The need for a rapid, cost-effective tool to identify populations at risk from environmental agents at abandoned or uncontrolled industrial facilities is pressing and well timed. The rising economies and increased resource demands of the BRIICs (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China) have been predicted to significantly add to these risks (OECD 2012). In both the extraction and ore processing sectors, the mining industry will be challenged to ensure environmentally sensitive operations and minimal public health impacts. A difficulty in creating an environmental health assessment scheme of this scope is achieving a meaningful balance between breadth, depth, and time within acceptable costs.