Risk

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024352",
  "term": "Risk",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The expected frequency or probability of undesirable effects resulting from exposure to known or expected stressors.\n\n2. A measure of the chance that damage to life, health, property, or the environment will occur.\n\n3. The potential for realization of unwanted adverse consequences or events.\n\n4. The likelihood that adverse ecological effects or human health effects may occur or are occurring as a result of exposure to one or more stressors. (derived from: U.S. EPA 1998)\n\n5. Likelihood or probability of injury, disease, or death.\n\n6. This is the probability that something undesirable will happen from exposure to a hazard.\n\n7. A chance of loss with respect to person, liability, or the property of the insured.\n\n8. A measure of the probability that damage to life, health, property, and/or the environment will occur as a result of a given hazard.\n\n9. In the context of human health, the probability of injury, disease, or death from exposure to a chemical agent or a mixture of chemicals. In quantitative terms, risk is expressed as values ranging from zero (representing the certainty that harm will not occur) to one (representing the certainty that harm will occur).\n\n10. The probability of an adverse effect in an organism, system, or population caused under specified circumstances by exposure to an agent.\n\n11. The potential for harm (injury, disease, or death) due to exposure to a hazard. Risk may be expressed as a percent, a fraction, or a decimal value. For example, a 1% excess risk of cancer incidence is the same as a 1 in a hundred (1/100) risk or a risk of 0.01.\n\n12. \"A measure of the probability that damage to life, health, property, and/or the environment will occur as a result of a given hazard\" (EPA 1992, 25). In statistics, \"the expected loss due to the use of a given decision procedure\" (QAMS 1993, 20).\n\n13. The probability of injury, disease, or death under specific circumstances.\n\n14. The probability of injury, disease, or death under specific circumstances. In quantitative terms, risk is expressed in values ranging from zero, which represents the certainty that harm will not occur, to one, which represents the certainty that harm will occur.\n\n15. Probability that an animal or individual exhibits a particular adverse effect for a specified exposure, expressed on a probability scale of 0 to 1. May be expressed as the proportion of a population effected and often converted to the percent effected.\n\n16. In the context of human health, the probability of adverse effects resulting from exposure to an environmental agent or mixture of agents.\n\n17. In the context of human health, the probability of injury, disease, or death from exposure to a chemical agent or a mixture of chemicals. In quantitative terms, risk is expressed in values ranging from zero (representing the certainty that harm will not occur) to one (representing the certainty that harm will occur).\n\n18. The probability that something will cause injury or harm.\n\n19. The probability that an event will occur, e.g., that an individual will become ill or die within a stated period of time or age.\n\n20. The likelihood of the occurrence and the magnitude of the consequences of exposure to a hazard on human health.\n\n21. The product of: impact of severity (consequence) and impact of likelihood (probability). Specifically for carcinogenic effects, risk is estimated as the incremental probability of an individual developing cancer over a lifetime as a result of exposure to a potential carcinogen. Specifically for noncarcinogenic (systemic) effects, risk is not expressed as a probability but rather is evaluated by comparing an exposure level over a period of time to a reference dose derived for a similar exposure period.\n\n22. The probability of an adverse event occurring.\n\n23. Combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or exposure(s) and the severity of injury or ill health that can be caused by the event or exposure(s).\n\n24. The probability that adverse effects to human health or the environment will occur due to a given hazard (such as exposure to a toxic chemical or mixture of toxic chemicals). We can measure or estimate some risks in numerical terms (for example, one chance in a hundred).\n\n25. In the context of human health, the probability of adverse effects resulting from exposure to an environmental agent or mixture of agents. [EPA 2003]\n\n26. A function of the probability of an adverse health effect and the severity of that effect, consequential to a hazard(s) in food. [CAC 1999, 2003, FAO/WHO 2003b]",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Pesticides Glossary; EPA 2005e",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Check Up Program for Small Systems (CUPSS) Glossary; CUPSS Glossary",
    "Core Ecosystem Services Research Program Standard Lexicon",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Environmental Management System Glossary",
    "Environmental Insurance and Risk Management Tools Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "Community-Based Air Pollution Projects Glossary",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "RadTown Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Glossary of Terms",
    "EPA 2003",
    "EPA 2004",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "CDC 2005",
    "FDA 2002",
    "RAIS 2004",
    "USDA 2004",
    "Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System Terms and Definitions; SHEMS Terms and Definitions",
    "AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms; NATA Glossary of Terms",
    "MRA Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/risk/"
}