| Human
health risk assessments use existing information to estimate
the risk to human health (cancer risk and noncancer hazards)
from hazardous waste sources. Mercury is a serious
compound of potential concern (COPC) due many of its unique
characterisitics that adversely impact human respiratory,
nervous, reproductive and other organ systems.
The following
sections provide further details and links to documents and
software that contain extensive methodologies for human health
risk assessments, including special provisions for handling
mercury. |