Risk Assessment
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Environmental Health Division
Minnesota Guidance
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) develops health-based guidance for chemicals in air, groundwater, and other environmental media in response to requests from programs within MDH and from other Minnesota state agencies.
Minnesota Department of Health
Air
Water
- Guidance Values and Standards for Contaminants in Drinking Water
- Comparison of State Water Guidance and Federal Drinking Water Standards
- Health Risk Limits Rules
- Frequently Asked Questions about MDH Water Guidance
Other guidance: Chemical specific
- Guidance for Evaluating the Cancer Potency of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures in Environmental Samples (PDF)
- Dioxin-Like Compounds
- Lead: Risk Assessment Guidance for Lead in Blood
- Rapid Assessments for Pesticides
- Rapid Assessments for Pharmaceuticals
- Technical and Application Information for Trichloroethylene (TCE)
- Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon: Guidance for Evaluating Health Risks from Gasoline and Diesel Contaminated Drinking Water (PDF)
Other guidance: Risk assessment methods
- Guidance Development Process: MDH has developed a guide with information about the guidance development process.
- Dual Guidance for Drinking Water
- MDH Health Risk Assessment Methods: Incorporating Early-Life Sensitivity into Cancer Risk Assessments for Linear Carcinogens (PDF)
- MDH Health Risk Assessment Methods: Incorporation of Human Equivalent Dose Calculations into Derivation of Oral Reference Doses (PDF)
Also see: Fish Consumption Advice.
Other Minnesota state agencies
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Last Updated: 04/21/2023