Hazard

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012882",
  "term": "Hazard",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The likelihood that a substance will cause an injury or adverse effect under specified conditions.\n\n2. A potential source of harm.\n\n3. The ability to cause damage.\n\n4. A specific situation that increases the probability of the occurrence of loss arising from a peril, or that may influence the extent of the loss. For example, accident, sickness, fire, flood, liability, burglary, and explosion are perils. Slippery floors, unsanitary conditions, shingled roofs, congested traffic, unguarded premises, and uninspected boilers are also hazards.\n\n5. Potential for radiation, a chemical or other pollutant to cause human illness or injury.\n\n6. In the pesticide program, the inherent toxicity of a compound. Hazard identification of a given substances is an informed judgment based on verifiable toxicity data from animal models or human studies.\n\n7. Inherent property of an agent or situation having the potential to cause adverse effects when an organism, system, or population is exposed to that agent.\n\n8. Risk, peril, jeopardy to which an individual is subjected.\n\n9. In a general sense, \"hazard\" is anything that has a potential to cause harm. In risk assessment, the likelihood of experiencing a noncancer health effect is called hazard (not risk).\n\n10. (a) Potential for radiation, a chemical or other pollutant to cause human illness or injury. (b) In the pesticide program, the inherent toxicity of a compound. Hazard identification of a given substances is an informed judgment based on verifiable toxicity data from animal models or human studies.\n\n11. A source of potential harm from past, current, or future exposures.\n\n12. Biological, chemical or physical agents with the potential to cause an adverse health effect.\n\n13. Source, situation, or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, or a combination thereof.\n\n14. Represents the pathogens potential to generally cause adverse effects in normally healthy humans.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003",
    "Environmental Management System Glossary",
    "Environmental Insurance and Risk Management Tools Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "EPA 2004",
    "EPA 2005b",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "FDA 2002",
    "Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System Terms and Definitions",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hazard/"
}