Risk Assessment

DoD employs a risk management approach in the environmental restoration program and in its management of its ranges. SERDP and ESTCP efforts include detailed analyses of the fate and transport of contaminants; improved understanding of exposure pathways to humans and ecological receptors; contaminant effects on ecological receptors; and tools and methods to assess environmental impacts.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

Determining the Bioavailability, Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals and Metals for the Development of Eco-SSLs

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1210
Principal Investigator: Mr Roman Lanno PhD, Ohio State University
SERDP Feb 2001

Coupling Between Pore Water Fluxes, Structural Heterogeneity, and Biogeochemical Processes Controls Contaminant Mobility, Bioavailability, and Toxicity in Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1745
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aaron Packman, Northwestern University
SERDP Apr 2010

Bioavailability and Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides in Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1744
Principal Investigator: Dr. Heileen Hsu-Kim, Duke University
SERDP Jun 2010

Assessing Mercury and Methylmercury Bioavailability in Sediment Pore Water Using Mercury-Specific Hydrogels

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1771
Principal Investigator: Dr. Victor Magar, ENVIRON
SERDP Apr 2010

Antimony(V) Adsorption by Variable-Charge Minerals

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1741
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Essington, The University of Tennessee
SERDP Oct 2009

An Integrated Field and Laboratory Study of the Bioavailability of Metal Contaminants in Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1494
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicholas Fisher, Stony Brook University
SERDP Apr 2006