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
- 7/31: Microbial Risk Assessment Guideline: Pathogenic Microorganisms With Focus on Food and Water
- 7/9: EPA announces the release of the final report, Lymphohematopoietic Cancers Induced By Chemicals and Other Agents: Overview and Implications for Risk Assessment
- 6/19: Benchmark Dose Technical Guidance (Final Report) is posted
- 6/05: EPA announced the release of the IRIS Progress Report to Congress and companion path forward fact sheet for IRIS
- 5/16: EPA announced that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will conduct a comprehensive review of the agency’s IRIS program’s assessment development process (Press Release May 16, 2012)
News releases about risk and risk assessment | All announcements
Draft Guidance & Tools Available for Public Comment and/or Peer Review
- 7/31: Framework for Human Health Risk Assessment to Inform Decision Making (External Review Draft)
- 7/2: Nanomaterial Case Study: A Comparison of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube and Decabromodiphenyl Ether Flame-Retardant Coatings Applied to Upholstery Textiles (External Review Draft)
- 6/29: IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes (External Review Draft)
- 6/15: Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (3rd External Review Draft)
- 6/01: IRIS Toxicological Review of Ammonia (External Review Draft)
- 5/18: An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska (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
- 8/1: Public Listening Session for the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes
- 8/7: Deadline for public comments on the Ammonia Draft Document
- 8/7-9: Peer Review Meeting on the draft report, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska
- 8/16: Potential Regulatory Implications of the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act of 2011
- 8/28: Deadline for public comments on the Trimethylbenzenes Draft Document
- 8/31: Close of public comments for the draft multiwalled carbon nanotube nanomaterial case study
- 9/25: Perchlorate Advisory Panel Teleconference - Discussion of Draft Advisory Report On Maximum Contaminant Level Goal Approaches
- 9/28: Deadline for public comments on the draft framework for HHRA Decision Making
Where You Live
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Glossary
Refer to the glossary for definitions of terms related to risk assessment. More Info
Hotlines
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