Since a chemical may possess several hazards, risk is normally determined for the ‘leading health effect’, which is the health effect (or ‘endpoint’ such as acute toxicity, irritation, sensitisation, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, toxicity for reproduction) considered to be the most important.
Eftersom en kemikalie kan innebära flera faror bestäms risken normalt sett för den mest betydelsefulla hälsoeffekten (leading health effect), som är den hälsoeffekt (t.ex. akut toxicitet, irritation, sensibilisering, cancerogenitet, mutagenicitet, reproduktionstoxicitet) som anses vara störst.EurLex-2 EurLex-2