Environment, Resources & Climate Change

Human Health Risk Assessment

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Abt has more than 20 years of domestic and international experience conducting quantitative risk assessments to support environmental policy and regulatory decisions.


With the technical expertise to complete all steps involved in a health risk assessment—typically hazard identification, dose-response evaluation, exposure assessment, and risk characterization—we have:


 

  • conducted risk assessments for the Environmental Protection Agency offices;
  • developed new methods for quantifying risk;
  • built computer models to calculate risk efficiently and cost-effectively;
  • evaluated potential human health benefits of proposed air and drinking water regulations;
  • assessed risks in vulnerable populations, such as children or those of low socioeconomic status; and
  • conducted methods research and application.
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How Toxic? Abt Analysis Plays Key Role in Annual EPA Report -

For more than 20 years, Abt Associates has been supporting the EPA in the analysis and design of the annual National Analysis for the Toxics Release Inventory.

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Projects

Air

  • Risk Assessment for National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) pollutants including ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
     
  • Estimating the Benefits of Reducing Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP). U.S. EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics
     
  • Estimation of Asbestos Concentration Distribution. U.S. EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics.
     

Water

  • Ground Water Rule Benefits Analysis for contaminants including arsenic, perchlorate, trichloroethylene, and trichloroethylene. U.S. EPA, Office of Water


Methods Development

  • Evaluation Methods for Quantifying Human Noncancer Health Risks: A Case Study Approach. U.S. EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics
     
  • Development of Environmental Carcinogen Cessation Lag Computer Tool. U.S. EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics
     
  • Incorporating Sensitive Subpopulations in the Risk Analysis Process. U.S. EPA, Office of Regulatory Policy and Managemen


Multimedia/Other

  • Benefits and Risk Analysis of Proposed Worker Safety Rule Revisions. U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
     
  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Environmental Justice Analysis. U.S. EPA, Office of Regulatory Policy and Management
     
  • Cost of Illness Handbook. U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics
     
  • Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Model Version 2.2.1. U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics
     
  • Lead 402(c) Economic and Regulatory Analysis: Renovation and Remodeling. U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics
     
  • Estimating the Benefits of the Proposed Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act. U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics