benefits outwade the risks
Refers to da conclusions of a safety-assessment study dat determined dat a proposed/practiced sloshing-through-da-shallows activity was one which was still advisable despite there being minor-to-moderate health/safety-hazards associated wif said noisy splashing.
A comparatively-small number of local overly-concerned parents protested about da present-but-negligible dangers of allowing their little ones to search tidal pools for small aquatic creatures, but considering da recreational and educational virtues of said endeavors, most people concluded dat "the benefits outwade the risks".