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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 usually considered to be negligible.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Biology; Chemistry
- Category: Toxicology
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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Creator
- Walter Lane
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