Risk Communication

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024368",
  "term": "Risk Communication",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The process of exchanging information about levels or significance of health or environmental risk.\n\n2. Risk communication, the exchange of information about health or environmental risks among risk assessors, risk managers, the local community, news media and interest groups, is the process of informing members of the local community about environmental risks associated with a site and the steps that are being taken to manage those risks.\n\n3. The exchange of information about health or environmental risks among risk assessors and managers, the general public, news media, interest groups, etc.\n\n4. Interactive exchange of information about (health or environmental) risks among risk assessors, managers, news media, interested groups, and the general public.\n\n5. \"The exchange of information about environmental risks among risk assessors, risk managers, the general public, news media, special interest groups, and others\" (EPA 1992, 25).\n\n6. Exchange of information about health or environmental risks between risk assessors, risk managers, the general public, and other interest groups such as the news media.\n\n7. The exchange of information about health or environmental risks among risk assessors and managers, the general public, news media, and other stakeholders.\n\n8. The exchange of information to increase understanding of health risks.\n\n9. The interactive exchange of information and opinions concerning risk and risk management among risk assessors, managers, consumers, industry, and other interested parties.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; EPA 2005e",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b, RAIS 2004",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "EPA 2004",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "FDA 2002"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/risk-communication/"
}