In risk characterization, a reference dose (RfD) of 0.007 means that

a. 0.7 percent of people are exposed to the environmental hazard
b. exposure to 0.007 milligrams of a pollutant per body weight per day over a lifetime should cause no harm
c. there is a 0.007 percent probability that the pollutant causes no harm
d. 7 out of 1 million people are affected by the pollutant


b. exposure to 0.007 milligrams of a pollutant per body weight per day over a lifetime should cause no harm

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