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Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake
During the 20th century, the city of Los Angeles diverted surface water flowing into Owens Lake for water supply, transforming the large, closed-basin, saline lake into a small …
Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by …
Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts
Toxicogenomics, the study of how genomes respond to exposure to toxicants, may ultimately hold the promise of detecting changes in the expression of a person's genes if he or she …
Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
The International Space Station is a closed and complex environment, so some contamination of its internal atmosphere and water system is expected. To protect space crews from …
Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
Regulatory standards are already on the books at the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address health risks posed by inhaling tiny particles from smoke, vehicle …
Science and Decisions
Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. It has been instrumental to …
Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency …
Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities
The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled …
Refinements to the Methods for Developing Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines
Human spaceflight is inherently risky, with numerous potential hazards posed at each phase of a mission. Potential health risks during spaceflights include short-term health …
Review of the Draft NTP Monograph
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) conducted a systematic review of the evidence of adverse neurodevelopmental and cognitive effects of fluoride exposure. NTP's conclusions are …
Global Change Ecosystems Research
Research Council established the Ecosystems Panel in response to a request from the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The panel's charge included periodic …
Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's State-of-the-Science Evaluation of Nonmonotonic Dose-Response Relationships as they Apply to Endocrine Disruptors
Potential health effects from chemicals that disrupt endocrine function pose an environmental health concern because of their ability to interfere with normal hormone function in …