Environmental Risk Assessment: Key Terms and Concepts
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What does dose-response assessment involve?

  • Measuring the intensity, frequency, and duration of exposures.
  • Estimating the incidence of a health effect under various conditions of human exposure.
  • Monitoring the public and environmental health effects of a recognized risk.
  • Characterizing the relation between dose and the health effect incidence. (correct)

Which step is involved in environmental risk management?

  • Mitigating recognized risks (correct)
  • Creating options
  • Decision making process
  • Exposure assessment

What is the primary focus of risk characterization?

  • Decision making process
  • Characterizing the relation between dose and health effect incidence
  • Assessing the intensity, frequency, and duration of exposures
  • Estimating the incidence of a health effect under various conditions of exposure (correct)

What is the main purpose of hazard identification?

<p>Determining if exposure to an agent can increase health conditions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves assessing technological feasibility and public concerns?

<p>Risk management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the final step in the 10 Steps to Risk Assessment process?

<p>Risk characterization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is environmental risk assessment?

<p>A process of predicting adverse effects on the environment caused by chemical substances (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is NOT considered in the risk identification process?

<p>Public Opinion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of risk recognition?

<p>To be one element of a comprehensive safety and health approach (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the grading of risk, what percentage range does 'Medium to high risk' cover?

<p>1% to 10% (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which document is NOT an output of the risk identification process?

<p>Environmental Impact Assessment Report (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'Grading of Risk 2- Low to medium risk' imply?

<p>May happen, occurs between 0.1% and 1% of the time/cases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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