Quiz: Hazard vs. Risk: The Most Important Idea in Cancer Warnings

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1. Q1.What is the difference between hazard and risk?

   AThey mean the same thingBHazard is whether something can cause harm; risk is how likely harm actually is given exposureCRisk is always larger than hazardDHazard applies only to chemicals

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2. Q2.What do IARC classifications actually describe?

   AYour personal risk at everyday exposureBThe strength of evidence that something can cause cancer (hazard)CThe price of a productDHow to treat cancer

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3. Q3.Why are tobacco smoking and outdoor air pollution both in Group 1 despite different dangers?

   ABecause they are equally riskyBBecause Group 1 describes hazard (that each can cause cancer), not the size of the riskCBecause they contain the same chemicalDIt is a mistake in the system

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4. Q4.Which three questions help turn a scary label into a useful one?

   AWho made it, where, and whyBHow much, how often, and for how long am I exposedCWhat color, shape, and size is itDWhen, where, and by whom was it banned

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