Conservative

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006210",
  "term": "Conservative",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A conservative risk assessment estimates high-end risk rather than low-end risk. A conservative risk assessment should not underestimate risk and, therefore, will indicate risk to most species of plants and animals.\n\n2. In the case of a contaminant, one that does not degrade and the movement of which is not retarded; is unreactive. (b) in the case of an assumption, one that leads to a worst-case scenario, one that is most protective of human health and the environment.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Ecological Risk Assessment Glossary of Terms",
    "Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/conservative/"
}