Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a long history of using risk-based approaches for regulatory purposes, pollutant limits for pathogens in biosolids are not currently based on quantitative risk assessments. The researchers developed and demonstrated a risk-based methodology for assessing the risk to human health from exposure to pathogens via biosolids.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/microbial-risk-assessment-framework-exposure-amended-sludge-projects
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joseph-ns-eisenberg
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kelly-moore
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeffery-soller-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms