Green Engineering - Textbook Chapter 2 Chapter 2.
Risk is a concept that used in the chemical industry and by practicing chemical engineers.
This chapter will focus on the concept of environmental risk and risk assessment as applied to a chemical s manufacturing, processing, and use, and the impact of exposure to these chemicals on human health and the environment. Risk assessment is a systematic, analytical method used to determine the probability of adverse effects. A common application of risk assessment methods is to evaluate human health and ecological impacts of chemical releases to the environment. Information collected from environmental monitoring or modeling is incorporated into models of human or worker activity and exposure, and conclusions on the likelihood of adverse effects are formulated. As such, risk assessment is an important tool for making decisions with environmental consequences.