Ecological Risk Assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008882",
  "term": "Ecological Risk Assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The application of a formal framework, analytical process, or model to estimate the effects of human actions(s) on a natural resource and to interpret the significance of those effects in light of the uncertainties identified in each component of the assessment process. Such analysis includes initial hazard identification, exposure and dose-response assessments, and risk characterization.\n\n2. A formal evaluation of the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. (source: U.S. EPA 1998)\n\n3. A process that evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. Stressors are defined as any chemical, biological, or physical entity that can induce an adverse response on ecological individuals, populations, communities, or ecosystems.\n\n4. A process that evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors (RAF 1992, 37).\n\n5. The process that evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors.\n\n6. The application of a formal framework, analytical process, or model to estimate the effects of human action(s) on a natural resource and to interpret the significance of those effects in light of the uncertainties identified in each component of the assessment process. Such analysis includes initial hazard identification, exposure and dose response assessments, and risk characterization.\n\n7. Process that evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. Stressors are defined as any chemical, biological, or physical entity that can induce an adverse response on ecological individuals, populations, communities or ecosystems.\n\n8. Evaluation of the potential adverse effects that human activities have on the plants and animals that make up ecosystems\n\n9. Application of a formal framework, analytical process, or model to estimate the effects of human actions(s) on a natural resource and to interpret the significance of those effects in light of the uncertainties identified in each component of the assessment process. Such analysis includes initial... hazard identification, exposure and dose-response assessments, and risk characterization.\n\n10. Formal evaluation of the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. (source: U.S. EPA 1998)\n\n11. Process that evaluates the likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. [EPA 2004]\n\n12. Application of a formal framework, analytical process, or model to estimate the effects of human action(s) on a natural resource and to interpret the significance of those effects in light of the uncertainties identified in each component of the assessment process. Such analysis includes initial hazard identification, exposure and dose response assessments, and risk characterization. [EPA 2005b, RAIS 2004]\n\n13. Ecological risk assessments evaluate the possibility that adverse ecological effects are occurring or may occur as a result of exposure to physical (e.g., site cleanup activities) or chemical (e.g., release of hazardous substances) factors at a site. These assessments often contain detailed information regarding the interaction of these factors with the biological community at the site.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; RCRA Glossary of Terms; Superfund Reforms Glossary; Terms of Environment",
    "Core Ecosystem Services Research Program Standard Lexicon",
    "Community-Based Air Pollution Projects Glossary",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "EPA 2004",
    "EPA 2005b, RAIS 2004",
    "Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) Program Glossary",
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Superfund Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecological-risk-assessment/"
}