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Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project

Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project

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To streamline emissions data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) is a modelling tool that helps policy makers, researchers, and communities explore data on releases of toxic substances from…
Confidence in New Approach Methodologies for Risk Assessment

Confidence in New Approach Methodologies for Risk Assessment

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Abt is working to advance the science around chemical risk assessment to support confidence in the use of New Assessment Methodologies.
The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

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Do pollution prevention projects reduce toxic releases? If so, by how much? Understanding their impact would provide valuable input to efforts to protect the nation’s environment. However, the sheer number — approximately 370,000 projects over 20 years —…
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Supporting Green Prosperity in Indonesia

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Indonesia needed to adopt environmentally sustainable, low-carbon economic growth for its 250 million people. Among other things, it needed better land-use planning. As part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Green Prosperity (GP) Project, the…
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National Flood Risk Characterization Tool

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Extreme weather volatility has increased the need for more effective and cost-efficient risk assessment tools. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked with Abt to address this challenge...
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Spotlight On: Regulatory Development Support

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For more than 35 years, Abt has delivered extensive regulatory support services to state and federal clients, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Coast Guard, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Health & Environment Systematic Review Capabilities

Spotlight On: Health & Environment Systematic Review Capabilities

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Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees

Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees

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Extreme weather events and natural disasters are impacting communities across the United States, and Americans are already feeling its effects. While environmental hazards have devastating effects on all communities, low- and moderate-income communities, including…
Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

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Abt Global’s staff has developed and implemented spatially specific modeling approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify, and often estimate the cost of, the impacts of climate change on a number of sectors and dynamics in…
Spotlight On: Environmental Toxicology

Spotlight On: Environmental Toxicology

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Our toxicologists design, implement, conduct and manage a wide range of laboratory and field-based bioassays, investigations and other tests to fill key data gaps and increase our understanding of the adverse effects of chemicals, mixtures, and other stressors on numerous organisms, including bacteria, algae, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals.