Emerging Issues
At Gradient, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of emerging risk assessment issues associated with chemicals in the environment or in consumer products. Gradient has proven that good science expedites problem-solving, which offers tremendous opportunities for our clients to develop superior environmental strategies and solutions.
In a world of evolving environmental concerns, we are currently assisting clients addressing issues involving:
- Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs)
- Implications of the new lead NAAQS
- Risk implications of gene-environment interactions
- Coal combustion products risk concerns
When facing the challenges associated with these and other issues, we aim to develop new approaches or new techniques that advance environmental science, protect human health and the environment, and, above all, solve our clients’ problems.
Example Projects
- Coal Ash Risk Assesssment and Public Communication
- Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
- Development of an Endocrine Disruption Assay for Aquatic Organisms
- Risk Evaluation for Chemical Additives used in Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
- Health Effects of Airborne Nanoparticles
- Human Risk Assessment for Implanted Medical Device