Human Health Risk Models and Tools
EPA has developed help for assessing and managing environmental risks, including guidance documents and tools ( the models and databases), used in our own risk assessments. In some cases, these resources are broad enough to be relevant across all statutes that EPA administers while in other cases, they are more applicable to specific EPA programs.
The lists below are separated by human health and ecological risk assessment and then by databases, models and other tools.
Tools
Tool | Keywords | Year |
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Example Exposure Scenarios Tool | Exposure Scenarios | 2004 |
EnviroAtlas | Well being | 2017 |
Environmental Quality Index (EQI) | Well Being | 2021 |
ExpoBox | Human Exposure | 2013 |
ExpoFIRST | Scenarios Tool | 2019 |
ExpoKids | Children's Health Risks | 2021 |
Health Impact Assessments | Human Health | 2021 |
Radionuclide Table: Radionuclide Carcinogenicity Slope Factors | Radiation | 2001 |
Regional Removal Management Levels for Chemicals (RMLs) | Regional | Updated bi-annually |
Regional Screening Table | Regional | Updated bi-annually |
Databases
Tools | Keywords | Location in EPA EcoBox |
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U.S. EPA. Emission & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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Children; Data Source; Ingestion; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) Chemical Listing |
Air; Data Source; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inhalation |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Sources |
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Air; Concentrations; Consumer Products; Data Source; Dermal; Food; Ingestion; Inhalation; Inorganics and Fibers; Nanoscale Materials; Organics; Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation; Soil and Dust; Sources; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations, Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Indirect Estimation: Sources, Ingestion: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Inorganics and Fibers: Tools, Media - Air: Concentration, Media - Consumer Products: Concentration, Media - Food: Concentration, Media - Soil and Dust: Concentration, Media - Water: Concentration, Nanoscale Materials: Tools, Occupational Worker: Overview, Other Organics: Tools, Pesticides: Tools |
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U.S. EPA. Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) search |
Air; Data Source; Soil and Dust; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration, Other Organics: Tools, Other Organics: Vvoc |
Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. (2012). Occupational Pesticide Handler Exposure Data |
Concentrations; Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Occupational; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Probabilistic; Screening and Refined |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Pesticides |
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Consumer Products; Data Source; Guidance; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
Media - Consumer Products: Guidance |
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Air; Data Source; Soil and Dust; Water and Sediment |
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Data Source; Guidance; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides |
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U.S. EPA. ( 2008). Mobile Source Observation Database (MSOD) User Guide and Reference |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Organics; Outdoor Air; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
Indirect Estimation: Sources, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Sources, Other Organics: Hydrocarbons, Other Organics: Vvoc |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Outdoor Air; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. (1985). Aquatic Fate Process Data for Organic Priority Pollutants |
Aquatic Biota; Data Source; Fate and Transport; Organics; Phys./Chem.; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. (1987). Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study |
Aggregate or Cumulative; Air; Biomonitoring; Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Exposure Assessment; Food; Ingestion; Inhalation; Organics; Pesticides; Point of Contact; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations, Direct Measurement: Avadata, Exposure Reconstruction: Bio, Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Ingestion: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration, Media - Food: Concentration, Other Organics: Vvoc, Pesticides: Tools, Tiers and Types: Methods |
Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Exposure Assessment; Ingestion; Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations, Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Ingestion: Concentrations, Media - Water: Concentration, Pesticides: Tools |
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U.S. EPA. (1994). Characteristics of School Buildings in the U.S. |
Data Source; Data for Building Characteristics; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. (2001). Exploration of Perinatal Pharmacokinetic Issues |
Data Source; Fate and Transport; Food; Infant; Women |
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Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Concentrations; Data Source; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods) |
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Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Data Source; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods) |
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Children; Data Source; Exposure Factors; Infant; Population (Activity) |
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Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Data Source; Model; Phys./Chem. |
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Data Source; Older Adult |
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Data Source; Exposure Factors; General; Highly Exposed; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Population (Activity) |
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U.S. EPA. Advisories and Technical Resources for Fish and Shellfish Consumption |
Aquatic Biota; Data Source; Exposure Factors; Highly Exposed; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Residential Consumer |
Highly Exposed: Overview, Ingestion: Concentrations, Media - Aquatic Biota: Concentration, Media - Aquatic Biota: Guidance, Residential Consumer: Overview |
U.S. EPA. Air Data: Air Quality Data Collected at Outdoor Monitors Across the US |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration |
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U.S. EPA. Analysis and Products from NHEXAS; National Human Exposure Assessment Survey |
Aggregate or Cumulative; Biomonitoring; Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Exposure Assessment; Food; General; Highly Exposed; Ingestion; Inhalation; Point of Contact; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations, Direct Measurement: Avadata, Exposure Reconstruction: Bio, General Populations: Overview, Highly Exposed: Overview, Ingestion: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Food: Concentration, Media - Water: Concentration, Tiers and Types: Methods |
U.S. EPA. AP-42: Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors |
Air; Data Source; Outdoor Air; Sources and Releases |
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Consumer Products; Data Source; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Sources |
Inorganics and Fibers: Tools, Media - Consumer Products: Sources, Other Organics: Tools, Pesticides: Tools |
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Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Sources |
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U.S. EPA. Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) Data |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations, Inhalation: Concentrations, Media - Air: Concentration |
U.S. EPA. Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors (CHIEF) |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Outdoor Air; Sources and Releases |
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Air; Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Concentrations; Consumer Products; Data Source; Fate and Transport; Food; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Scenario Evaluation; Soil and Dust; Sources; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Concentrations; Inhalation: Concentrations; Inorganics and Fibers: Tools; Media - Air: Concentration; Media - Consumer Products: Concentration; Media - Consumer Products: Sources; Media - Food: Concentration; Media - Soil and Dust: Concentration; Media - Water: Concentration; Other Organics: Tools; Pesticides: Tools |
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Activity Data; Data Source; Exposure Factors; General; Population (Activity); Scenario Evaluation |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Exposure Factors; Ingestion; Water and Sediment |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Inhalation; Organics; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool |
Data Source; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Database |
Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Sources |
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U.S. EPA. Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS) |
Concentrations; Data Source; Drinking Water; Ingestion; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Sources; Ingestion: Concentrations; Ingestion: Guidance; Media - Water: Concentration; Media - Water: Sources |
Concentrations; Data Source; Drinking Water; Ingestion; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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Data Source; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Soil and Dust; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Sources; Media - Air: Concentration; Media - Air: Sources; Media - Soil and Dust: Concentration; Media - Water: Concentration; Media - Water: Sources |
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Concentrations; Consumer Products; Data Source; Inhalation; Organics; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program (GLFMSP) |
Aquatic Biota; Concentrations; Data Source |
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Aquatic Biota; Consumer Products; Data Source; Food; Human Health Risk Assessment; Ingestion; Inhalation; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Soil and Dust; Water and Sediment |
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Concentrations; Data Source; General; Human Health Risk Assessment; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. Human Health Water Quality Criteria and Methods for Toxics |
Aquatic Biota; Calculating Exposure and Dose; Concentrations; Data Source; Fate and Transport; Ingestion; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Fate; Ingestion: Calculations; Ingestion: Guidance; Media - Aquatic Biota: Calculation; Media - Aquatic Biota: Guidance; Media - Water: Calculations; Media - Water: Guidance |
Data Source; Guidance; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem. |
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U.S. EPA. Microbial (Pathogen)/Recreational Water Quality Criteria |
Aquatic Biota; Calculating Exposure and Dose; Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Residential Consumer; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Calculations; Dermal: Guidance; Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Calculations; Ingestion: Guidance; Media - Aquatic Biota: Calculation; Media - Aquatic Biota: Guidance; Media - Water: Calculations; Media - Water: Guidance; Residential Consumer: Overview |
Concentrations; Data Source; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. National Air Quality: Status and Trends of Key Air Pollutants |
Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Screening and Refined; Sources and Releases |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Concentrations; Media - Water: Concentration |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Outdoor Air; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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Biomonitoring; Biomonitoring/Exposure Reconstruction; Concentrations; Data Source; Exposure Assessment |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Water and Sediment |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Water and Sediment |
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U.S. EPA. National Study of Chemical Residues in Lake Fish Tissue |
Aquatic Biota; Concentrations; Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Ingestion; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Concentrations; Ingestion: Guidance; Inorganics and Fibers: Tools; Media - Aquatic Biota: Concentration; Other Organics: Dioxins |
Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Ingestion; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Water and Sediment |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Model; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Phys./Chem.; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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Data Source; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
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Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Sources |
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U.S. EPA. Pesticide Industry Sales and Usage Information 2006 and 2007 Market Estimates |
Data Source; Food; Pesticides; Sources; Sources and Releases |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Pesticides; Sources |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Food; Ingestion; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Concentrations; Inhalation: Concentrations; Media - Air: Concentration; Media - Food: Concentration; Media - Water: Concentration |
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Aquatic Biota; Calculating Exposure and Dose; Concentrations; Data Source; Ingestion; Model; Scenario Evaluation; Screening and Refined; Surface Water; Water and Sediment |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Ingestion: Calculations; Ingestion: Concentrations; Media - Aquatic Biota: Calculation; Media - Water: Concentration; Tiers and Types: Methods |
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U.S. EPA. Reviewing New Chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) |
Consumer Products; Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Screening and Refined |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Ingestion; Water and Sediment |
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Air; Concentrations; Consumer Products; Data Source; Inhalation; Outdoor Air; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
Indirect Estimation: Sources; Inhalation: Concentrations; Media - Air: Sources; Media - Consumer Products: Sources |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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Data Source; Fate and Transport; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem. |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inhalation; Outdoor Air; Scenario Evaluation; Sources and Releases |
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U.S. EPA. The Particle Team (PTEAM) Study: Analysis of the Data |
Concentrations; Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Inhalation; Point of Contact |
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Data Source; Exposure Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Sources |
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Air; Concentrations; Data Source; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Outdoor Air; Pesticides; Scenario Evaluation; Soil and Dust; Sources; Sources and Releases; Water and Sediment |
Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Sources; Inorganics and Fibers: Tools; Media - Air: Concentration; Media - Air: Sources; Media - Soil and Dust: Concentration; Media - Water: Concentration; Media - Water: Sources; Other Organics: Tools; Pesticides: Tools |
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Aquatic Biota; Calculating Exposure and Dose; Data Source; Ecological Risk Assessment; Human Health Risk Assessment; Ingestion; Inorganics and Fibers; Organics; Other (e.g., Guidance, Methods); Pesticides; Phys./Chem.; Water and Sediment |
Ingestion: Calculations; Ingestion: Guidance; Media - Aquatic Biota: Calculation; Media - Aquatic Biota: Guidance; Media - Water: Calculations; Media - Water: Guidance |
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Concentrations; Data Source; Dermal; Fate and Transport; Ingestion; Phys./Chem.; Scenario Evaluation; Water and Sediment |
Dermal: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Concentrations; Indirect Estimation: Fate; Ingestion: Concentrations; Media - Water: Concentration |
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U.S. EPA. Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS (WATERS) |
Data Source; Water and Sediment |
Additional Information
These pages include dynamic lists of various risk assessment resources pulled from the EPA ExpoBox (human health exposure assessments) and EPA EcoBox (ecological risk assessment) web sites. These are the most current set of resources, updated biannually, and also include link(s) to the relevant ExpoBox and EcoBox supporting pages which provide additional details about using these resources.
Learn more about these applications from the basic information on ExpoBox and the basic information on EcoBox web sites.