NH Comparative Risk Project Report

For more information about the Project, or for a printed copy of the Report of Ranked Environmental Risks in NH, please contact Katherine Hartnett, Executive Director, New Hampshire Comparative Risk Project, 18 Low Avenue, Concord, NH 03301, telephone (603) 226-1009, fax (603)226-0042, or email.

Part of the report is also available for download below with the following notes:

The downloadable report:

• is in MS Word 6.0 format,
• is 350+ pages (1+ megabytes),
• The document has been prepared by a variety of sources, concentrated into one file and in its electronic form the page numbers and formatting may vary from the printed book, and
• does not contain the graphics, maps, and tables.

Click here to Download the report.

TABLE OF CONTENTS from the report

• INTRODUCTION:
• What is the Comparative Risk Project
• What does it mean to me?
• SUMMARY of the Project Process, 1995-97
• PARTICIPANTS in the PUBLIC ADVISORY GROUP, February, 1997
• HOW TO USE THIS REPORT:
• DEFINITIONS of the 53 environmental risks studied
• WHERE TO FIND specific information in each technical report
• LIST of RANKED ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, reflecting the blended judgments

of the Public Advisory Group and Current Regulation, 4 April 1997
• BACKGROUND:
• Flowchart of NH Comparative Risk Process, January, 1997
• Chart of Project Organization, January 1996
• Project Goals, Purpose, and Objectives (December, 1995),
• Ground rules (June, 1996), and Definition of "NH Environment"
• Project Schedule & Work Products: Year 1 Summary (1995-96)
• Year #2 Schedule (1996-97), and History (1988-95)
• TECHNICAL REPORTS:
• Ecological Integrity (by Carol Foss and Richard Cook)
• Public Health (by Susan Sundstrom, Ph.D.)
• Economic Perspectives (by Lisa Shapiro, Ph.D.)
• Quality of Life (by Public Advisory Group)
• Rationales for Rankings (by Public Advisory Group)

Public Survey Results

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