• What is risk?
• What is risk assessment?
• Who evaluates the risks?
• How does EPA conduct risk assessments?
• Where do I find EPA risk assessments?

More basic information about risk assessment

• 5/09: Draft Review of An Approach to Using Toxicogenomic Data in U.S. EPA Human Health Risk Assessments: A Dibutyl Phthalate Case Study (NCEA)
• 5/09: Draft Review of the Toxicological Review of Pentachlorophenol (IRIS)
• 5/09: Draft Review of the Toxicological Review of 1,4-Dioxane (IRIS)
• 4/09: Draft Review of the Physiological Parameters Database for PBPK Modeling (NCEA)
• 3/09: Draft Review of the Integrated Science Assessment for Carbon Monoxide (NCEA)
• 2/09: Draft Review of the Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds (IRIS)
• 12/08: Draft Blue Book - EPA Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and Projections for the U.S. Population (OAR)
• 12/08: Draft Review of the Perchlorate Risk Assessment (OIG)
• 12/08: Draft Review of the Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter (NCEA)
• 12/08: Draft Review of the Exposure Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (NCEA)

Final Guidance & Tools

• 5/09: BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User's Manual (NCEA/Global)
• 4/09: Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Ground-Level Ozone (NCEA/Global)
• 4/09: Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor (BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and Sediment (ERASC/NCEA)
• 4/09: Considerations for Developing a Dosimetry-Based Cumulative Risk Assessment Approach for Mixtures of Environmental Contaminants (NCEA)
• 3/09: EPA's Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals (OSA)
• 1/09: Planning Guidance Response Nuclear Detonation (OAR)
• 12/08: Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment (NAS)
• 9/08: Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (NCEA)

More tools & guidance

• What you can do to protect your children from environmental risk
• 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
• 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
• Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's an Easy Call
• RCRA Training at Your Desktop
• Schools Go Green Both Inside and Outside the Classroom
• Sun safety action steps