Actions for Commentary on Cultural Considerations in Risk Assessment : An Ethical Responsibility

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Commentary on Cultural Considerations in Risk Assessment : An Ethical Responsibility / AL. Young, EK. Hocking, CW. McGinn

Conference Author
Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Recent Achievements in Environmental Fate and Transport: Ninth Volume (9th : 1999 : Seattle, Washington)
Physical Description
1 online resource (4 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables
Additional Creators
Young, Al, Hocking, EK., McGinn, CW., American Society for Testing and Materials, and ASTM International
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Restrictions on Access
Subscription required for access to full text.
License restrictions may limit access.
Summary
The United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Center for Risk Excellence has been charged with developing the ¿̐ưRisk Plan¿̐ư for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's (Richland, WA) Groundwater/Vadose Zone Integration Project. The goal of the Integration Project is to assure the protection of water resources, the Columbia River environment, river-dependent life, and users of the Columbia River resources. Credible data and predictive analytical tools are needed to assess impacts associated with the remedial options proposed by DOE as the Department engages with regulators, Tribal Nations, and stakeholders in making cleanup decisions. Cultural risk impact assessment can be defined as part of a quality of life assessment--an assessment of the quality of our human health and environmental health. Cultural risk assessments should gauge how human health and environmental risks impact the cultures we live in and that give our lives meaning. We are making strides in the human health and ecological risk assessments that are standard to the current remediation process, but we are less clear on how to assess cultural impacts. However, to comprehensively evaluate and address the risks resulting from past and future DOE operations, we must consider the effects to cultural endpoints. To do less could be an unethical exercise of our responsibilities to assess and manage risk.
Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation
Volume 2000, Issue 1381 (January 2000)
Subject(s)
Other Subject(s)
ISBN
9780803154308 (e-ISBN)
9780803128613
0803128614
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Forms
Also available online via the World Wide Web. Tables of contents and abstracts freely available; full-text articles available by subscription.
Full text article also available for purchase.
Also available in PDF edition.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. W. Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Acquisition
ASTM International PDF Purchase price USD25.
View MARC record | catkey: 28009469