Meaning acceptable risk
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acceptable risk


Probability of suffering disease or injury which is considered to be sufficiently small to be “negligible”, Note: Calculated risk of an increase of one case in a million people per year for cancer is [..]
Source: sis.nlm.nih.gov

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acceptable risk


The average rate of loss that is considered tolerable for a given activity.
Source: aiche.org

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The level of potential losses that a society or community considers acceptable given existing social, economic, political, cultural, technical and environmental conditions. Comment: In engineering terms, acceptable risk is also used to assess and define the structural and non-structural measures that are needed in order to reduce possible harm to p [..]
Source: unisdr.org (offline)

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Acceptable risk refers to the level of human and property loss that can be tolerated by an individual, household, group, organization, community, region, state, or nation. For instance, the risk of fl [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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This concept relates to the probability of suffering disease or injury that will be tolerated by an individual, group or society. Acceptability of risk depends on the scientific data, social, economic [..]
Source: ilo.org

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a risk level judged by each OIE Member to be compatible with the protection of animal and public health within its territory.
Source: carodog.eu (offline)

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Level of risk such that the benefits derived by an organism, a population or an ecological system are perceived to outweigh the adverse effects that might affect them as a result of being administers [..]
Source: waterpathogens.org

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<statistics> This relates to the potential for suffering disease or injury that will be tolerated by an individual, group, or society in exchange for the benefits of using a substance or process that will cause such disease or injury. Acceptability of risk depends on scientific data, social, economic, and political factors, and on the perceiv [..]
Source: mondofacto.com (offline)

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acceptable risk


Probability of suffering disease or injury which is considered to be sufficiently small to be "negligible" (tolerable risk).
Source: popstoolkit.com

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The level of loss a society or community considers acceptable given existing social, economic, political, cultural, technical and environmental conditions. In engineering terms, acceptable risk is als [..]
Source: pacificclimatechange.net





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