title: NEPA, EPA and risk assessment: Has EPA lost its way?
abstract: The EPA risk assessment practice denies the inclusion of beneficial responses in the evaluation process. This practice represents a marked deviation from the original guidelines set forth within NEPA, which required the integrated goal of environmental protection as including both a reduction in risk as well as an enhancement of health benefit. It is time for regulatory agencies such as EPA to incorporate both harm and benefit within its risk assessment process.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*