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Environmental Sciences

1994

Risk assessment

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Comparison Of Environmental Risk Provisions In The 103d Congress, Linda-Jo Schierow Sep 1994

Comparison Of Environmental Risk Provisions In The 103d Congress, Linda-Jo Schierow

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Schierow, an Analyst in Environmental Policy with the Congressional Research Service, presents a tabulated summary of comparable provisions in several bills with special attention to the Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994.

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Research Reports From Status Report: Identification Of Appropriate Standards For Corrective Action For A Release From Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks, G. Blomquist, Lyle V. A. Sendlein, Thomas Tobin, T. W. Struttmann, James S. Dinger, Paul M. Mcginley, Burl Naugle, Robert Guthries, Ralph R. Huffsey Jan 1994

Research Reports From Status Report: Identification Of Appropriate Standards For Corrective Action For A Release From Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks, G. Blomquist, Lyle V. A. Sendlein, Thomas Tobin, T. W. Struttmann, James S. Dinger, Paul M. Mcginley, Burl Naugle, Robert Guthries, Ralph R. Huffsey

KWRRI Research Reports

This document is a collection of research reports:

  • Cost of Closure and Remediation for Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks
  • Assessment of Number and Distribution of USTs
  • Analysis of Potable Water Sources in Kentucky
  • Analysis of Well Data and Soil Parameters as Related to the STATSGO Kentucky General Soil Map
  • Petroleum Products: Chemical Composition, Tocxicological and Environmental Data
  • Health Risk Analysis for Selected Petroleum Compounds
  • Summary of Analytical Methods
  • Soil Volume Calculations for UST Installations
  • Generic Organic Containment Pathway Analysis for Components of Petroleum in Soil and Groundwater

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Fish Consumption, Exposure To Dioxin, And Health Risk Assessments, Kevin J. Boyle Jan 1994

Fish Consumption, Exposure To Dioxin, And Health Risk Assessments, Kevin J. Boyle

Maine Policy Review

Human health issues have become the focus of much of the environmental debate that continues to occur daily in theU.S.InMaine, dioxin, a by-product of the kraft paper making process, has gathered its share of attention in recent months.UniversityofMaineresource economist Kevin Boyle discusses the difficulties associated with assessing human health risks relative to the consumption of fish tissue potentially contaminated with dioxin. He cautions state regulators to avoid overestimating the potential risks associated with human exposure to toxic substances such as dioxin.

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