An Evaluation of United Kingdom Environmental Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Assessment

Eric P. M. Grist

doi:10.1897/IEAM_2004a-012.1

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1 April 2005 An Evaluation of United Kingdom Environmental Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Assessment

Eric P. M. Grist

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 1(2):152-159 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1897/IEAM_2004a-012.1

Abstract

As a member of the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been causally associated with a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. Given the many uncertainties on the transmission and persistence of TSE pathogens in the environment, quantitative assessment of risks to humans and animals continues to remain a public health issue. This paper reviews quantitative BSE risk assessments undertaken in the United Kingdom since 1997 to address the potential for human exposure and theoretical health risks through environmental pathways. The review focuses on how model assumptions and methodology may influence the results.

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Eric P. M. Grist "An Evaluation of United Kingdom Environmental Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Assessment," Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 1(2), 152-159, (1 April 2005). https://doi.org/10.1897/IEAM_2004a-012.1

Received: 20 April 2004; Accepted: 1 October 2004; Published: 1 April 2005

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