Risk Assessment, or Not, by Juror 6
By Larry Teller It’s fascinating if sometimes confounding to see how people perceive health risks and then act on their beliefs, especially when there’s a big disparity in how rationally they deal...
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Sharing EPA Knowledge 7,000 Miles Away
By Abdel Kadry and Ila Cote With an invitation from the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, two of my colleagues and I traveled to Saudi Arabia last month to provide risk assessment training to Saudi and other...
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Teaching Risk Assessment in Cairo, Egypt
by Abdel Kadry, John Vandenberg, and Ila Cote My colleagues and I were delighted to respond to an invitation from Professor Dr. Osama El-Tawil, the Chairman of Toxicology & Forensic Medicine...
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EPA-Expo-Box: A Novel Innovation for Risk Assessors
By Dahnish Shams Click on the image to go to the EPA-Expo-Box website. As a college student, I always found Wikipedia to be one of the simplest, yet most innovative resources created in the last...
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100 Days of EPA Science, and Beyond
By Kacee Deener EPA recently highlighted some of the Agency’s achievements during Gina McCarthy’s first 100 days as Administrator, noting that we have made significant strides towards improving the...
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EPA’s Continuing Effort to Reduce Lead Exposure
By Ellen Kirrane As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I can remember my mom pulling up to the filling station and asking for “regular” gasoline. At the time, I didn’t realize what this meant, but as I...
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Release the Data! New Chemical Data, Workshops, and Challenges
By Matthew T. Martin Scientist preparing a well-plate for high-throughput screening. Ever open that cabinet under the kitchen sink, grab that bright blue bottle of window cleaner and wonder exactly...
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National Academies’ Report Shows that EPA has Strengthened IRIS Program
Reposted from EPA Connect, the official blog of EPA’s leadership. By Lek Kadeli One of the best aspects of my job is working with some of the most dedicated human health and environmental scientists in...
View ArticleEPA Takes Important Step in Assessing Chemical Risk
Earlier today, EPA made public a final risk assessment on a number of uses of the chemical, Trichloroethylene, or TCE, as it is more commonly known. The risk assessment indicated health risks from TCE...
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Strengthening IRIS: Cultivating Broad Scientific Input
By Louis D’Amico, Ph.D. As a scientist in EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program, I am routinely faced with the task of evaluating evidence to determine if a chemical may cause a toxic...
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