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Toxicity-Weighting

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028415

A way to prioritize pollutant emissions based on risk. Pollutants that are more harmful have a higher toxicity factor. Toxicity weighting is very useful if the number of pollutants is large, helping risk assessors focus on pollutants that contribute the most to risk.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028415
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
ReferencesAirToxScreen Glossary of Terms; National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028415",
  "term": "Toxicity-Weighting",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A way to prioritize pollutant emissions based on risk. Pollutants that are more harmful have a higher toxicity factor. Toxicity weighting is very useful if the number of pollutants is large, helping risk assessors focus on pollutants that contribute the most to risk.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms; National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/toxicity-weighting/"
}

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