Commission on Risk Assessment
and Risk Management

Gilbert S. Omenn, Chair ‘ Joshua Lederberg

Norm Anderson , Sheila McGuue

Pecer Y. Chiu David P. Rall

John Doull Virginia V. Weldon

Bernard D. Goldstein Cari Mazza, Federal Officer

Alan C. Kessler Guil Charnicy, Executive Director
INFORMATION

e Mandated under the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act

e Considering issues related to how human health risk assessments
are performed and, most importantly, how the results of human
health risk assessments are used in regulatory decision-making

e Focussing on the five aspects of our mandate:

* uses and limitations of risk assessment
in decision-making

appropriate exposure scenarios
uncertainty and risk communication
risk management policy issues
consistency across agencies

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e Also considering the 1994 Natiunal Research Council report,
Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment

e Meeting monthly since May 1994; reporting to Congress in March
and September 1996

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