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Welcome Taking stock of the field Risk Assessment traced back to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome Taking stock of the field Risk Assessment traced back to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome Taking stock of the field Risk Assessment traced back to 3200 BC (Covello and Mumpower, 1988) Modern risk assessment linked to exposure limits First limits linked to chemical industry starting in Germany in the 1880s
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Risk Assessment traced back to 3200 BC
(Covello and Mumpower, 1988)
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Modern risk assessment linked to exposure limits
‒First limits linked to chemical industry starting in Germany in the 1880’s
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- 1970’s risk assessment process begin to use epidemiological
as well as animal data
- 1990’s nearly 25 pieces of major health, safety and
environmental legislation that began in 1969
‒ Shaped and helped establish field of modern health risk assessment (Paustenbach, 1995)
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- 2009: Science and Decision (National Academies of Science)
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Workshop Objectives
- Advance recommendations from Science and Decisions.
- Explore, through case studies, the complexities of modern risk