Setting Priorities for Environmental R and D on Army Chemicals.

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Research Division of the Army Medical Research and Development Command is charged with recommending criteria for environmental standards dealing with the manufacture, use, and disposal of chemicals in Army activities. This report presents a methodology that can assist the Army in allocating resources among candidate research and development studies on the environmental effects of Army chemicals, in a cost-effective manner with respect to the development of criteria for standards. The basis of the methodology is a mathematical model of the process leading from the initial pollution of air, water, or land to the eventual environmental effects of the chemicals in question. The model estimates a total hazard value, weighted among human and ecological effects, with a corresponding uncertainty due to lack of knowledge. The allocation methodology then compares the reduction in hazard uncertainty expected to be achieved after a research study with the cost of the study, and ranks candidate studies according to the ratio. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050782

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Brown

Organizations

  • SRI International

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollutants
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fungi
  • Groundwater
  • Materials Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Toxicity

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