Question

The important factors to be considered in the decision making process for ecological risk assessment are ______

(a) Finding thresholds and identifying the potential for irreversible change

(b) Chemical analysis

(c) Rate of exposure

(d) Dose response

This question was posed to me in an international level competition.

I'd like to ask this question from Risk Management topic in section Risk Management of Hazardous Waste Management

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) Finding thresholds and identifying the potential for irreversible change

The best I can explain: For risks due to long-term exposure to chemicals, the risk assessment activity generally incorporates the estimation of the response of people to the exposure and identifies the potential of threat for an irreversible change.