Science-based Risk Assessment: A Piece of the Superfund Puzzle |
Contents
The Superfund Controversy | 1 |
Risk Assessment Assumptions | 21 |
Assumptions at Actual Sites | 39 |
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95th percentile Air Force Base analysis arsenic assumed assumptions baseline risk assessment benzene carcinogen Chemical conservative current risks determined developed dose downgradient drinking water ecological risk assessment environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA's evaluation excess cancer risk exposed exposure assessment exposure pathways exposure scenarios factor of 100 future risks groundwater cleanup groundwater monitoring hazard index hazard quotients hazardous waste hazardous waste sites human health ingestion Landfill methodology NEPI noncancer health effects noncancer risk overestimate risk PCBs percent Pharmacol policy-based risk assessment posed potential present worth cost probabilistic risk assessment public health pump and treat radionuclides RBCA Record of decision regulators recommended regulatory remedial action remedy selection process result RIAP risk assessment process risk estimates risks calculated samples Science Advisory Board science-based risk assessment site-specific soil vapor extraction substance concentrations Superfund Tier 1 RBSLs toxicity assessment Toxicol trichloroethylene U.S. Department U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION values Washington