1. Genomics: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Lawrence W. Reiter, Kerry L. Dearfield, Richard Troast, William H. Benson, David L. Lattier, Michael Brody, Rebecca D. Klaper, Nancy E McCarroll, Anita Street, Philip Sayre, Julian Preston, Gregory G. Miller, Kathryn Gallagher, Bobbye Smith, Vanessa Vu, Jennifer Seed, Jafrul Hasan, Anne Fairbrother, Susan Lundquist, and William H. Farland
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Prioritization ,Human health ,business.industry ,Environmental protection ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Ecological Modeling ,Agency (sociology) ,Environmental resource management ,Genomics ,Risk assessment ,business ,Pollution - Abstract
Genomics information has great potential to enhance assessment of risks to human health and the environment. Although understanding genomic responses with respect to adverse ecological and human health outcomes is not, as yet, established, it is important to consider the likely future impacts of genomics technologies on risk assessment and decision-making. Four areas are identified as those likely to be influenced by the generation of genomics information within, and the submission of such information to, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA): risk assessment, prioritization of contaminants and contaminated sites, monitoring, and reporting provisions. For each of these risk assessment and regulatory applications, representative activities are presented to illustrate the application. Three major challenges for the USEPA associated with genomics are also identified in the areas of research, technical development, and capacity. The USEPA's initial activities to address these challenges ar...
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- 2006
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