Health assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013003",
  "term": "Health assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Health Assessment",
  "definition": "1. Estimate of the nature and probability of adverse health effects in humans who may be exposed to chemicals in contaminated environmental media, now or in the future.\n\n2. An evaluation of available data on existing or potential risks posed by a Superfund site. Every site on the National Priorities List has a health assessment prepared by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.\n\n3. An evaluation of available data on existing or potential risks to human health posed by a Superfund site. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services is required to perform such an assessment at every site on the National Priorities List.\n\n4. An evaluation of available data on existing or potential risks to human health posed by a Superfund site. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Department of Health and Human Services is required to perform such an assessment at every site on the National Priorities List.\n\n5. An evaluation of available data on existing or potential risks to human health posed by a Superfund site. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required to perform such an assessment at every site on the National Priorities List.\n\n6. An ATSDR health assessment is a preliminary assessment of the potential risks to human health posed by individual sites. It is an evaluation performed by a public health professional that consists of reviewing environmental sampling data and other site-related information (e.g., remedial, public health evaluations, endangerment assessments) prepared/provided by EPA and other sources.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Human Health Risk Assessment, EPA.gov",
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Superfund Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/health-assessment/"
}