Health Hazard

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013013",
  "term": "Health Hazard",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Source, situation, or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, or a combination thereof.\n\n2. 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. [EPA 2005b]\n\n3. 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). [EPA 2004]\n\n4. A potential source of harm. [EPA 2003]\n\n5. Probability that a given pesticide will have an adverse effect on man or the environment in a given situation, the relative likelihood of danger or ill effect being dependent on a number of interrelated factors present at any given time.\n\n6. Represents the pathogens potential to generally cause adverse effects in normally healthy humans. [Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment]\n\n7. A health hazard results from exposure to a chemical, mixture of chemicals, or pathogen for which acute or chronic health effects may occur. It also includes stress due to temperature extremes. Further definition of the terms used above can be found in Appendix A to OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200.",
  "references": [
    "Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System Terms and Definitions",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "40 CFR 171.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "Environmental Sampling and Analytical Methods (ESAM) Program Glossary",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 11: Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/health-hazard/"
}