Scientific review of the proposed risk assessment bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget / Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Office of Management and Budget.

United States.

Hazardous substances--Risk assessment--Government policy--United States.

Hazardous substances.

Risk assessment--Government policy--United States.

Risk assessment.

Risk assessment--Standards.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and they underlie many regulatory decisions. Last January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a draft bulletin for all federal agencies, which included a new definition of risk assessment and proposed standards aimed at improving federal risk assessments. This National Research Council report, written at the request of OMB, evaluates the draft bulletin and supports its overall goals of improving the quality of risk assessments. However, the report concludes that the draft bulletin is "fundamentally flawed" from a scientific and technical standpoint and should be withdrawn. Problems include an overly broad definition of risk assessment in conflict with long-established concepts and practices, and an overly narrow definition of adverse health effects -- one that considers only clinically apparent effects to be adverse, ignoring other biological changes that could lead to health effects. The report also criticizes the draft bulletin for focusing mainly on human health risk assessments while neglecting assessments of technology and engineered structures.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Consistency with National Research Council and Other Reports

3 Risk Assessment Definition and Goals

4 Standards for Risk Assessment

5 Omissions from the Bulletin

6 Impact on the Practice of Risk Assessment in the Federal Government

7 Conclusions and Recommendations

Appendixes

Appendix A Biographical Information on the Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin

Appendix B OMB Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin

Appendix C Statement of Task

Appendix D Public Meeting Agenda

Appendix E Questions for Federal Agencies from the Committee and Agency Responses to Questions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611093518

9780309178884

0309178886

9781281093516

1281093513

9780309668767

030966876X

OCLC:

290490579