Advancing Alternative Analysis: Integration of Decision Science.

Autor: Malloy TF; UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Zaunbrecher VM; UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Batteate CM; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Blake A; Environmental and Public Health Consulting, Alameda, California, USA, Carroll WF Jr; Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Corbett CJ; UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Hansen SF; Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, Lempert RJ; RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA, Linkov I; U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, McFadden R; McFadden and Associates, LLC, Oregon, USA, Moran KD; TDC Environmental, LLC, San Mateo, California, USA, Olivetti E; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Ostrom NK; Safer Products and Workplaces Program, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento, California, USA, Romero M; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Schoenung JM; Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA, Seager TP; School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, Sinsheimer P; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA, Thayer KA; Office of Health Assessment and Translation, National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental health perspectives [Environ Health Perspect] 2017 Jun 13; Vol. 125 (6), pp. 066001. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 13.
DOI: 10.1289/EHP483
Abstrakt: Background: Decision analysis-a systematic approach to solving complex problems-offers tools and frameworks to support decision making that are increasingly being applied to environmental challenges. Alternatives analysis is a method used in regulation and product design to identify, compare, and evaluate the safety and viability of potential substitutes for hazardous chemicals.
Objectives: We assessed whether decision science may assist the alternatives analysis decision maker in comparing alternatives across a range of metrics.
Methods: A workshop was convened that included representatives from government, academia, business, and civil society and included experts in toxicology, decision science, alternatives assessment, engineering, and law and policy. Participants were divided into two groups and were prompted with targeted questions. Throughout the workshop, the groups periodically came together in plenary sessions to reflect on other groups' findings.
Results: We concluded that the further incorporation of decision science into alternatives analysis would advance the ability of companies and regulators to select alternatives to harmful ingredients and would also advance the science of decision analysis.
Conclusions: We advance four recommendations: a ) engaging the systematic development and evaluation of decision approaches and tools; b ) using case studies to advance the integration of decision analysis into alternatives analysis; c ) supporting transdisciplinary research; and d ) supporting education and outreach efforts. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP483.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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