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Community-based risk assessment is a model that addresses the multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors faced by a community, while incorporating a community-based participatory research framework and a transparent process to instill confidence and trust among community members. It has become clear that cumulative risk assessments should include both chemical and non-chemical stressors, exposures from multiple routes, and population factors that differentially affect exposure or toxicity, and in some cases, resiliency to environmental contaminants. Given the importance of this area of risk assessment throughout EPA, NCER plans to incorporate it into its extramural research program. Conclusions drawn at this workshop will help to guide NCER as it seeks to determine what research can best answer the questions needed to improve community-based risk assessment.

Attendees will include environmental and public health scientists, risk assessors, community and advocates. This meeting is open to the public.