WHO CONDUCTS HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENTS AT MMR?
AFCEE (with federal and state oversight), the DEP, or the EPA may conduct a risk assessment. AFCEE works with the EPA and MassDEP to collect the necessary data required in the risk assessment. Risk assessments at MMR are done following Federal and State risk assessment guidances. HOW IS RISK ASSESSMENT USED AT MMR? There are approximately 79 sites associated with MMR that require some level of risk assessment. The results of a risk assessment help to determine whether cleanup action will be undertaken and identify the acceptable cleanup levels at that site. It also may be used to predict the potential health risks and ecological impacts, if any, of implementing different types of cleanup options. WHAT TYPES OF RISKS ARE EVALUATED IN AN MMR RISK ASSESSMENT? As in all risk assessments, human health risk is evaluated in terms of cancer and non-cancer effects such as liver and kidney damage or fertility problems. Cancer risks are estimated as a probability, or chance, that a person would d
