Setting Priorities|Comparative Risk Report

SETTING PRIORITIES|Comparative Risk Report

Project Name: Environmental Priorities for the District of Columbia

    Ranking Results:

Overall Ranking
Severity of Health Effects
Number of People Affected
Ecological and Welfare Effects
Public Ranking

    Project Description:

Geographical Coverage

Project Purpose

Ranking Process

Participants in the Ranking Process

Project Reference

Contact Information

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Ranking Results

Overall Ranking
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Air pollution	general
	Drinking water	general	area specific
	Medium+
	Lead	general
	Water-Anacostia	general	area specific
	Medium
	Trash	general	area specific
	Water-Potomac	general	area specific
	Medium-
	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Low+
	Parks

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Severity of Health Effects
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Air pollution	general
	Drinking water	general	area specific
	Lead	general
	Medium
	Water-Anacostia	general	area specific
	Low
	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Parks
	Trash	general	area specific
	Water-Potomac	general	area specific

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Number of People Affected
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Air pollution	general
	Drinking water	general	area specific
	Lead	general
	Trash	general	area specific
	Water-Anacostia	general	area specific
	Medium
	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Water-Potomac	general	area specific
	Low
	Parks

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Ecological and Welfare Effects
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Drinking water	general	area specific
	Parks
	Water-Anacostia	general	area specific
	Medium
	Trash	general	area specific
	Water-Potomac	general	area specific
	Low
	Air pollution	general
	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Lead	general

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Public Ranking
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Air pollution	general
	Drinking water	general	area specific
	Medium
	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Parks
	Lead	general
	Trash	general	area specific
	Water-Anacostia	general	area specific
	Water-Potomac	general	area specific

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Project Description

	Geographical Coverage: District of Columbia
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	Project Purpose: To examine the universe of environmental problems in the District of Columbia, analyze what should be the priorities among these problems, and make some suggestions about possible initiatives to help address the Districts environmental problems.
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	Ranking Process: Based upon review of the scientific and public heath literature, professional staff from the non-profit organization Resources for the Future ranked Health, Ecological, and Welfare effects in the District of Columbia. After completing these three rankings, the professional staff integrated the rankings with the Public Ranking to create the Overall Ranking.
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	Participants in the Ranking Process: General Public Governmental Agencies Public Interest/Nonprofit Organizations Scientific/Academic Community The professional staff at Resources for the Future completed that bulk of the analysis, with representatives from the General Public and Governmental Agencies contributing to the public rankings through a series of interviews.
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	Reference: Davies, Terry and Darnall, Nicole. Environmental Priorities for the District of Columbia: A Report to the Summit Fund. Resources for the Future. October 1996. http://www.rff.org/reports/PDF_files/dcenviro.pdf
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	Contact Information: Terry Davies Center for Risk Management Resources for the Future 1616 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-1400 phone: (202) 328-5080 fax: (202) 939-3460 http://www.rff.org/reports/1996.htm#DC Enviro Priorities
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