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AMSEEC Risk Assessment and Management Pillar

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center

March 3, 2023 | 3:50

The Program for Advanced Materials and Substances of Emerging Environmental Concern (AMSEEC) is actively engaged in research to better characterize the presence and potential effects of substances in the environment. Understanding how substances are transformed and move through the environment and how these substances interact with and affect organisms provides the basis for characterizing risk, or the likelihood that the substance will cause environmental harm.

Accurately characterizing risk is critical to making informed decisions as to what steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate the potential for environmental harm, whether it’s guidance for how a substance is generated and used, or development and application of technologies for the efficient capture and removal of the substance from the environment.

For more information on the AMSEEC Program, go to https://amseec.el.erdc.dren.mil/.