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Guide for ecological risk assessment

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:299930

Ecological risk assessment evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. Ecological risk assessment provides a critical element for environmental decision making by giving risk managers an approach for considering available scientific information along with the other factors they need to consider (e.g., social, legal, political, or economic) in selecting a course of action. The primary audience for this document is risk assessors and risk managers at EPA, although these Guidelines also may be useful to others outside the Agency.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment Forum, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
299930
Report Number(s):
PB--99-112310/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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