RISK newsletter:
Residential Exposure Assessment Project Update

Source: The Society for Risk Analysis' RISK newsletter, Third Quarter 1995

The Residential Exposure Assessment Project (REAP), a joint effort of the Society for Risk Analysis, the International Society of Exposure Analysis, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has progressed to the point that the writing of the residential exposure assessment reference textbook has begun. A progress report outlining a detailed schedule for completion of the project has been prepared by SRA members David B. McCallum of the Focus Group Research and Training Center, who chairs the project's Management Committee; Jeffrey H. Driver of Technology Sciences Group Inc. and P.J. (Bert) Hakkinen of Proctor & Gamble Inc., both of whom serve on the Editorial Committee; and Gary K. Whitmyre of Technology Sciences Group Inc.

The chairs of the working groups that are writing the individual chapters for the textbook have submitted formal drafts of the chapter outlines. The working group members have been selected, have been given writing assignments, and are organizing meetings or conference calls to coordinate their efforts. Several groups, as well as the REAP Editorial Committee, met in conjunction with and participated in the 1995 U.S. EPA Exposure Factors Handbook Workshop in July.

A meeting of the REAP Editorial Committee and the working group chairs will be scheduled within the next few months, possibly in conjunction with the 1995 SRA Annual Meeting.

Collaboration efforts with other parties interested in REAP continue. An information package about the project will be presented at a meeting of the European Community, for example, whose members may be interested in working with REAP.

The REAP committee is considering the development of a site about REAP on the Internet as a means of facilitating communication and information exchange among residential exposure assessors.

For more information on the project, contact McCallum at telephone (410) 886-2850 or Driver at telephone (202) 828-8968.

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