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After testing its water, a city water department issues a report to the related citizens, noting what chemicals have been identified, their doses, and the estimated risks of exposure at these levels. This report represents a type of
 
  A) exposure assessment.
  B) dose-response assessment.
  C) hazard assessment.
  D) risk characterization.

Question 2

When an herbicide is typically sprayed on a field, it breaks down in the presence of sunlight into a new molecule.
 
  Researchers hope to investigate whether the new molecule occurs in municipal water samples and well water in a rural community in Minnesota. This water testing, and a determination of the amount of chemical ingested by members of the community, represents a type of A) exposure assessment.
  B) dose-response assessment.
  C) hazard assessment.
  D) risk characterization.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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