Environmental decisions in the face of uncertainty / / Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

• TeilnehmendeR: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty,; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, District of Columbia : : National Academies Press,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages) :; illustrations

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. As part of that mission, EPA estimates the nature, magnitude, and likelihood of risks to human health and the en...

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Risk Assessment and Uncertainty
• Uncertainty in Technological and Economic Factors in EPA's Decision Making
• Uncertainty and Decision Making: Lessons from Other Public Health Contexts
• Incorporating Uncertainty into Decision Making
• Communication of Uncertainty
• Synthesis and Recommendations
• Appendix A: Approaches to Accounting for Uncertainty
• Appendix B: Committee Member Biographical Sketches
• Appendix C: Meeting Agendas.