HEI Publishes New Special Report on Assessing Adverse and Beneficial Environmental, Social, and Economic Cumulative Exposures
HEI has published a new special report Roadmap to Health: Assessing Adverse and Beneficial Environmental, Social, and Economic Cumulative Exposures. To contribute to ongoing efforts to advance the practice of cumulative impact assessment in the United States, HEI Energy formed a Special Panel on Cumulative Impact Assessment to inform a set of considerations for assessing cumulative exposures that are outlined in this special report and accompanying checklist. When designed such that they can be completed in a useful timeframe, cumulative impact assessments can help to reframe scientific and policy discussions so that they encompass the full spectrum of factors that can affect human health, and in so doing, position decision-makers to capitalize on beneficial impacts while avoiding adverse impacts. Together, the special report and checklist aim to facilitate taking the first steps toward realizing this goal.
