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      Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society

      Committee on Risk Characterization,National Research Council

      Addresses a central dilemma of risk decision making in a democracy: scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions…

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      Issues in Risk Assessment

      Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The scientific basis, inference assumptions, regulatory uses, and research needs in risk assessment are considered in this two-part volume. The first part is Use of Maximum Tolerated Dose in Animal…

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      Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Risk and Decision Making

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      Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water

      Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water. Reflecting research and analysis mandated by 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act…

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      Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies

      Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Reviews the Corps of Engineers’ risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving them. This work notes the areas in which the Corps has made…

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      Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants

      Explores how the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can improve risk assessment practices, with a focus on implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. This volume explores the default…

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      Toxicity Pathway-Based Risk Assessment: Preparing for Paradigm Change: A Symposium Summary

      Standing Committee on Risk Analysis Issues and Reviews,National Research Council

      In 2007, the National Research Council envisioned a new paradigm in which biologically important perturbations in key toxicity pathways would be evaluated with new methods in molecular biology, bioinformatics, computational…

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      Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex

      Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex,National Research Council

      This is an abbreviated version of the National Academies’ report on augmenting DOE’s security systems at sites in the nuclear weapons complex, and particularly on the applicability of risk assessment…

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      Health Effects of Exposure to Radon: BEIR VI

      Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI),National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a fresh assessment of exposure-dose relationships. This volume discusses key issues such as the weight of biological evidence and extrapolation from radon-exposed miners to the larger population - in…

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      Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment

      Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA,National Research Council

      Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. This book embeds various concepts and conduct…

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      Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations

      Committee on Risk Appraisal in the Development of Facilities Design Criteria,National Research Council

      Risk analysis offers improved overall safety of new and existing facilities. This book considers engineering risk analysis applications to the field of building safety. It helps facility professionals, policymakers, and…

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      Improving Risk Communication: Working Papers

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources,Committee on Risk Perception and Communication

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      Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

      Panel on Data Access for Research Purposes,National Research Council

      Policy makers need information about the nation which comes from research based on data. The risk of expanded access to potentially sensitive data is the increased probability of breaching the…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,National Research Council

      Providing an overview of DNA adducts and their effects on health, this title explores the techniques in use for detecting them and offers an outlook on toxicity testing. It also…

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      Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Task Ahead

      Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates,National Research Council

      People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides…

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      Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene

      Trichloroethylene is a chlorinated solvent widely used as a degreasing agent in industrial and manufacturing settings. This title identifies and assesses the key scientific issues relevant to analyzing the human…

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      Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Characterization of Wetlands,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores how to define wetlands. This work also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems…

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      Review of California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee to Review California's Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides

      The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) conducts human health risk assessments as part of its mission to ensure the protection of workers and public health in the state. The…

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      Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process

      Committee To Review The IRIS Process,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a program within the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is responsible for developing toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. An IRIS assessment contains…

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      Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget

      Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin,National Research Council

      Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of…

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      Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-emitters: Beir IV

      Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations,National Research Council

      Describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment. Techniques for estimating the risks to humans posed by radon and other internally…

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      Competition in the Electric Industry: Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Risks for Facility Operators

      Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Operations and Maintenance,Federal Facilities Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking: Workshop Report

      Committee on the Science of Adolescence,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put them at risk of…

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      Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-Lying Structures in the Floodplain

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal disaster relief, which has risen to record levels in recent years…

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      Environmental Neurotoxicology

      Committee on Neurotoxicology and Models for Assessing Risk,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council

      Presenting the consensus on risk assessment and environmental toxicants, this book covers: the biologic basis of neurotoxicity; progress in the application of biologic markers; reviews of a range of in…

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      Asbestiform Fibers: Nonoccupational Health Risks

      Committee on Nonoccupational Health Risks of Asbestiform Fibers,Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      More than 30 million tons of asbestos used in the United States since 1900 is present as insulation in offices and schools, as vinyl-asbestos flooring in homes, and in other…

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      Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation

      Committee for Evaluation of Space Radiation Cancer Risk Model,National Research Council,National Academies

      NASA’s current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and potential future exploration missions involving extended stays by astronauts on the lunar surface, as well as the possibility of near-…

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      Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process Working Papers

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health,National Academy of Sciences

      The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with…

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      Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Academy of Sciences

      Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and data, and it identifies a variety of strategies…

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      A Risk Management Strategy for PCB-contaminated Sediments

      Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Emphasizes the need to consider all risks at a PCB-contaminated site, not just human health and ecological effects, but also the social, cultural, and economic impacts. The book provides a…

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      Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles

      Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Considers how the methods of quantification of proliferation risk are being used and implemented. This book seeks to understand the extent to which technical analysis of proliferation risk could be…

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      Poultry Inspection: The Basis for a Risk-Assessment Approach

      Committee on Public Health Risk Assessment of Poultry Inspection Programs,Food and Nutrition Board,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Takes a look at inspection procedures to determine how effective the Food Safety Inspection Service is in finding dangerous levels of contaminants and disease-producing micro-organisms. This book describes the history…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Subcommittee on Pharmacokinetics in Risk Assessment,Safe Drinking Water Committee,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council

      Presents a collection of papers authored by experts in academia, industry, and government. This book reviews the progress of the risk-assessment process and discusses the role of pharmacokinetic principles in…

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      Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution

      Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure,National Research Council

      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…

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      Review of the Army’s Technical Guides on Assessing and Managing Chemical Hazards to Deployed Personnel

      Subcommittee on the Toxicological Risks to Deployed Military Personnel,Committee on Toxicology,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      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…

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      Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration

      Committee on the Evaluation of Radiation Shielding for Space Exploration,National Research Council

      NASA is planning for humans to revisit the Moon. This book presents an assessment of knowledge of the radiation environment; an examination of the effects of radiation on biological systems…

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      Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

      Committee on Optimizing the Characterization and Transportation of Transuranic Waste Destined for the Waste Isolation Plant,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      This report reflects the National Research Council’s assessment of the Department of Energy’s current waste characterization program. The report discusses the waste inventories, the characterization program, and the existing regulatory…

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      Improving the Characterization and Treatment of Radioactive Wastes for the Department of Energy’s Accelerated Site Cleanup Program

      Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) directs the massive cleanup of 100 sites that were involved in the production of nuclear weapons materials during the Manhattan Project…

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      Reengineering the 2010 Census: Risks and Challenges

      Panel on Research on Future Census Methods,National Research Council

      Documents the support of the Panel on Research on Future Census Methods for the major aims of the Census Bureau’s plan for 2010.

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      Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris

      Committee on Space Shuttle Meteoroid / Debris Risk Management,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The space shuttle orbiter has already been struck many times by small meteoroids and orbital debris, but it has not been damaged severely. This book assesses the magnitude of the…

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      Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, First Report

      Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report of the committee on public water supply distribution systems, which studies water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. It…

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      Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Final Report

      Committee on the Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S. Department of EnergyA (DOE) disposes of plutonium-contaminated debris from its 27 nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground repositoryA inA Carlsbad,A New Mexico.A…

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      Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase I

      Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities-Phase I,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including…

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      Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII, Phase 2

      Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. This work includes detailed risk estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer…

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      Potential Health Risks to DOD Firing-Range Personnel from Recurrent Lead Exposure

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Toxicology,Committee on Potential Health Risks from Recurrent Lead Exposure of DOD Firing Range Personnel

      Lead is a ubiquitous metal in the environment, and its adverse effects on human health are well documented. Lead interacts at multiple cellular sites and can alter protein function in…

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      Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

      To remedy the degradation of the Everglades, Everglades Restoration Plan was formulated in 1999 with the goal of restoring the original hydrologic conditions of its remaining natural ecosystem. This report…

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      Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland

      Committee to Review the Health and Safety Risks of High Biocontainment Laboratories at Fort Detrick,National Research Council

      The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, is designed to handle pathogens that cause serious or potentially lethal diseases, which require the research performed on…

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      Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water

      Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water,National Research Council

      The human-mediated introduction of species to regions of the world they could never reach by natural means has had great impacts on the environment, the economy, and society. In the…

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