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Despite the many recent advances in the field of epigenetics, application of this knowledge in environmental health risk assessment has been limited. In this paper, we identify opportunities for application of epigenetic data to support health risk assessment. We consider current applications and present a vision for the future.
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The environmental protection agency has recently accelerated its efforts to determine the need to regulate toxic air pollutants. A key input in determining the need for regulation is the characterization of estimated public health risk. this paper examines some aspects of the feasibility of using probabilistic methods for this purpose. The incorporation of expert judgment would be used to address limitations and uncertainties in the available scientific information.(AU)
