acceptable risk

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Probability of suffering disease or injury that 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.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. (Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)) on page 1158 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'acceptable risk' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15438 RIS BibTex EndNote
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