Hhs 250 Briefly Explain How Traditional Risk Assessment Would Likely Have Been Limited

Environmental HealthNameCourseTutor’s NameDateQuestion 1Traditional risk assessment would likely have been limited in its ability to identify cumulative exposures from subsistence fish diets in the Watchperson Project. The limitation to traditional risk assessment is caused by use of single source, single exposure pathway and single human health end-point in its assessment. Ability to identify cumulative exposures is greatly improved by recognition of multiple sources, multiple pathways such as ingestion or direct and indirect contact CITATION Cor02 \l 7177 (Corburn). Assessments of cumulative exposures must also consider different frequencies, intensity of exposure and duration of exposure. In the Watchperson Project, traditional risk assessment method would rely on experts for assessment. However, some necessary information such as fish species and consumption patterns for community specific assessment would not be available and cannot be modeled CITATION Cor02 \l 7177 (Corburn). Subsistence fish diets were limited to a certain section of the community, mainly Latinos and African Americans. This information would have been missed in traditional risk assessment because assumptions on dietary habits of urban populations. Therefore the process of identification of cumulative exposures is case specific as it departs from