Gift Details

TRAVEL: Per diem to cover hotel, meals, and incidentals ($1350.00). Numerous scientific advisory groups have urged the U.S. EPA to incorporate probabilistic methods for uncertainty and variability in quantitative dose- response analysis, including the recent National Research Council report ``Science and Decisions.'' Dr. Weihsueh Chiu has substantial expertise and interest in this area, and it is important that he provide input into the development of the WHO/ IPCS guidance, quidance which influences others globally and which ultimately has a bearing on how EPA conducts its own analyses. Stakeholders may evaluate the practices of ORD in comparison to this IPCS guidance, thus being part of the IPCS process is informative for EPA and helps insure that the IPCS and EPA practice are harmonized to the extent practical. This guidance may also be useful in training ORD risk assessors in the application of probabilistic methods to characterize uncertainty and variability in chemical risk assessment. Rec'd-- 9/14/2010--9/18/2010 Est. Value--$1,350.00.

Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government