Task Force on Scientific Risk Assessment

The Task Force on Scientific Risk Assessment (TFSRA) was established in 2009. The TFSRA supports risk assessors and managers by improving information sharing, coordination, consistency and understanding of scientific risk assessments across Health Canada. The TFSRA addresses a broad range of issues on scientific risk assessments by developing an internal community of risk assessors and managers.  It develops reports, guidance information and other deliverables for use and reference by various Health Canada programs. It provides an opportunity to discuss specific substance/product assessment issues, as well as serves as a resource for others involved in risk assessment. 

TFSRA reports:

• Cancer Risk Assessment Methodology: A Survey of Current Practices at Health Canada (2021)
• Selection of Body Weights Values for Use in Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) Conducted by Health Canada (2019)
• Survey of the Use of (Quantitative) Structure Activity Relationship [(Q)SAR] Tools and Approaches at Health Canada and Partner Departments (2019)
• Biomonitoring Equivalents as a Screening Tool for Population Level Biomonitoring Data: A Health Canada Perspective (2019)
• A Primer on Scientific Risk Assessment at Health Canada (2010)
• Weight of Evidence: General Principles and Current Applications at Health Canada (2011, 2018)
• Evaluation of the Use of Toxicogenomics in Risk Assessment at Health Canada (2018)
• Use of Dietary Intake Data in Exposure Assessments within Health Canada (2018)

For more information on the TFSRA, contact: HC.TFSRA_GTERS.SC@canada.ca