Journal article
Risk analysis as a standard setting tool
Water quality international, (4), pp.30-32
01 Jan 1993
Abstract
Over the past decade, a new concept of risk analysis has emerged for the setting of environmental standards, including those for waterborne contaminants. This represents an evolution in the approach to regulating toxic materials from the absolutism embodied n the Delaney clause in the US Food and Drug Act (mandating zero carcinogens in foodstuffs). First employed in the US for application to human carcinogens, risk analysis is being extended to include non genotoxic chemical agents, to microbial agents, and to materials causing non-human, ecological effects. Risk may be defined as the possibility of suffering harm from a hazard. Risk analysis provides the tools by which the magnitude and likelihood of such consequences is evaluated. The aim of risk analysis is to allow a standard to be set to achieve a certain level of public health or ecological protection, or perhaps to balance the costs of achieving such a standard with the benefits obtained.
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- Title
- Risk analysis as a standard setting tool
- Creators
- C Haas
- Publication Details
- Water quality international, (4), pp.30-32
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991019189167704721