Health risk assessments and ecological risk assessments of contaminated environments are typically conducted by different groups working largely independendy. This results in inefficiencies and, more importantly, in assessments that are less defensible than would otherwise be possible. I would like to argue for integration of health and ecological risk assessment by presenting some of the issue...

Developing a pipeline risk assessment tool in the upstream oil and gas industry can be a difficult process. Regardless of the intent (integrity management, resource allocation, compliance etc.), challenges in the form of resource limitations and data constraints need to be overcome to develop a functional risk assessment tool. This paper describes Talisman Energy’s experience in developing an i...

For sediment contaminated with bioaccumulative pollutants (e.g., PCBs and organochorine pesticides), human consumption of seafood that contain bioaccumulated sediment-derived contaminants is a well-established exposure pathway. Historically, regulation and management of this bioaccumulation pathway has focused on site-specific risk assessment. The state of California (United States) is supporti...

Independent research into safety management features that distinguish between lower insurance claimers and higher insurance claimers identified 14 characteristics that show clear evidence of efficacy in safety management in trucking operations. Findings of this research were compared against risk management factors included in the risk assessment process adopted by a major truck insurer. When t...

The SAB should be aware that the process of risk assessment within the federal agencies has at least a 30-year history (the NRC “Red Book” was published in 1983) and has undergone much review. While US EPA is one of the leading federal agencies in the evolution of toxicological risk assessments, the appropriate venue for making significant changes to the risk assessment process should include t...

Port risk management is utilized to describe a sequence of the analysis and management activities focused on creating specific responses to inherent risks in port projects. Risk assessment is taken into account in the projects; however, it is still comparatively neglected for the assessment process with non-parametric resampling techniques and interval analysis. The required data and experts’ j...