Risk Assessment

We develop risk assessments for particular pesticide uses, including herbicide risk assessments for vegetation management and invasive species management plans, as well as residential and occupational exposures through air water, food, house dust and surface residues. PRI uses state-of-the-art risk assessment methodology employed by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the California Office of Health Hazard Assessment, US Department of Agriculture, the US Forest Service, and the latest peer-reviewed risk assessment work. We have experience working with the following risk assessment methodologies:

  1. US Forest Service Herbicide Risk Assessment spread sheets
  2. USDA GLEAMS water contamination modeling for pesticide runoff
  3. US EPA SHEDS-Wood model for residential exposure to treated wood
  4. US EPA Residential SOPs for pesticide exposure assessment
  5. US EPA Occupational Dermal Risk Assessment
  6. California OEHHA Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines for cancer and non-cancer effects

Examples from past work:

Marin Municipal Water District, Herbicide Risk Assessment, August 2008.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Poison on Pets II: Toxic Chemicals in Flea and Tick Collars. April 2009.

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