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Completed
Projects - Public Organizations:
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Czech Government – Large international study involving the Czech
Ministry of the Environment, the Czech Academy of Sciences, USEPA and
Scandinavian countries. ToxProbe was responsible for the risk assessment
component. The main concern is the health impact due to the
combustion of locally mined brown coal, which was used for residential heating
and industrial combustion processes. The assessment involved the analysis
of 74 air contaminants present in a northern region of the Czech Republic.
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USEPA
(United States Environmental Protection Agency) – Invited
member of an expert team assisting in the workshop
to establishing potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for eventual
inclusion in the IRIS database.
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USEPA – Peer
reviewer of the report Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment released by the USEPA in 2003.
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USEPA – Peer reviewer of a collection of reports assessing the
toxicity of biodiesel.
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Health Canada – Completed assessments of toxicity and exposure
to 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene.
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Health Canada – Assessment and critical review of human health
impacts of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide,
ozone and nitrogen oxides is near completion.
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World
Health Organization (WHO) – The
first and invited author of a chapter on risk assessment of PAHs in the WHO monograph
(EHC 202). This chapter is one of the
two primary sources on which WHO world air standards
for PAHs are based.
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The first and invited author of a chapter on Human
Health Risk Assessment.
The chapter will be a part of the Environmental
Technology Handbook (due for completion in Spring 2004) published by Princeton
Energy Resources
International.
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Ontario
Ministry of the Environment – Provided an up-to-date
review of the toxicity of PAHs and
their potency,
outlining and critically evaluating approaches taken by different agencies
in estimating potency
of these contaminants. This project was a part of a process toward
the development of soil standards for
PAHs.
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City of Toronto – Completed a human health evaluation of
the effects of incineration, including the assessment of the effects
of
criteria pollutants, metals
and dioxins by inhalation, oral
and dermal routes.
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City of Toronto – Completed reports reviewing risk-based
decision-making processes and their possible benefits and applications
in the management
of occupational and environmental human health
issues facing Toronto.
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City of Toronto – Completed assessment of health risks to
Toronto residents from environmental
and occupational exposures to ten human
carcinogens. The assessments are based on estimated
exposures in Toronto. The carcinogens included metals,
PAHs and various VOCs.
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City of Toronto – Completed risk assessment estimating cancer
risk from exposure
to diesel emissions in Toronto.
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Acted
as a peer reviewer on the Richmond Landfill Environmental Assessment.
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Works for a counsel representing the City
of Wawa. ToxProbe advised
on the assessment and management of arsenic in Wawa and in the design and evaluation of surveys to assess arsenic exposure.
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Working
with a law firm, ToxProbe provided support to the community of Wawa,
in the township of Mitchipicoten, by peer reviewing a risk assessment
and a urine study involving arsenic. ToxProbe also prepared a series
of reports describing issues relating to site-specific risk from arsenic.
Hamilton-Wentworth Air Quality Initiative. Conducted a human
health multimedia risk assessment study on the likely impact of priority
air contaminants (including cadmium, chromium (VI), manganese, lead,
benzene, 1,3-butadiene and PAHs) in Hamilton-Wentworth.
Completed
Projects - Industries:
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