NAS reports Science and Decisions 2 Nov 2019February 9, 2020 The “Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment” National Academy Sciences (NAS) report was released in 2009. The report can be read or downloaded here for free: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12209/science-and-decisions-advancing-risk-assessment. All images used…
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