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Cumulative risk assessment lessons learned: A review of case studies and issue papers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has evaluated a number of Cumulative Risk Assessments, performed by or commissioned for the Agency, to seek insight into CRA concepts, methods, and lessons learned. In this article, ten case studies and five issue papers on key CRA topics are examined and a set of six key lessons learned are identified for CRA implementation.