Engaging outside experts to review risk assessments and methods can help insure high quality and scientifically-defensible work products and results. Government agencies, NGOs and industry recognize the value added by expert peer review and TERA is a world leader in providing independent expert review for all types of risk assessment documents and activities. TERA provides a variety of opportunities and services to engage expert peers, including in-person panel meetings, webcasts and webinars; letter reviews; workshops to develop risk values or methods; and in-house technical reviews.
Project Spotlight:
Independent Peer Review of the Arsenic Chronic Cancer Assessment for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, State of Texas - August, 2010
As a follow-up to last year’s review of the noncancer and acute toxicity assessments for arsenic, TERA is organizing a letter peer review to evaluate the chronic cancer portions of the ESL Development Support Document (DSD) for arsenic compounds developed by the TCEQ.......Learn More
Project Spotlight:
An independent expert reviewl panel (IERP) reviewed the human health risk assessment (HHRA) for Flin Flon, Manitoba, and Creighton, Saskatchewan. The Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company (HBMS) operates a base metal smelting complex in Flin Flon, which produces copper, cadmium, and zinc metals. An HHRA was conducted by Intrinsik Environmental ......Learn More