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Framework for metals risk assessment released by EPA.(RULINGS & REGULATIONS)

Foundry Management & Technology, April, 2007

The U.S. EPA's Framework for Metals Risk Assessment, released March 8, is a guideline document about metals and describes how they should be considered in conducting human health and ecological risk assessment.

EPA states it developed the Framework in consultation with the scientific community, its Science Advisory board, and stakeholders, in an open and transparent process. External scientific experts and the public gave important feedback on the document.

The agency emphasizes that the framework is not a mandate on exactly how a particular program must conduct its assessments, but rather a set of key principles that will be useful in preparing such assessments. It is a reference source from which the different programs within the EPA can evaluate...

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