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Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
Risk Assessment Forum
Notice
This Framework served as the foundation for, and has been superseded by, EPA's 1998 Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines.
Increased interest in ecological issues such as global climate change, habitat loss, acid deposition, reduced biological diversity, and the ecological impacts of pesticides and toxic chemicals prompts this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report,' A Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment ("Framework Report"). The report describes basic elements, or a framework, for evaluating scientific information on the adverse effects of physical and chemical stressors on the environment. The framework offers starting principles and a simple structure as guidance for current ecological risk assessments and as a foundation for future EPA proposals for risk assessment guidelines.
Contact: Risk Assessment Forum Staff, 202-564-6483, or risk.forum@epa.gov
Downloads/Related Links
- Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (57 pp, 1.15MB, About PDF)
Related Link(s)
- Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment
- Peer Review Workshop Report on a Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment
Citation
U.S. EPA. Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment Forum, Washington, DC, EPA/630/R-92/001, 1992.