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Toxicology Excellence for Risk
Assessment (TERA) is committed to working with the public to improve
knowledge and understanding of risk assessment issues. Our education goal
is to share our knowledge with others who are interested in learning risk
assessment through developing our risk assessment training courses suitable to a
variety of audiences including industry, government, the legal community or
citizens' groups. We strive to make risk issues and the underlying science
understandable to the intended audience.
We have a
particular interest in working with environmental or citizen action
organizations, through lectures or interactive discussions, to increase their
understanding of risk assessment issues so that they can have a more active role
in environmental decision making.
Training
TERA staff are dedicated to the goal of providing training to the public and private groups. We have participated in and led
national and international risk assessment training programs and in community
relations activities. Go to the Training Webpage
for more information.
Public Awareness & Outreach
As a non-profit organization, Toxicology Excellence for Risk
Assessment (TERA) is committed to working with the public to improve
knowledge and understanding of risk assessment issues. We have a particular
interest in working with environmental or citizen action organizations, through
lectures or interactive discussions, to increase their understanding of risk
assessment issues so that they can have a more active role in environmental
decision making. Check out the Public Awareness &
Outreach webpage for more information.
Invited Scientific Presentations
Each Thursday, TERA scientists gather around the conference room table to
update each other on the latest methods in risk assessment. On occasion,
we have invited some well-known members of the scientific community to present
their cutting edge work in the field of risk assessment. Visit the Invited
Scientific Presentations webpage to see details of who has presented on what
topics.TERA Tools
TERA Tools is a
resource for the risk assessment community provided by TERA that provides
information on default values, dosimetric adjustment and benchmark dose
modeling.
StateHELP
The StateHELP (Hazard Evaluation
Lending Program) allows states to receive up
to 10 hours annually of technical support from TERA scientists free of
charge. States can take advantage of this project by requesting
either technical support for risk assessment problems over the
telephone, or requesting a written review of one of the state's
risk assessments. For further information, please fill out our
feedback form.
Local Society Chapters
For more information, please contact Ms. Patricia
Nance at 513-542-7475 x25 or
nance@tera.org
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