Handbook on Risk Assessment

这项资助的目的是为编写供科学家和决策者使用的风险评估手册提供部分支持。该手册由环境质量办公室在一个或多个承包商的协助下编写。该手册将提供风险评估的背景及其在描述风险方面的应用。手册还将包括两个附录。第一个附录将回顾生物技术风险评估的理论和方法文献。附录二将回顾生态风险评估的理论和方法文献。为了编写这些附录，将委托撰写专家论文并举办专家讲习班。尽管风险评估在决策中的重要性，但没有尝试将理论和应用研究的知识结合起来。这个创新的项目将审查风险评估文献，以便为风险评估理论和方法的最新发展制定一个全面的指南。预计该项目将为个人研究科学家和政府研究计划提供重要信息。具体地说，预期这项研究的结果将(1)有助于增进对风险评估在决策过程中的作用的了解；(2)确定科学知识的差距和研究需求；(3)为解决风险评估和管理中困难和复杂问题的模型和方法提供关键信息。

The purpose of this grant is to provide partial support for the preparation of a handbook on risk assessment for scientists and decision makers. The handbook is being prepared by the Office of Environmental Quality with the assistance of one or more contractors. The handbook will provide background on risk assessment and its use in characterizing risks. The handbook will also include two appendices. The first appendix will review the theoretical and methodological literature on biotechnology risk assessment. The second appendix will review the theoretical and methodological literature on ecological risk assessment. For purposes of writing these appendices, expert papers will be commissioned and expert workshops will be held. Despite the importance of risk assessment in decision making, no attempt has been made to integrate knowledge from theoretical and applied studies. This innovative project will review the risk assessment literature in order to develop a comprehensive guide to recent developments in risk assessment theory and methods. It is expected that the project will provide important information both for individual research scientists and for government research programs. Specifically, it is expected that the results of the study will (l) contribute to the development of improved understanding of the role of risk assessment in the decision making process; (2) identify gaps in scientific knowledge and needs for research, and (3) provide critical access to information on models and methods for addressing difficult and complex issues in risk assessment and management.