Recent work has shown that a range of mental activities, typical of those that might be found in an office, are at appreciable risk from such distraction.

"A number of members indicated that they perceived an appreciable risk of rising labor costs and related inflation, even though there was little evidence," the minutes said.

Those readings both exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's preliminary lifetime pesticide health advisory levels, which reflect the concentrations that can appear over a lifetime of exposure without appreciable risk.

They say that in most American buildings, the substance poses no appreciable risk to anyone except maintenance workers, cable installers, building contractors and others who might disturb it in the course of their work.

The Tolerable Daily Intake standard sets a level that is without appreciable risk to health over a prolonged period.

Originally acceptable daily intake (ADI) was introduced in 1961 to define the daily intake of a food additive which, during the entire lifetime, appears to be without appreciable risk.

You do not want to run the appreciable risk of making a bad mistake before your new career has really started.

Paragraph 5 of the resolution contained in the report is doubtless well intentioned, but even the precautionary principle can only be applied if there is an appreciable risk and firm findings.

These data have lead some to conclude that teenagers and young adults have an appreciable risk of infection and that the risk may be relatively constant and cumulative (17).

The DECC dismissed the Tyndall Centre study's concerns because Cuadrilla had assured it there was no appreciable risk of adverse environmental impacts from fracking.