Risk assessments should be used as a tool for all but one of the following: 1) A

Question

Risk assessments should be used as a tool for all but one of the following:

1)           Allocation of public resources

2)           Reducing human health risks

3)           Prioritizing

4)           Determining whether a standard has been violated

The ultimate concern of a mechanistic toxicologist is the effect of chemicals on populations and ecosystems.

               1) True

               2) False

The ADI for a chemical is derived from the NOAEL.

               1) True

               2) False

Common signal words include everything except:

1)           warning

2)           danger

3)           corrosive

4)           safe

Explanation / Answer

Risk assessment methods identify the hazards and risk factors associated with that hazard, hazard identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation and risk control. Therefore, it involves prioritising the resources, their allocation and thereby reducing the human health risks. So, the answer for this question is determining whether the standard has been violated (option 4).

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