AbstractToxic chemicals have created much public concern over the past thirty years due to both environmental pollution and hazardous waste management. Hence, the associated Risk Assessment Process is both complicated and crucial in the outcome of decisions concerning remediation. Quantification for a particular contaminant can demonstrate that the concentration is adequately low, so that there is no need to carry out a remedial action, at that given site. The contaminant's specific calculated risk in a risk assessment is directly proportional to the average concentration of that contaminant chemical. The total risk is additive for all the contaminants present at that site, for both carcinogenic and non‐carcinogenic risks. Further analysis into the risk assessment for a drum storage area at a DOD installation rendering airlift support for airborne forces resulted in elimination of an unnecessary and costly remedial actio
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