Baseline Risk Assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002811",
  "term": "Baseline Risk Assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A baseline risk assessment is an assessment conducted before cleanup activities begin at a site to identify and evaluate the threat to human health and the environment. After remediation has been completed, the information obtained during a baseline risk assessment can be used to determine whether the cleanup levels were reached.\n\n2. A baseline risk assessment describes the source of contamination, how the contamination reaches people and the environment, the amount of contamination to which people or the ecological environment may be exposed, and the health or ecological effects that could result from exposure.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "DOE Office of Legacy Management Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/baseline-risk-assessment/"
}