Title: Unit 7 Glossary
Course: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health > Section: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health

Unit 7 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Health Assessment | This is the process the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) uses to evaluate whether people could be harmed by hazardous materials.
Risk | The expected frequency or probability of undesirable effects resulting from exposure to known or expected stressors.
Risk Assessment | Qualitative or quantitative evaluation of the risk posed to human health and/or the environment by the actual or potential presence or release of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants.
Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) | As defined by EPA, RBCA is a streamlined approach through which exposure and risk assessment practices are integrated with traditional components of the corrective action process to ensure that ap ...
Risk-Based Decision-Making (RBDM) | The term RBDM refers to a process through which decisions are made about contaminated sites according to the risk each site poses to human health and the environment. RBDM is a mechanism for ident ...