Human Health Risk Assessment

Why contact C&IH for health risk assessment?

Expertise in the human health risk assessment process, from specification of sampling and analysis methods to data review and risk analysis by certified industrial hygienists (CIH) and board-certified toxicologists (DABT)
Experience in all types of environmental, industrial, and public health risk assessments
Tailored risk assessments that meet our client's needs without compromising quality or incurring excess costs

Risk assessment has increasingly become an integral tool in identifying and prioritizing how to effectively protect public health, the workforce, and the environment. C&IH performs health risk assessments utilizing the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) risk assessment paradigm as adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for assessing and managing risks. In addition to performing US EPA based quantitative human health risk assessments, C&IH performs qualitative, semi-quantitative, or quantitative environmental and industrial risk assessments, helping our clients make informed decisions that improve and promote worker and environmental safety and health. By employing a variety of analytical tools, including data modeling and probabilistic analysis, C&IH can also perform risk assessments in situations where only limited data are available, thereby helping our clients identify and manage these potential risks without incurring excessive sampling and analytical costs.

Our knowledgeable staff has experience in all phases of the health risk assessment process, including field investigation, sample analysis, toxicological review, and risk characterization. C&IH has pre-established teaming relationships with occupational health physicians who bring additional toxicological and medical expertise to any project. C&IH personnel have also served as committee members on various local and national committees of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), and have published and presented in the areas of chemical, physical, and biological sampling and analysis, exposure and risk assessment, and toxicology.

Examples of C&IH Health Risk Assessment Activities

Human health risk assessments for arsenic, cadmium, and lead exposure for children in close proximity to smelters and Superfund mine tailings sites
Health risk assessment for infants and children exposed to lead in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, including environmental lead sampling of dust, soil, and air, and correlation to blood lead levels in children
Retrospective risk assessments for workers handling 2.4-D and 2,4,5-T (Agent Orange/Dioxin), asbestos, silica, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other toxic materials
Individual product or chemical risk assessment for compliance with the European Union's REACH initiative
Development of risk-based cleanup standards for PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PCDDs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins), and PCDFs (polychlorinated dibenzofurans) after a major fire in a foundry
Human health risk assessments for students, teachers, office workers, and other indoor occupants potentially exposed to a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including, but not limited to, chlorinated and aromatic solvents
Superfund-based quantitative human health risk assessments for property transactions and feasibility studies/remedial actions for a variety of metals, volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and other toxic agents at industrial facilities, commercial properties, Brownfields development, and RCRA/CERCLA sites in support of litigation, remedial action decision-making, and/or land use criteria development and implementation
Development and implementation of analytical data management protocols for automating environmental risk assessment activities including laboratory data transfers, report-ready tables, hazard ranking, and quantitative risk calculations

Key Risk Assessment Terminology

Call 1-800-420-9311
or 303-420-8242