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TERRY F. YOSIE BUILDING ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AS A POLICY TOOL
TERRY F. YOSIE BUILDING ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AS A POLICY TOOL
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YOSIE BUILDING ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AS A POLICY TOOL Terry F Yosie, vice president for health and environment of the American Petroleum Institute and former director of the Science Advisory Board, EPA, provided a broad policy view of issues related to ecological risk assessment.
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First, ecological risk assessments can help policy makers correctly diagnose environmental problems before the problems become crises. As an example, he cited EPA's assessment of the health and ecological risks of stratospheric ozone depletion, which stimulated the development of an international agreement to phase out chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs)
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In part, the failure reflects that it has been more difficult than anticipated to develop and apply health risk assessment methods. In addition, health risk assessments have often been colored by ideological considerations (e.g., arguments over the concept of the maximum exposed individual)
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