Risk Assessment Worksheet
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of at least three risk assessment innovations that were changed or developed in the past 100 years.
Use Table 1.1 (Ch. 1) in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment as a guide to understanding the origins of ecological and human risk assessment beginning with the industrial revolution.
Cite at least two outside sources to summarize the risk assessment innovations.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
In the 19th century the industrial revolution began with the introduction of steam engines, telegraph machines, and assembly lines, vastly improving the economic standing in America. Transportation modes increased, electricity was mobilized, and industrial mechanisms were heightened. With advancements in technology and transportation beginning in the 1700s, ecological contamination also elevated, creating risks to human health and environmental conditions. An increased awareness of toxins either purposely ingested or found in the environment, and the dose-response relationship that had already been established was studied more thoroughly to gain a better understanding in the role it played in human risk. The expansion of knowledge was vital to the decision-making relationship regarding advancements in risk assessment (Bernstein, 1996). The industrial revolution allowed elevated apprehension to ecological contamination and risks associated with chemical pollution, unsanitary conditions to water and soil, and environmental deterioration. Waterways were no longer pristine and had become areas for industrial waste (Paustenbach, 2002). The Progressive Era raised awareness to conservation practices and initiated a variety of laws, bills, and organizations to aid in the protection of humans and ecological health. Risk assessment became an analytical enterprise that was supported by information and facts helping to justify regard to humans and the ecology. Physical, chemical, and biological stressors had proceeded to be
Use Table 1.1 (Ch. 1) in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment as a guide to understanding the origins of ecological and human risk assessment beginning with the industrial revolution.
Cite at least two outside sources to summarize the risk assessment innovations.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
In the 19th century the industrial revolution began with the introduction of steam engines, telegraph machines, and assembly lines, vastly improving the economic standing in America. Transportation modes increased, electricity was mobilized, and industrial mechanisms were heightened. With advancements in technology and transportation beginning in the 1700s, ecological contamination also elevated, creating risks to human health and environmental conditions. An increased awareness of toxins either purposely ingested or found in the environment, and the dose-response relationship that had already been established was studied more thoroughly to gain a better understanding in the role it played in human risk. The expansion of knowledge was vital to the decision-making relationship regarding advancements in risk assessment (Bernstein, 1996). The industrial revolution allowed elevated apprehension to ecological contamination and risks associated with chemical pollution, unsanitary conditions to water and soil, and environmental deterioration. Waterways were no longer pristine and had become areas for industrial waste (Paustenbach, 2002). The Progressive Era raised awareness to conservation practices and initiated a variety of laws, bills, and organizations to aid in the protection of humans and ecological health. Risk assessment became an analytical enterprise that was supported by information and facts helping to justify regard to humans and the ecology. Physical, chemical, and biological stressors had proceeded to be