Superfund: Risk Assessment Assumptions and Issues (Testimony, 05/24/95,
GAO/T-RCED-95-206).

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) assessments of the health
risks posed by Superfund hazardous waste sites, which can determine the
cost of site cleanups, have been a source of great controversy because
they are often based on limited data and therefore often rely on
assumptions about the health effects of waste sites.  This testimony (1)
presents an overview of EPA's risk assessment process that highlights
where risk assumptions are made and (2) summarizes comments from reports
prepared by GAO and others on some of the more controversial aspects of
this process.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-206
     TITLE:  Superfund: Risk Assessment Assumptions and Issues
      DATE:  05/24/95
   SUBJECT:  Hazardous substances
             Waste disposal
             Environmental monitoring
             Environment evaluation
             Evaluation methods
             Health hazards
             Information gathering operations
             Environmental impact statements
             Toxic substances
             Risk management
IDENTIFIER:  Superfund Program
             
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