Cumulative health impact

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007084",
  "term": "Cumulative health impact",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Cumulative Health Impact",
  "definition": "1. The concept of cumulative impacts takes into account all activities and their combined effect over time. The combination of these effects and any resulting environmental or health degradation are the focus of cumulative impact analysis. The cumulative impacts of an action takes into account the overall impact the action has on resources, the environment or human health, regardless of who is the taking the action.\n\n2. The totality of exposures to combinations of chemical and non-chemical stressors and their effects on health, well-being, and quality of life outcomes.",
  "subject": "Outcomes",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf",
    "EPA EV-Outcomes-Health Impacts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cumulative-health-impact/"
}