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risk assessment  

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  • Risk assessment is the first step in environmental risk analysis, a tool designed to assist decision makers in making environmental policy decisions. Risk assessment is meant to provide a science-based methodology with clearly defined steps to give decision makers the necessary background on which to base their decisions. [Source: Green Politics: An A-to-Z Guide; Risk Assessment]

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