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Legacy ORD Functions within the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment

Legacy ORD Functions within the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA)
Former Lab/Center and Division Functions Incorporated into the New Structure CPHEA Division
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) – Immediate Office
  • Dioxin
  • Risk Assessment (RISK) (includes EPA Risk Guidelines, framework , handbooks, and EPA reports, models and tools on human health and ecological risk assessment)
CPHEA - Chemical and Pollutant Assessment Division (CPAD)
NCEA – Washington Division CPHEA - CPAD
NCEA – Washington Division CPHEA - Health and Environmental Effects Assessment Division (HEEAD)
NCEA – RTP Division CPHEA - HEEAD
NCEA – Cincinnati Division CPHEA - CPAD
NCEA – IRIS Division Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) CPHEA - CPAD
National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)– Computational Exposure Division (CED) CPHEA - Public Health and Environmental Systems Division (PHESD)
NERL – Exposure Methods and Measurement Division (EMMD) CPHEA-PHESD
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)-Environmental Public Health Division (EPHD) CPHEA-PHESD
NHEERL –EPHD Division CPHEA - Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division (PHITD)
NHEERL – Toxicity Assessment Division (TAD) CPHEA - PHITD
NHEERL – Western Ecology Division (WED) CPHEA - Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD)

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