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 ...