BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Risk Profile
The BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment prepares health assessments for the areas of food, consumer products and chemicals. These scientific opinions are published on the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment website along with an easily understandable lead paragraph. As a new service, the results of selected opinions have been summarised graphically in a BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment risk profile since January 2013.
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General description of the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment risk profile
The BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment risk profile focuses on clearly communicating the facts of the case. The risk profile allows readers to quickly identify the facts and key characteristics of the risk assessed in the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment statement.
The graphic is structured as a table containing the five characteristics (see example in the figure):
- Affected groups of people,
- the probability of health impairment upon exposureExposureTo glossary,
- the severity of health impairment upon exposure,
- the significance of the available data, and
- the possibility for consumers to control the risk—for example, by avoiding the product or by careful handling.
The respective valid levels of the risk characteristics are highlighted in dark blue.