heilsufarslegur

Heilsufarslegur is an Icelandic adjective used to describe something that relates to health hazards or poses risks to human health. The term is formed from elements referring to health and danger, and it is commonly used in public health, environmental health, and occupational safety to classify factors, conditions, or substances that could adversely affect health, such as pollutants, infectious agents, or hazardous exposures.

In practice, heilsufarslegur is used to signal that the concern is health-oriented rather than purely ecological or aesthetic. It appears in policy documents, health guidelines, and scientific literature when distinguishing health risks from other types of risk. The exact scope of the term can vary by context and author, so some sources may use it more broadly to mean health-related, while others adopt a narrower definition focused on a specific hazard.

See also: health hazard, public health, environmental health.