This report assesses the effectiveness of cleaning up contaminates sediments in aquatic environment, whether through dredging or other techniques, at sites at which remediation costs over $50 million. The authors…

Evaluates the scientific validity and conformance with risk-assessment practices of three technical guides. This work finds that for assessing mission risk, a set of exposure guidelines is needed that predict…

Toxicity testing in laboratory animals provides much of the information used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess the hazards and risks associated with exposure to environmental agents that…

The control of illicit-drug trafficking and drug use is a difficult and complex process that involves a variety of prevention, control, treatment, and law enforcement strategies. Eradication strategies for controlling…

The generation of electricity by wind energy has the potential to reduce environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels. This work includes a case study of the mid-Atlantic…

Many people in the United States are exposed to styrene. Sources of environmental exposure included food (from migration of styrene from polymer packaging materials), cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust and other…

The Environmental Protection Agency asked the National Research Council to establish a committee of experts to evaluate independently the contributions of epidemiologic studies to understanding the size of the ozone-mortality…

US Navy personnel in submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. This work presents a review of the National…