Comparative Risk Assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005860",
  "term": "Comparative Risk Assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A process that generally uses a professional judgment approach to evaluate the relative magnitude of effects and set priorities among a wide range of environmental problems (e.g., U.S. EPA, 1993d). Some applications of this process are similar to the problem formulation portion of an ecological risk assessment in that the outcome may help select topics for further evaluation and help focus limited resources on areas having the greatest risk reduction potential. In other situations, a comparative risk assessment is conducted more like a preliminary risk assessment. For example, EPA's Science Advisory Board used professional judgment and an ecological risk assessment approach to analyze future ecological risk scenarios and risk management alternatives (U.S. EPA, 1995e).\n\n2. Process that generally uses the judgment of experts to predict effects and set priorities among a wide range of environmental problems.\n\n3. The process of comparing and ranking various types of risks to identify priorities and influence resource allocations.\n\n4. The process of comparing and ranking various types of risks to identify priorities and influence resource allocations. [EPA 2004]\n\n5. Comparative risks can be among different pathogens and different exposures. Common metrics would provide a basis for such comparisons. [ILSI 2000 text]\n\n6. An expression of the risks associated with two (or more) actions leading to the same goal; may be expressed quantitatively (a ratio of 1.5) or qualitatively (one risk greater than another risk). Any comparison among the risks of two or more hazards with respect to a common scale. [RAIS 2004, SRA 2004]",
  "abbreviation": "CRA",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "EPA 2004",
    "MRA Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/comparative-risk-assessment/"
}