risk assessment

tell me about risk assessment

Risk can be defined as the chance of injury, damage, or loss.

Risk assessment, in its environmental context, is a procedure by which likely effects, on human health or the environment, arising from exposure to harmful substances, are assessed.

The basic concept of risk assessment is that, in order for harm to be done, three components must be present:

1. a source of harm (e.g. some contaminated land)
2. a pathway (e.g. windblown dust) by which harmful material may be brought into contact with the target
3. a target (e.g. a person) which may be harmed by the substance

If any one of these components is absent, no risk is to human health or the environment is likely.

what domains are for sale?

Here at hot-cakes, we are selling two domain names related to risk assessment:

why buy one of these domains?

Driven by recent legislation (the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environment Act 1995, with some sections only enacted in April 2000), the risk assessment of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites is now big business. In the UK alone there may be 100,000 such sites and these are likely to occupy many hundreds of thousands of hectares.

The source-pathway-target domains are aimed at small to medium sized consultancies, working in the risk assessment field, and looking for a high profile web presence. Source-pathway-target is the mantra of risk assessment and the phrase will be familiar to all potential buyers of such services. The domains thus make relevant and memorable bases from which to market risk assessment services to the to owners and buyers of contaminated or suspect land.

Serious potential purchasers might wish to have our domains independently valued. Valuation services may be obtained from a variety of sites, of which GreatDomains is amongst the most well known.

for further information

Further information on risk assessment and contaminated land issues may be found at: