Objective: Improve public confidence in the science of risk assessment and to promote its use in public policy actions. This includes the need to counter the perceptions of bias, vested interest and lack of quality assurance of industry generated data.Objective: Improve public confidence in the science of risk assessment and to promote its use in public policy actions. This includes the need to counter the perceptions of bias, vested interest and lack of quality assurance of industry generated data.

Current activities:

• Task Force on Environmental impact assessment for socio-economic analysis of chemicals

Recent publications and completed activities:

• Session at EUROTOX 2008 on The role of science in society and industry sponsorship of environmental and health research
• Workshop Report 13: Counting the Costs and Benefits of Chemical Controls: Role of Environmental Risk Assessment in Socio-Economic Analysis
  September 2008
• Workshop Report 08: Societal aspects of nanotechnology
  October 2006