As described in Chapter 4, risk assessment is an important analytic tool used to evaluate the effects of environmental stressors on ecosystem and human health. This tool has been applied over the past ...

The proposed legislation to speed up infrastructure projects is designed to eliminate red tape. But environmental regulations ...

The causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. To date, the virus ...

Chemical regulations exist to safeguard human and environmental health throughout a substance’s life cycle (sourcing, manufacture, intended use phase, and disposal). Regulatory decisions require ...

The pace at which developments of biomarkers occur tends to exceed the biomonitoring community’s ability to cope with its obligations to ensure proper transmission of information on the meaning of the ...

A man with short dark hair in a blue suit looks straight ahead as he sits in a room that is out of focus behind him. US Environmental Protection Agency deputy administrator David Fotouhi testifies at ...

Discover essential risk assessment methods, including qualitative and quantitative analyses, to make informed investment ...

As an overhauled rulebook for commercial forestry comes into force, there are concerns it could weaken safeguards as climate ...