I'm the founder and CEO of SafeDose, and I'm pleased to have the opportunity to tell you about our journey.

 

I've been a health scientist for over 25 years and a human health risk assessment consultant for about half that time. As a risk assessor, I've set or reviewed limits for chemicals in food, water, air, soil, dietary supplements, cosmetics, cleaners and pharmaceuticals. I've also had the privilege of helping governments and companies develop human health risk assessment methods and guidelines.

 

I've learned a LOT from all these experiences. I learned about science, policy, the errors we make when we do risk assessments and tricks on how to do assessments more efficiently. Most importantly, I've learned how different people and organizations make decisions in the face of uncertainty and how this impacts the conclusions of the assessment.

 

Over the years, the data geek in me has been busy carrying out a giant "compare and contrast" exercise, synthesising everything I've learned into a manual of best practices and decision frameworks. I created this manual because I realized that my own risk assessments needed to be more consistent, transparent and objective. Then came the epiphany. This stuff might be useful to others too! After much dreaming, planning and the hard work of a talented team, Harmon-Easy  was born; a web based risk assessment report builder that has all that knowledge built right in. Harmon-Easy    harmonizes the process of risk assessment for risk assessors and makes these reports easier for others to review. The first iteration of Harmon-Easy    is designed for creating health-based exposure limits (HBELs) for pharmaceuticals. Future iterations will focus on other types of risk assessments.

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