Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• National Research Council

Titel

Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment

Ist Teil von

• National Academy Press, 2008, 320 pp, 2008, p.320p-320p

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. However, risk assessment is at a crossroads. Despite advances in the field, risk assessment faces a number of significant challenges including lengthy delays in making complex decisions; lack of data leading to significant uncertainty in risk assessments; and many chemicals in the marketplace that have not been evaluated and emerging agents requiring assessment. This book makes practical scientific and technical recommendations to address these challenges.