Concerns about federal regulatory policymaking procedures prompted the NRC to pr

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Concerns about federal regulatory policymaking procedures prompted the NRC to produce a report called Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process.

               1) True

               2) False

Regulations protect, they do not predict.

               1) True

               2) False

The goal of the NRC report was to:

1)           develop uniform guidelines for all federal agencies

2)           improve risk assessment and regulatory decision making

3)           outline standardized carcinogen guidelines for federal agencies

4)           describe the risk assessment process

The area of toxicology that specializes in drug overdoses is clinical toxicology.

               1) True

               2) False

Explanation / Answer

National Research Council (NRC) develops mechanisms to ensure that the government regulations rests on the best possible implementing agency. Concerns about federal regulatory processes has made the NRC to produce a report called risk assessment in the federal government. So, the given statement is true.

The role if regulations is to protect. They do not predict the occurrence of any event. Therefore, the given statement is true.

The goal of NRC report is to improve risk assessment and regulatory decision making (option 2).

The area of toxicology that specialises in drug overdose is known as medical toxicology or clinical toxicology. The given statement is therefore true.

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