Comments of the General Electric Company on the U S Environmental Protection Agency's Human Health Risk Assessment for the Form

Any source of harm or danger in the environment, for example from natural hazards, pollution, or depletion of natural resources.

Risk: A measure of the probability that damage to life, health, property, and/or the environment will occur as a result of a given hazard. At Superfund sites, risk is the chance that contaminants from a site will cause health and ecological problems. Attachment 6: Useful Terms and Definitions for Explaining Risk epa.gov https://semspub.epa.gov › work epa.gov https://semspub.epa.gov › work

Definition 1: Adverse effects that result from a single dose or single exposure of a chemical; any poisonous effect produced within a short period of time, usually less than 96 hours. This term normally is used to describe effects in experimental animals.

EPA uses risk assessment to characterize the nature and magnitude of risks to human health for various populations, for example residents, recreational visitors, both children and adults. EPA also estimates risks to ecological receptors, including plants, birds, other wildlife, and aquatic life. About Risk Assessment | US EPA epa.gov https://.epa.gov › risk › about-risk-assessment epa.gov https://.epa.gov › risk › about-risk-assessment

risk assessment is conducted through four processes: hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) defines these four steps (Fig. 1).

The RMP rule requires facilities that use extremely hazardous substances to develop a Risk Management Plan which: identifies the potential effects of a chemical accident, identifies steps the facility is taking to prevent an accident, and. spells out emergency response procedures should an accident occur.