Environmental Health Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: A Visual Overview and a Renewed Call for Coordination.

ABSTRACT: In the United States (U.S.), chemical evaluations and assessments are conducted by seven federal agencies responding to distinct statutory requirements and focusing on different exposure scenarios. While risk assessment is a fundamental concept in public health practice and policy, there is no clear, central, and concise summary of these processes. The novel infographic presented here depicts more than 30 different evaluation and assessment processes conducted by federal agencies for chemicals found in the environment, workplace, consumer products, hazardous waste sites, food, and/or cosmetics. The majority of these assessments are statutorily required. Most serve as sources of authoritative information to provide public health guidance or recommendations. Less than half directly result in

SUBMITTER: Shaffer RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8530530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature