Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Services

Methods and guidelines to perform Risk Assessment - both human health and ecological - are not well defined in Hungary, although these terms are currently in use, and these activities are required as part of the environmental remediation projects. Some publications exist, but due to the lack of detailed guidelines in most cases the pertinent U.S. EPA guidelines are considered. We have performed the first complete RA, when - to our best knowledge - there was only one similar project completed in Hungary. The assessment was performed for a waste disposal site in Jászberény, and completed for the `baseline` case, in accordance with EPA guidelines. Our report was reviewed by Hungarian (OKI - National Public Health Institute) and American (CH2MHill) experts. Following this first project several RA projects were performed by our experienced staff.