HAZARD VS. RISK-BASED APPROACHES TO PROTECTING HEALTH (ERNEST)
HAZARD VS. RISK-BASED APPROACHES TO PROTECTING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FROM PESTICIDES April 2021 What’s the difference between a hazard and risk-based approach? These two approaches are often presented as opposing. However, this is a misrepresentation of risk management. ‘Hazard’ is the potential for a chemical (in this case a pesticide) to cause harm to human health or the environment; Risk , on the other hand , is the probability that the harmful outcome happens. Hazard cannot be separated from risk; it is an integral part of it. Pesticide risk management focuses on reducing the probability (and hence frequency), that people or the environment will be exposed to pesticides. The hazard-based approach to pesticide regulation is founded on the principle that if an active substance possesses certain hazardous character
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