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Current Projects

 

2005-2007:

  • Peer Review of 1-3 Butadiene Development Support document (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) completed Peer Review Report is now Available

  • Noncancer risk assessment workshop for the Mid-South Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) annual meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, May 2007.  

  • Dosimetric Adjustment in Risk Assessment, and Benchmark Dose Modeling in Risk Assessment workshop.  Presented at the EPA Region 4 Air Toxics Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2007

  • Benchmark Dose Modeling in Risk Assessment Workshop. Presented to Northland Society of Toxicology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2006

  • Cincinnati, Ohio Site Risk Assessment Review – provided independent review of comments submitted by a local environmental group regarding potential health risks due to emissions from an industrial facility.  For more details contact Dr. Andrew Maier

  • State of Indiana TCE Risk Values – provided support for the analysis of potential cancer risk values for trichloroethylene based on data from cancer bioassays in mice.  The analysis included improved dosimetry using the most recent harmonized PBPK model, and developments of altenative approaches for combining data across bioassay data sets. 

  • Perchlorate Risk Assessment – TERA developed an independent risk assessment value for perchlorate using information from human exposure studies. For more information see http://www.tera.org/perchlorate/welcome.htm or contact Ms. Joan Strawson

  • Memphis, Tennessee Site Risk Assessment Review – provided an independent review of a site risk assessment conducted by an industry group.  The review was conducted at the request of the City of Memphis.  For more details contact Dr. Bernard Gadagbui

  • State of Minnesota – provided input to state on alternative risk assessment  methods for deriving risk values for pesticide degradates that are lacking adequate toxicity data. For more details contact Dr. Bernard Gadagbui