{"id":13564,"date":"2021-02-03T22:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/glossar\/risk-quotient\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T12:44:54","slug":"risk-quotient","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/glossar\/risk-quotient\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk quotient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is calculated from an estimated <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Exposure&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Means to expose an object to a particular influence: In the case of nanomaterials, in particular, the contact of humans, animals or the environment with the possibility of incorporating nanomaterials. Both the quantity and the period of ingestion are of concern. For more information, see Basics - How do you get in contact with nanomaterials? .&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>exposure<\/span> (<span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;PEC&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Short for &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;predicted environmental concentration&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt;, is a theoretical value giving an indication of the expected concentration of a material (e.g. nanoparticles) in the environment (exposure assessment). The calculation takes into account the amount initially present (or added to) the environment, its distribution in the different environmental compartments, and the probable rates of environmental degradation and removal, either forced or natural.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>PEC<\/span>), divided by an estimated effect (<span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;PNEC&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Short for &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;\/u&amp;gt;redicted &amp;lt;u&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;\/u&amp;gt;o &amp;lt;u&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;\/u&amp;gt;ffect &amp;lt;u&amp;gt;c&amp;lt;\/u&amp;gt;oncentration&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt;, predicted concentration of a hazardous substance in the environment, which shows no impact on the environment (effect assessment). If this concentration is thus below the PNEC, it should not have any negative effects. PNECs find application especially with PECs in the risk quotient in environmental risk assessment.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>PNEC<\/span>). If a value less than 1, then there is an acceptable risk. In contrast, if the RQ greater than 1, there is an unacceptable level of risk and measures to reduce exposure should be taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>risk ratio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16850,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13564\/revisions\/16850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}