Risk Assessment and Regulatory Toxicology
Frank A. Barile in Barile’s Clinical Toxicology, 2019
The EPA’s mandate is guided by federal laws protecting human health and the environment. It oversees natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade in establishing environmental policy. The EPA provides leadership in environmental science, research, education, and assessment efforts, and works closely with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and Indian tribes to develop and enforce regulations. The EPA sets national standards and delegates responsibility to states and tribes for issuing permits, enforcing compliance, and issuing sanctions. It monitors and enforces a variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts, particularly with industrial concerns.
Environmental Protection
Lawrence S. Chan, William C. Tang in Engineering-Medicine, 2019
Based on the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, environmental engineering education programs teach students on various subjects including the followings (AEESP 2018): Water and waste water treatmentAir pollution controlWater and air resource managementIndustrial and hazardous waste managementSolid waste managementContaminated site investigation and remediationWaste repositoriesPollution preventionEnvironmental chemistryAquatic ecologyEnvironmental toxicologyPublic health engineeringEnvironmental policy management
Waste not, want not
Carrie Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa in Sustainability for healthcare management, 2018
This lesson introduces an overview of process improvement as related to solid waste regulations, risk assessment methodologies, solid waste collection, disposal practices and recycling. Students will learn about waste minimization and pollution prevention, treatment of hazardous waste and remediation.
A systematic review on biomonitoring of individuals living near or working at solid waste incinerator plants
Published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2019
Laura Campo, Petra Bechtold, Lucia Borsari, Silvia Fustinoni
In Europe, the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and the Council is the main instrument regulating pollutant emissions from industrial installations. This Directive replaces seven previously existing directives among which the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (2008/1/EC), the Waste Incineration (2000/76/EC) and the Large Combustion Plants (2001/80/EC) Directive. Plants are required to operate in accordance with a permit including emission limit values based on Best Available Techniques, and addressing the whole environmental performance of the plant, that is pollutant emissions, generation of waste, use of raw materials, energy efficiency, noise, prevention of accidents, and restoration of the site upon closure. Moreover, environmental inspections on site are required at least every 1 to 3 years, and the public has a right to participate in the decision-making process, and to be informed of its consequences (European Commission 2010).
A critical review of the 2020 EPA risk assessment for chrysotile and its many shortcomings
Published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2021
Dennis Paustenbach, David Brew, Sabina Ligas, Jonathan Heywood
In March 2020, the Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos (DRE) was issued by the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) (EPA 2020a). In the 310-page report, the EPA assembled, reviewed, and evaluated numerous published and unpublished studies, datasets, and risks for various conditions of use (COUs) for chrysotile asbestos. The EPA reviewed 32 COUs, including the “… use of diaphragms in the chlor-alkali industry, sheet gaskets in chemical production facilities, oilfield brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes/linings, other vehicle friction products, and other gaskets” (EPA 2020a). The Agency reportedly used “reasonably” available information to develop a risk evaluation report for chrysotile asbestos that relied on the “best” available science and was based on the weight of the “scientific evidence.” One of the key aspects of this regulatory activity is that the EPA only has responsibility to discuss current and future hazards, not past hazards. Therefore, for regulatory action to be appropriate, the products must be currently sold in the United States, presumably in some appreciable quantity.
Regional source apportionment of PM2.5 in Seoul using Bayesian multivariate receptor model
Published in Journal of Applied Statistics, 2022
Spatial profile of Source 3 shows high proportions in ‘Guro’, ‘Yeongdeungpo’, ‘Dobong’ and ‘Jungnang’ which are light industrial regions in Seoul. It may be necessary to monitor factories in these regions for compliance with air pollution prevention policies.
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