Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites

Interest and purpose of the training

• Participants will be able to develop practical and cost effective procedures to remediate contaminated sites and manage ecological risks and human health.
• Become knowledgeable about contamination hazards of soil and water; what are risk assessments; and remediation techniques.

Course outlines

• Overview of the framework and approach for environmental risk assessment
• Overview of Environmental Site Assessment
• Human health risk assessment
• Ecological risk assessment
• Conceptual Site Models (CSM) and problem formulation
• Risk characterization, communication and management
• Case studies and simulation

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