TY - CHAP
T1 - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
AU - Suciu, Nicoleta
AU - Capri, Ettore
AU - Panizzi, Silvia
AU - Ciffroy, Philippe
AU - Ginebreda, Antoni
AU - Tediosi, Alice
AU - Barceló, Damià
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) are well-established regulatory and scientific research fields that support regulatory decision-making in the European Union (EU) and are undergoing constant development. HHRA and ERA are crucial steps for reaching the objectives of Europe 2020, a strategy put forward by the Commission that sets out a vision of Europeâs social market economy for the twenty-first century. This chapter aims to describe the basic principles, the evolution and the future challenges of HHRA and ERA. The first part defines HHRA and ERA and describes the origins of risk assessment and management procedures at an international level. The precautionary principle has always been present in the European Union policies that aim to protect health and the environment. In the second part, current approaches that characterise risk assessment, such as the tiered approach, are presented. In the future, the implementation of recent scientific developments for the construction of integrated exposure scenarios models is of paramount importance to improve environmental and health risk assessment schemes. Moreover, the evaluation of uncertainties in the modelling inputs and outputs and the sensitivity analysis are two key elements to optimise current HHRA and ERA procedures.
AB - Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) are well-established regulatory and scientific research fields that support regulatory decision-making in the European Union (EU) and are undergoing constant development. HHRA and ERA are crucial steps for reaching the objectives of Europe 2020, a strategy put forward by the Commission that sets out a vision of Europeâs social market economy for the twenty-first century. This chapter aims to describe the basic principles, the evolution and the future challenges of HHRA and ERA. The first part defines HHRA and ERA and describes the origins of risk assessment and management procedures at an international level. The precautionary principle has always been present in the European Union policies that aim to protect health and the environment. In the second part, current approaches that characterise risk assessment, such as the tiered approach, are presented. In the future, the implementation of recent scientific developments for the construction of integrated exposure scenarios models is of paramount importance to improve environmental and health risk assessment schemes. Moreover, the evaluation of uncertainties in the modelling inputs and outputs and the sensitivity analysis are two key elements to optimise current HHRA and ERA procedures.
KW - EU policies
KW - Environmental Chemistry
KW - Environmental Risk Assessment
KW - Global and Planetary Change
KW - Human Health Risk Assessment
KW - Integrated Exposure Assessment
KW - Pollution
KW - Uncertainty
KW - Waste Management and Disposal
KW - Water Science and Technology
KW - EU policies
KW - Environmental Chemistry
KW - Environmental Risk Assessment
KW - Global and Planetary Change
KW - Human Health Risk Assessment
KW - Integrated Exposure Assessment
KW - Pollution
KW - Uncertainty
KW - Waste Management and Disposal
KW - Water Science and Technology
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/104759
UR - http://www.springer.com/series/698
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-59502-3_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-59502-3_1
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-59500-9
SP - 1
EP - 21
BT - Modelling the Fate of Chemicals in the Environment and the Human Body
A2 - Alice Tediosi, Ettore Capri, Philippe Ciffroy
ER -