Cumulative Risk

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007088",
  "term": "Cumulative Risk",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The risk of a common toxic effect associated with concurrent exposure by all relevant pathways and routes of exposure to a group of chemicals that share a common mechanism of toxicity.\n\n2. The combined risk from aggregate exposures to multiple agents or stressors.\n\n3. The combined risks resulting from cumulative exposures to multiple agents or stressors.\n\n4. The combined risk from aggregate exposures to multiple agents or stressors. [EPA 2004]\n\n5. Cumulative risk refers to the accumulation of stressors or exposures that, combined, can cause adverse effects on people and the environment. These collective threats can begin with a single exposure source and carry through all relevant routes over time, resulting in a number of stressors, including biological, chemical and physical.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "EPA 2004",
    "EPA Human Health Multi-Year Plan April, 2003 at http://www.epa.gov/hhrp/bosc/2005/hh.pdf",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "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"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cumulative-risk/"
}