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Trends Newsletter | Winter 2020

Risk Assessment for Infrastructure

Winter 2020 | Risk Assessment for Infrastructure | by Grace I. Greenberg, M.P.H. and Julie Lemay, M.P.H.

Risk Assessment for Infrastructure

Well-accepted risk assessment methodologies are available to manage potential hazards associated with repairing the country's aging infrastructure. 

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Beneficial Use Assessment of Building Materials Containing Coal Combustion Products

Winter 2020 | Risk Assessment for Infrastructure | by Andrew Bittner, M.Eng, P.E. and Ari Lewis, M.S.

Beneficial Use Assessment of Building Materials Containing Coal Combustion Products

The U.S. EPA’s guidance on beneficial use assessment utilizes well-established risk evaluation practices, as well as life-cycle analysis methods, to ensure protection of human health and the environment.

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Risk Assessment of Extractables & Leachables in Medical Devices

Winter 2020 | Risk Assessment for Infrastructure | by Joel Cohen, Sc.D., DABT and Matthew Lewis, M.S.

Risk Assessment of Extractables & Leachables in Medical Devices

Despite some limitations, extractables and leachables testing has emerged as a valuable predictive toxicology tool for evaluating the safety of medical devices.

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Assessing NORM in Coal Combustion Products: An Australian Perspective

Winter 2020 | Risk Assessment for Infrastructure | by Craig Heidrich

Assessing NORM in Coal Combustion Products: An Australian Perspective

As concerns over naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in coal combustion products persist, Australia has tackled the issue head-on with promising results.

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What's New at Gradient

Winter 2020 | Risk Assessment for Infrastructure | by Gradient

What's New at Gradient

A listing of awards, announcements, recent publications and upcoming presentations.

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