Toxicity assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028400",
  "term": "Toxicity assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Toxicity Assessment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. Review of literature, results in toxicity tests, and data from field surveys regarding the toxicity of any given material to an appropriate receptor.\n\n2. Characterization of the toxicological properties and effects of a chemical, including all aspects of its absorption, metabolism, excretion and mechanism of action, with special emphasis on establishment of dose-response characteristics.\n\n3. Characterization of the toxicological properties and effects of a chemical, with special emphasis on establishment of dose-response characteristics.",
    "Characterization of the toxicological properties and effects of a chemical, with special emphasis on establishment of dose-response characteristics."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Research",
    "Information management and systems"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2004, EPA 2005b; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Terms of Env"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/toxicity-assessment/"
}