Related Links - Risk Assessment and Community-Based Risk Assessment (CBRA)

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the EPA

The NAS committee, Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the EPA, reviews aspects of risk analysis.  It released a new report on fall of 2008 Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment, which is considered an update to the 1983 Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process, or the “Red Book,” which established a framework for risk evaluations.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)

NCER has developed a list of publicly available journal articles written about CBRA and risk assessment over the past five years.

The LifeLineTM Group

Tribal LifelineTM Project

The Tribal LifeLineTM Project is a flexible exposure and risk assessment tools that can take into consideration the unique diets and exposure scenarios for Tribal people and other focused populations.  This project enhances the suite of existing LifeLineTM Exposure and Risk Assessment Software. 

National Institutes of Environmental Health (NIEHS)

Health & Education

NIEHS’ Health & Education Web site offers a wealth of information on environmental health, specifically the research understanding how environmental exposures affect health.  Information is available on a long list of environmental health topics, including diseases, environmental stressors, and exposure routes.

Environmental Defense Scorecard

Scorecard’s Web site uses EPA data to provide information on environmental quality at the community-level.  Information includes pollutant releases to the environment, water quality, and presence of Superfund sites.  An environmental justice analysis is also available by county. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Envirofacts Data Warehouse

Envirofacts is a searchable database that provides environmental quality information at the state and county level. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Integrated risk Information System (IRIS)

IRIS compiles data on specific substances found in the environment and their potential to cause human health effects.  

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EnviroMapper Storefront

EnviroMapper Storefront is a visual mapping database that is part of the Envirofacts data warehouse.  EnviroMapper Storefront houses ten tools on environmental quality information.  

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

NPDES is a permit program to control water pollution by point sources that discharge pollutants into waters.  The NDES program includes a mapping tool to locate NPDES sites.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA)

NATA is EPA’s ongoing comprehensive evaluation of air toxics using a state-of-the-science screening tool to estimate the risk of cancer and other health effects from breathing air toxics. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

TRI Explorer

TRI Explorer generates information about toxic chemical releases by ZIP code.  Data is compiled from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Priorities List (NPL)

National Priority List is a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants for the U.S.   The NPL program includes a mapping tool to locate NPL sites.

Federal Agencies, States, and Tribal Nations

AIRNow

AIRNow provides access to national air quality information based on the Air Quality Index (AQI) reports. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

AirData

The AirData provides access to air pollution data for the U.S. This data is based off the Air Quality System (AQS), a repository of ambient air quality data from air monitors, and the National Emission Inventory (NEI), a repository of hazardous air pollutants.

Harvard, School of Public Health

The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph

The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph aims to use public health surveillance data and census-driven area-based socioeconomic measures to characterize both the cases and population in a defined area.