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| Internal Web Sites |
| Contact Mary Bryant, RiskWorld staff, e-mail bryant@tec-com.com. |
| The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Public Health Service has on-line the HazDat Database, which details the release of hazardous substances and the resulting health effects. Also on-line is a primer on health risk communication, minimal risk levels for hazardous substances, a guidance manual on environmental data needed for public health assessments, and job opportunities at the agency. Also see the ATSDR Cancer Policy Framework. The mission of the Atlanta, Georgia-based agency is "to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment." (Posted September 4, 1996.) |
| http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html |
| California Institute for Public Risk Analysis (CIPRA) |
| CIPRA was formed in 1990 by California public agencies to improve the centralized collection of data regarding workers compensation, liability and other risk management related data for the benefit of California public agencies. CIPRA is a non-profit, tax-exempt California corporation. (Updated November 2000; posted September 2000.) |
| http://www.cipra.com/ |
| The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Public Health Service has on-line the HazDat Database, which details the release of hazardous substances and the resulting health effects. Also on-line is a primer on health risk communication, minimal risk levels for hazardous substances, a guidance manual on environmental data needed for public health assessments, and job opportunities at the agency. Also see the ATSDR Cancer Policy Framework. The mission of the Atlanta, Georgia-based agency is "to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment." (Posted September 4, 1996.) |
| http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html |
| Center
for Risk Analysis and Management (C-RAM) Florida |
| C-RAM was formed to improve risk analysis and communication for the State of Florida and surrounding states. The Center provides education, training, research and resources for management of chemical risks for the protection of public health. The Center strives to identify, characterize and evaluate public health risks associated with environmental, occupational and agricultural exposure to chemicals and environmental agents. The Center is part of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies. (Posted September 2000.) |
| http://www.ces.fau.edu/library/riskassesment/risk6.html |
| Center for Risk Excellence, U.S. Department of Energy |
| The web site for the Center for Risk Excellence offers several resources for risk professionals, including the full text of current and back issues of the newsletter Risk Excellence Notes and information on risk assessment tools. |
| http://riskcenter.doe.gov |
| Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, U.S. Department of Energy |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency takes a leading role in promoting the safe handling of chemicals in the United States by building programs to respond to and to prevent chemical accidents through its Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO), organized in 1985. CEPPO redesigned its Web site in 2002 to make it easier to find information about CEPPO programs and information resources. |
| http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/index.html |
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Comparative Risk Project: Environmental Priorities -- Athens County, Ohio |
| This comparative risk project, which is titled "Environmental Priorities -- Athens County, Ohio," is one of five such projects managed by the state. The goals of this comparative risk project include addressing environmental problems important to small towns and rural areas, identifying environmental risks unique to Ohio's Appalachian Region, and producing an objective view of the conflict between economic development and environmental protection. (Posted December 5, 1996.) |
| http://www.ilgard.ohiou.edu/projects/comprisk.html |
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Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation |
| This consortium, known as CRESP, is operating under a competitive cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy. A key purpose of CRESP is to test the viability of the 1994 National Academy of Sciences's conclusion that the Environmental Management Office of the U.S. Department of Energy needs an independent institutional mechanism to develop data and methodology to make risk a key part of its decision making. CRESP's main mission is to work to advance cost-effective cleanup and greater stakeholder understanding of the nation's nuclear weapons production facility waste sites by improving the scientific and technical basis of environmental management decisions.. (Updated November 2000; posted January 1998.) |
| http://www.cresp.org/ |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Risk Research |
| The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) conducts research to improve the scientific basis of risk assessment. Scientific knowledge developed in the research is then integrated by multi-disciplinary teams to develop more effective and less costly risk management strategies for solving environmental problems. Research is focused in several major areas described at the site. (Posted November 5, 1995.) |
| http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-Programs/Risk-Research.html |
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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Research and Standards |
| The Office of Research and Standards of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection heads the state’s risk assessment work. Its duties include conducting environmental and toxicological research, defining and updating acceptable levels of human exposure to environmental pollutants, and advising all other programs of the state Department of Environmental Protection on the health and environmental effects of specific incidents, sites and toxic materials. On-line documents include the department’s comments on the federal Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management’s draft report, "Risk Assessment and Risk Management in Regulatory Decision-Making." Files available to download include "Guidance for Disposal Site Risk Characterization - In Support of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan" and "Risk Assessment Short Form - Residential Exposure Scenario." (Posted December 2, 1996; updated April 2001.) |
| http://www.state.ma.us/dep/ors/orshome.htm |
| Chartered by Congress in 1863, the National Academy of Sciences is a national organization of distinguished scholars mandated to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Risk-related reports available on line include Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society (1996), Issues in Risk Assessment (1993), and Improving Risk Communication (1989). Also on line are job openings. (Posted December 5, 1996.) |
| http://www.nas.edu/ |
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The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency dedicated to "the progress of science" that awards grants, graduate fellowships, and undergraduate research opportunities in the sciences and in engineering. The agency also supports research, including applied research, at academic and other nonprofit institutions; fosters the interchange of scientific information among scientists and engineers in the United States and foreign countries; and serves as a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and technical resources in the United States. On-line documents include the newsletter article "Controlling Dangers: The Truth About Risk Assessment," an introduction to the Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program, an on-line guide to applying for grants, and a detailed overview of research opportunities for undergraduate students. (Posted December 2, 1996.) |
| http://www.nsf.gov/ |
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Office of Risk
Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| The Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 established ORACBA, which began operation on April 15, 1995. The office's primary role is to ensure that major regulations proposed by USDA--those concerning human, health, safety, or the environment and having an annual economic impact of at least $100 million (1994 dollars)--are based on sound scientific and economic analysis. For such regulations, the Reorganization Act requires USDA to conduct a thorough analysis that makes clear the nature of the risk, alternative ways of reducing it, the reasoning that justifies the proposed rule, and a comparison of the likely costs and benefits of reducing the risk. The office publishes a quarterly newsletter for risk assessment professionals, ORACBA News, which is available on line. (Posted May 2000.) |
| http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/oracba/ |
| The USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) administers the federal crop insurance program, which helps farmers survive a major crop loss. The agency also provides training to farmers to help them acquire the risk management skills needed to compete and win in the global marketplace. RMA also helps makes information on risk management more accessible to farmers and educators by funding the National Ag Risk Education Library, a powerful resource developed by the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota. (Posted January 2000.) |
| http://www.rma.usda.gov/ |
| The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission website includes two areas relevant to risk: the Texas Risk Reduction Program area, which includes the TRRP rule and guidance and forms for use with it, and the Toxicology and Risk Assessment area, which provides toxicological support for the commission's activities by evaluating environmental concentrations for the potential to cause adverse health effects in the general public. (Posted December 5, 1996; updated April 2001.) |
| http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/ |
| United States Coast Guard Risk-Based Decision Making Website |
| The Office of Marine Safety and Environmental Protection at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters has created a website for Coast Guard (CG) Risk-Based Decision Making (RBDM) that offers a new perspective on risk, especially as it relates to CG marine safety and environmental protection efforts. The site provides information to anyone interested in risk, from a section called Risk 101 and ample background information for the beginner to examples of field applications for the user with expert risk experience. The site also provides resources and support for the second edition of the U.S. Coast Guard RBDM Guidelines. (Posted March 2001.) |
| http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/risk/ |
| U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Risk Policy |
| The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and Risk Policy manages the Environmental Management Science Program and the Risk Policy Program. Its responsibilities include developing "risk policy, requirements and guidance to ensure that risk analysis theory and processes are integrated into coherent decision making processes." On-line documents include the office's 1995 risk report to Congress titled "Risks and the Risk Debate: Searching for Common Ground," the department’s Principles for Using Risk Analysis, and the department’s risk-related cooperative agreements. (Posted December 5, 1996.) |
| http://www.em.doe.gov/science/sci-risk.html |
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