
- 2/15: Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) of Ozone (O3) and Related Photochemical Oxidants Final Report
News releases about risk and risk assessment | All announcements
Draft Guidance & Tools Available for Public Comment and/or Peer Review
- 5/9: Provide comments on the draft Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis - Due July 8th
- 5/3: Provide comments on the revised external draft Toxicological Review for Methanol (noncancer) - Due June 17th
- 5/1: Request for information and citations on methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments - Due Jun 28th
- 4/26: Provide comments on the draft, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska - Due May 31st
- 4/5: Provide comments on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Recycling Plastics from Shredder Residue
- 4/5: Provide comments on Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Notice of Data Availability Regarding Global Warming Potential Values for Certain Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Fluorinated Heat Transfer Fluids - Due May 6th
Information For the Advanced Risk Assessor
- Computational Toxicology Communities of Practice: Meetings and Workshops
- EPA Public Involvement in Advisory Activities - Science Advisory Board (SAB)
- Training
& Webinars
- Benchmark Dose Modeling (BMDS) Training
- Determining Uncertainty
- Drinking Water Academy
- Environmental Health Learning Tools - Urban Sprawl
- Environmental Health Learning Tools - Bioterrorism
- Environmental Response Team: Training
- Environmental Resource Center's Training Courses
- Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) Webinars
- National Enforcement Training Institute (NET) Classroom Training
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Training Courses
- On-Scene Coordinator Training Links
- OSWER Training Forum
- RCRA Training at Your Desktop
- STORET Web Video Tutorials
- Superfund job training initiative (SuperJTI)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National and Regional Courses
- Watershed Academy
- Water Training Opportunities
Risk Related Information for the Public
- Protecting your children from environmental risk
- Action on Chemicals
- 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
- Economy, Energy and Environment Initiative (E3)
- General Consumer Publications (Safety & Exposure, Controlling Pests, Read the label first, Pest Control in Schools, Roach Control, Protecting Children)
- Handbook for Implementing the Supplemental Cancer Guidance at Waste and Cleanup Sites
- 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
- Protection from Lead-Paint Poisoning
- Protection Team Launched to Explore Bee Deaths
- Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call
- Safe Synthetic turf
- Schools Go Green Both Inside and Outside the Classroom
- Sun safety action steps
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History of Risk
For the EPA, the study of “risk” and “risk assessment” began in 1970's when ... More Info
Calendar of Events
- 5/22: National Environmental Education Advisory Council Meeting
- 5/29: Workshop on Technical Guidance for Assessing EJ in Regulatory Analysis
- 5/29-30: Third NRC inorganic Arsenic Meeting
- 5/31: Deadline for submissions for the systematic review workshop for scientific documents
- 6/6: Workshop on Technical Guidance for Assessing EJ in Regulatory Analysis (follow-up)
- 6/11: Workshop to review initial draft materials for the NOx Integrated Science Assessment for Health Effects
- 6/12-13: Workshop and Call for Information on Integrated Science Assessment for SOx (FR Notice)
Where You Live
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Glossary
Refer to the glossary for definitions of terms related to risk assessment. More Info
Hotlines
Quick list of contacts for risk hotlines. More Info