![[logo] US EPA](http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/logo_epaseal.gif){kind=logo}
Policies and Guidance
Science and Technology Policy Council
White Papers and Background
- Final Expert Elicitation Task Force White Paper (PDF) (149 pp, 1.6Mb, About PDF)
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals (EPA/100/K-09/001)
- Nanotechnology White Paper (EPA 100/B-07/001)
- Peer Review Program (EPA/100-B-00-002)
- Risk Characterization Handbook (EPA 100-B-00-002)
- Assessment Factors (EPA 100/B-03/001)
Policies and Guidance
- Policy on Evaluating Risk to Children
- Handbook for Non-Cancer Health Effects Valuation
- Interim Genomics Policy
- Framework for the Economic Assessment of Ecological Benefits
- Interim Position on Environmental Endocrine Disruption
- Review of RfD/RfC Processes
- Contaminated Sediments Science Priorities
- Probabilistic Analysis in Risk Assessment
- Cancer Guidelines and Supplemental Guidance Implementation
- EPA Response to the December 2010 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum on Scientific Integrity (PDF) (11 pp, 6.75Mb, About PDF)
- EPA's draft Scientific Integrity Policy August 2011 (PDF) (12 pp, 143K, About PDF)