Recently added articles from Human and Ecological Risk Assessment:
What's Wrong with Risk Assessment?
Nov 01, 2007; ... Decision-makers are those individuals or entities charged with the responsibility and authority to reach decisions and act on them. Few decisions are absolutely unequivocal-almost all are made under some degree of uncertainty. Broadly put, risk assessment is simply a process for organizing ...
Use of In Vitro Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion (ADME) Data in Bioaccumulation Assessments for Fish
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT A scientific workshop was held in 2006 to discuss the use of in vitro Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion (ADME) data in chemical bioaccumulation assessments for fish. Computer-based (in silico) modeling tools are widely used to estimate chemical bioaccumulation ....
Human Health Risks of Selenium-Contaminated Fish: A Case Study for Risk Assessment of Essential Elements
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT A screening level human health risk assessment (HHRA) was applied to evaluate the human health implications of consuming selenium found in fish tissues collected downstream of coal mines in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The study evaluated the potential for adverse ...
Population-Based Fish Consumption Survey and Probabilistic Methylmercury Risk Assessment
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT A fish consumption survey was developed and administered by telephone to 820 Wyoming fishing license holders. Survey respondents provided the frequency, species, and quantity of Wyoming-caught and store-bought fish consumed for license holder and household members. Deterministic ...
Comparison of Contaminated Site Human Health Risk Assessment Approaches in Canada: Application of Provincial Methods to a Hypothetical Site
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Human health risk assessment, whether at the screening level or more complex phase, is not an exact science. A wide variety of advice and direction is offered by international, national, and provincial/state environmental agencies regarding the conduct of risk assessment, and ...
Monitoring PCDD/Fs in Soil and Herbage Samples Collected Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator: Health Risks for the Population Living Nearby
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In 1998, we started a wide environmental surveillance program focused on evaluating the environmental impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) emitted by a new hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) (Tarragona County, Catalonia, Spain) and assessing the ...
Investigating the Use of a Bayesian Network to Model the Risk of Lyngbya majuscula Bloom Initiation in Deception Bay, Queensland, Australia
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Modelling the risk factors driving an environmental problem can be problematic when published data describing variables and their interactions are sparse. In such cases, expert opinion forms a vital source of information. Here we demonstrate the utility of a Bayesian Net (BN) ...
An Integrated Framework for Risk Management and Population Health
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The traditional medical model of health and health policy development has focused on individuals and the role of medical care in preventing and treating disease and injury. Recent attention to health inequities and social determinants of health has raised the profile of ...
Microbial Exposure Assessment of Waterborne Pathogens
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The large number of waterborne illnesses in Ireland and worldwide has highlighted the need to enhance strategies that minimize human exposure to pathogens in drinking water supplies. Waterborne pathogens of public concern together with relevant national and international ...
Cross-National Validation of an Eight-Factor Model of Societal Risk Perception
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This study cross-nationally tested an eight-factor model of societal risk perception. The factors in the model were: Common individual hazards, Pollutants, Energy production and public transportation, Outdoor activities, Sex, deviance and addictions, Medical care, Weapons, and ...
Metal Content in Air Samples Collected in an Urban Zone in Tampico, México: A First Survey
Nov 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT With the aim to know possible risks to the population, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Tl were determined for the first time in airborne samples of particulate matter in an urban zone in Tampico, México, during the winter of 2003. The 24-hour PM^sub 10^ samples were collected ...
Happenings
Nov 01, 2007; ... MEETINGS NOTED 18th Annual AEHS Meeting on Soils, Sediments, and Water, March 10-13, 2008, San Diego, CA. <www.aehs.com/conferences/westcoast/> Annual Society of Toxicology Meeting, March 16-20, 2008, Seattle, WA. American Industrial Hygiene Conference & ...
OCCASIONAL BOOK REVIEWS
Nov 01, 2007; ... The following three books are published by the CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, and which are in turn drawn from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) book series. These books therefore bring the imprimatur and credibility of both SETAC and the publisher. Freshwater ...
Has Anyone Seen the U.S. Surgeon General? And Does it Matter? A Proposal to Resurrect the U.S. Public Health Service
Sep 01, 2007; ... OK-Let's start with a little quiz. Who is the current Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service? And as a corollary, what is the U.S. Public Health Service? Further, what does the Surgeon General do? Moreover, do you know why there is a Surgeon General? And to wrap up our little exam, ...
Estimating Total Effective Dose Equivalents from Terrorist Use of Radiological Dispersion Devices
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Radiological dispersion devices (RDDs), commonly called "dirty bombs," utilize a conventional explosive to deliberately disperse non-fissile material as an aerosol. This analysis models total effective dose equivalent (Sv) at various locations downwind from the detonation site ...
Variation of Total and Speciated Arsenic in Commonly Consumed Fish and Seafood
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This article compiles available data and presents an approach for predicting human intakes of inorganic arsenic (As^sub i^), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) from marine, estuarine, and freshwater seafood when only total arsenic (As^sub tot^) ...
Site-Specific Assessments of Environmental Risk and Natural Resource Damage Based on Great Horned Owls
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Selection of receptors is a key element of ecological risk and natural resource damage assessments. The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus; GHO) has advantages as a tertiary terrestrial receptor and integrated measure of exposure to chemical residues in a ...
Employing Detection Controlled Models in Health and Environmental Risk Assessment: A Case in Offshore Oil Drilling
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of health, safety, and environmental (HS&E) incidence and reporting behavior in Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling. One objective is to determine statistically significant variables that influence the probability of HS&E incidence and ...
Human Health Risk Evaluation of ACQ-Treated Wood
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) Type D is one of several compounds currently being used as a chemical preservative to treat wood for prevention of rot and decay. As wood weathers naturally, human exposure to ACQ might occur through dermal contact or incidental ingestion of ...
Anticipation of Risks and Benefits of Emerging Technologies: A Prospective Analysis Method
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Methods for the identification, evaluation, and control of hazards are well recognized, whereas a method for the anticipation of hazards has eluded the field of industrial hygiene. The Emerging Technologies Team at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has ...