title: Assessing cross-media impacts: a comparative risk approach.
abstract: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has developed a Cross-Media Comparative Risk Assessment model to address certain regulatory concerns. The model generates a Human and Ecological Risk Index for a facility releasing toxins into the environment. The risk indices are based on chemical fate and transport predictions, toxicity, population density, and ecological sensitive areas. The model can be used to rank facilities for inspection or as a tool to assess the progress of pollution prevention programs. Regulatory permitting departments can use the model to address the cross-media transfer of pollutants from one environmental compartment to another. The versatility of the model allows adaptation to each specific users needs.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland 97204, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Borys
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Skarzinskas
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D004782:Environmental Health; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009922:Oregon; D011156:Population Density; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants