Environmental Risk Assessment

The Environmental Risk Assessment programme is combination of two earlier programmes, Environmental Health Hazards (EHH) and Promotion of Chemical Safety.

The mission of the programme is to protect human health through the control, mitigation and elimination of environmental health hazards.

The programme aims to assist countries in their quest to improve public health by controlling environmental risks and hazards through cost effective means based on scientific facts and utilizing community participation.

The following components are included in Environmental Risk Assessment:
Drinking Water Quality Control

Sustainable management of chemical safety

Environmental health impact assessment and mapping

Sustainable management of biomedical wastes

Promotion of radiation safety

Other environmental health hazards of chemical safety.