Risk Crossword
Across
3. Process in which the levels of some toxins in the environment are magnified as they pass through the food chain
4. Hazards from naturally occurring events
8. Hazards from pathogens
14. Use of facts to determine the probability of adverse affects
16. abbreviation for the Centers for Disease Control
17. pollutants bring on immediate life threatening complications
18. cancer causing
20. Hazards from unsafe choices that people make
Down
1. a chemical with an LD50 (median lethal dose) under 50milligrams per kilogram
2. Increase of a chemical in the tissues of an organism at a level higher than would be expected.
5. Hazards from heavy metals, pesticides, plastics etc
6. incidence of death in a population
7. study of presence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
9. incidence of disease in a population
10. The chance of injury, damage or loss
11. involves both a cost-benefit analysis and a risk-benefit analysis
12. It can happen.
13. can cause injury, disease, economic loss or environmental damage
15. The ability of a substance to be poisonous
19. Likelihood of something happening.
20. pollutants cause a gradual deterioration of health