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In the past 10 years, EPA has published new or updated guidelines, policies, and reference documents related to preparation of risk assessments. The following section contains three series of questions about how some of these documents affect your work. |
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Please indicate by letter or title the 3 guidelines from the list below that
you use most frequently when preparing human health risk assessments. Agency-wide guidelines issued since 1995 include: A. Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment B. Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment C. Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment D. Supplemental Guidelines for Chemical Mixtures |
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Guidelines 1 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Guidelines 2 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Guidelines 3 | |
| Very helpful | Moderately helpful | Slightly helpful | Not at all helpful | No answer | ||
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Please explain why these agency-wide guidelines have or have not been helpful in your preparation of human health risk assessments. |
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Please indicate by letter or title the 3 policy documents from the
list below that you use most frequently when preparing human health risk assessments. Agency-wide policy documents issued since 1995 include: A. Policy on Evaluating Health Risks to Children B. Policy for Use of Probabilistic Analysis in Risk Assessment C. Interim Genomics Policy D. Interim Position on Environmental Endocrine Disruption |
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Policy 1 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Policy 2 | |
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Policy 3 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Please explain why these agency-wide policy documents have or have not been helpful in your preparation of human health risk assessments. |
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Please indicate by letter or title the 3 reference documents from the
list below that you use most frequently when preparing human health risk assessments. Agency-wide reference documents issued since 1995 include: A. Assessment Factors Handbook B. Exposure Factors Handbook C. Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment D. Guiding Principles for Monte Carlo Analysis E. Peer Review Handbook F. Review of Reference Dose and Reference Concentration Processes G. Risk Assessment Principles and Practices H. Risk Characterization Handbook |
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Reference 1 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Reference 2 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Reference 3 | |
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How helpful is this document in your preparation of human health risk assessments? | |||||
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Please explain why these agency-wide reference documents have or have not been helpful in your preparation of human health risk assessments. |
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If there are other agency-wide risk assessment guidelines, policies, or reference documents you would like to discuss, please do so here. |
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How effective is EPA at disseminating agency-wide risk assessment guidelines, policies or reference documents to your office? | ||
| 1. | Very effective | ||
| 2. | Moderately effective | ||
| 3. | Slightly effective | ||
| 4. | Not at all effective | ||
| 5. | No answer | ||
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In addition to the previously mentioned agency-wide documents, your office may produce guidelines, policies, or reference documents. Collectively, how helpful are your office-specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents in your preparation risk assessments? | ||
| 1. | Very helpful | ||
| 2. | Moderately helpful | ||
| 3. | Slightly helpful | ||
| 4. | Not at all helpful | ||
| 5. | My office has no specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents (Click here and go to question 18.) | ||
| 6. | No answer | ||
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Please list the office specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents that you find at least moderately helpful in preparing risk assessments. | |
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Please explain why these office specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents have been helpful in your preparation of human health risk assessments. |
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How effective is your office at disseminating the risk assessment guidance, policy, or reference documents it produces? | ||
| 1. | Very effective | ||
| 2. | Moderately effective | ||
| 3. | Slightly effective | ||
| 4. | Not at all effective | ||
| 5. | No answer | ||
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In addition to the previously mentioned agency-wide documents and your office-specific documents, other EPA offices may produce guidelines, policies, or reference documents. Collectively, how helpful are office-specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents produced by other EPA offices in your preparation of risk assessments? | ||
| 1. | Very helpful | ||
| 2. | Moderately helpful | ||
| 3. | Slightly helpful | ||
| 4. | Not at all helpful | ||
| 5. | Do not use guidelines, policies, or reference documents from other EPA offices (Click here and go to question 20.) | ||
| 6. | No answer | ||
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Please list the office specific guidelines, policies, or reference documents that you find at least moderately helpful in preparing risk assessments. | |
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How accessible are the risk assessment guidance, policies, or reference documents produced by other EPA offices? | ||
| 1. | Very accessible | ||
| 2. | Moderately accessible | ||
| 3. | Slightly accessible | ||
| 4. | Inaccessible | ||
| 5. | No answer | ||
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In general, which document source do you rely on most when preparing risk assessments? |
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Guidelines | |||
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Policy documents | |||
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Reference documents | |||
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If you would like to explain your response to question 20 please do so here. | |
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