New risk assessment initiatives in EPA.
This paper describes EPA's recent efforts to ensure consistency and technical competence of the agency's risk assessments. These include five risk assessment guidelines proposed in November 1984 and January 1985 and establishment of a Risk Assessment Forum. The technical provisions of the five guidelines have been outlined.
D002273:Carcinogens; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
D002273:Carcinogens; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009153:Mutagens