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The
word hazard is used in health and safety. A hazard is the
property or situation that in particular circumstances could
lead to harm.
Harm
is defined as " harm to the health of living organism
or other interference with ecological systems".
Hazards cause harm. Hazards usually describe events leading
to human damage.
Different
words are used in environmental risk assessment. "Impacts"
replace "hazards". Unlike hazards, impacts may be
beneficial or harmful. You can use impacts or hazards to work
out the risk. You can usually substitute the word "impacts"
for "hazards".
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Impacts
are harder to trace than "hazards", because everything
is interconnected. There is a chain of impacts, some of
the chain may be thousands of miles away.
"A
risk a day helps keep your fears away"
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