The phrase "a potential for harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing risks or dangers associated with a particular action, situation, or substance.
Example: "The new chemical has a potential for harm if not handled properly, so safety precautions must be taken."
Alternatives: "a risk of harm" or "a possibility of danger".
B5 OBITUARIES C25 SCIENCE/HEALTH Caution on Altered Plants The National Academy of Sciences cautiously endorsed the safety of genetically engineered food now on the market, but called for stronger regulation, citing a potential for harm.
The rules were adopted, Mr. Bennett said in the statement, "in order to prevent potentially abusive naked short-selling," adding that "the duration, scope and volume of UBS's locate and order-marking violations created a potential for harm to the integrity of the market".
A hazard, it explains, is a "potential for harm.
However, they also have a potential for harm and may lead to unacceptable decisions being made.
There is a potential for harm from the accumulation of albumin macroaggregates in the interstitium of the lung, especially among patients with smoke injury.
However the Chair of the board still perceived a potential for harm and did not feel that their own prescribed steps for addressing the harm were adequate.
The PTT uses an adapted version of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) 'Index for Categorising Errors'. 10 The rationale for this is that the NHS focuses on adverse events that cause actual patient harm and not medical errors that have a potential for patient harm.
This study demonstrated that the rates of venous thrombosis and progression of intracranial hemorrhage were significantly higher in patients treated with enoxaparin compared to patients in the control group (9.1% vs. 3.1% and 42% vs. 24% respectively, p<0.001 for both outcomes) indicating a potential for more harm than benefit with utilization of enoxaparin in this population.
The medical profession can, and should, adopt a zero-tolerance ethical stance based on a) the potential for harm to the patient with b) no offsetting potential benefits for the patient, combined with c) the inevitable harm to trust in the medical profession itself".
"Green chemistry and technology can, and should, help us avoid entire classes containing related chemicals of concern and transition to healthier new chemicals, materials, and strategies that achieve needed functions with a reduced potential for harm," Blum says.
Right now, instead of paying the real costs of cheap meat up front, we are socializing the costs on society through higher healthcare costs, poisoned air and waterways, and in food safety, as evidence points to these facilities as incubators of both MRSA and resistant new flus, but also as using larger facilities means a greater potential for harm from contamination.
