Risk Assessment Applications Beyond Baseline Risks and Clean-Up Goals

• Published in: Soil & sediment contamination Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 497 - 506
• Main Authors: Teaf, Christopher M., Covert, Douglas J., Coleman, R. Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2003; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Acceptance tests; Algorithms; Arsenic; baseline risk assessment; Bromides; case studies; Cleaning; Consumption; Contamination; Current regulators; current risks; Ecological risk assessment; Environmental impact; Exposure; fish consumption advisory; future risks; Litigation; methyl bromide; Occupational health; Risk assessment; risk-based solutions; risk-based techniques; Sediments; Soil (material); Soil pollution; Soil remediation; Waste management

Historically, the phrase "Risk Assessment" brought to mind a thick Superfund-type baseline risk assessment or clean-up goal derivation document filled with pages of tables with endless seemingly unrelated algorithms and numbers. Over the last decade, the principles of risk and exposure ass...