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
- 01/05: 2010 TRI (Toxic Release Inventory) National Analysis (Annual Report)
- 11/18: IRIS Toxicological Review of Dichloromethane (DCM) (Final Report)
- 10/13: Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report)
- 9/30: Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition (Final Report)
- 9/28: IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene (TCE) (Final Report)
- 9/15: NAS announces the release of the final report, Sustainability and the EPA, also known as "the Green Book", and the EPA Administrator sends a reponse letter
News releases about risk and risk assessment | All announcements
Draft Guidance & Tools Available for Public Comment and/or Peer Review
- 02/02: Integrated Science Assessment of Lead (2nd External Review Draft)
- 11/17: BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools: Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (External Review Draft)
- 9/30: Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (2nd External Review Draft)
- 9/30: IRIS Toxicological Review of Vanadium Pentoxide (External Review Draft) -Peer review meeting announced for March 7, 2012
- 9/30: IRIS Toxicological Review of Biphenyl (External Review Draft)
- 9/9: IRIS Toxicological Review of 1,4-Dioxane (Inhalation) (External Review Draft)
- 9/8: IRIS Toxicological Review of n-Butanol (External Review Draft)
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
Agency News and Events
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History of Risk
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Calendar of Events
- 2/6-8: SAB Review Meeting for the review of the draft IRIS Tox Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos
- 2/6-8: NRC's Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government Meeting
- 2/7: NRC's Report Briefing: Uranium Mining in Virginia
- 2/8: Children's Env Health Seminar: Sharing Lessons from the Field: Understanding Factors that Define Variability in Pesticide Exposure and Response for Children - sponsored by EPA and NIEHS.
- 2/8: NRC's Meeting on Developing Science, Technology, and Innovation Indicators for the Future
- 2/15-17: NRC's Meeting on Needs and Research Requirements for Land-Change Modeling
- 2/22-23: SAB EPEC Review of the Ecological Assessment Action Plan
- 3/6: NIEHS and EPA Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research: Strengthening the Network
- 3/7: IRIS Peer Review Meeting for the review of the draft document on Vanadium Pentoxide
- 3/11-15: SOT 2012 Annual Meeting
Where You Live
Find the risk assessment related pages by our regional offices.
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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