Introduction Assessing and managing potential health risks from the production and use of metals and inorganic metal compounds is an increasingly important consideration for mining and metals companies. The Health Risk Assessment Guidance for Metals (HERAG) has been published in response to these consideration. Launched jointly by ICMM, Eurofer and Eurometaux, who have contracted EBRC Consulting GmbH (Hannover, Germany) in collaboration with ILZRO (Raleigh, NC) for support and implementation of the project, HERAG has assembled a set of the most advanced and appropriate methods available for human-health based risk assessment of metals. HERAG is intended to address the specific properties of metals, metal compounds, alloys and other naturally occurring inorganic substances that sometimes warrant the application of a risk assessment methodology, which is different to that developed for and applicable to organic industrial chemicals. HERAG is not intended to replace current risk assessment concepts but rather to amend current methodology by addressing metal-specific aspects. |
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The final HERAG documentation consists of a summary document and 8 final fact sheets.
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