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Risk Estimation And Expert Judgment: The Case Of Yucca Mountain, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Sep 1992

Risk Estimation And Expert Judgment: The Case Of Yucca Mountain, Kristin Shrader-Frechette

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Shrader-Frechette discusses factors responsible for acute disagreement between the federal government and Nevada citizens over potential Risks at Yucca Mountain and focuses on the use of expert judgment, concluding that some of them appear to exemplify "bad science." That aside, she argues that 1,000 year predictions cannot be made from current knowledge of geology or, e.g., institutional behavior and concludes that permanent disposal of radioactive waste is currently impossible.


Testing The Role Of Technical Information In Public Risk Perception, Branden B. Johnson, Peter M. Sandman, Paul Miller Sep 1992

Testing The Role Of Technical Information In Public Risk Perception, Branden B. Johnson, Peter M. Sandman, Paul Miller

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

It is widely believed that more detail about health effects and likely exposure routes is apt to reduce citizens' concerns about low-probability Risks. The authors' study suggests that providing such detail may not be as useful as, e.g., addressing public concerns and keeping citizens current on officials' actions.


Book Review, Peter C. Christensen Sep 1992

Book Review, Peter C. Christensen

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: MARY R. ENGLISH, SITING LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES: THE PUBLIC POLICY DILEMMA. (Quorum Books 1992) [278 pp.], Appendices, index, introduction, references. LC-91-42774; ISBN 0-89930-560-1. [$49.95 cloth. One Madison Avenue, New York NY 10010.]


Using Risk On Disk, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1992

Using Risk On Disk, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Short announcement from Volume 3 (1992) stating that computer access to Risk is available on 3.5 inch floppy disks. The announcement describes how to search the computerized volumes and recommends some search applications that can be used to search the computerized content.


Author Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1992

Author Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Index by author to all articles published in Volume Three (1992) of the journal Risk: Issues in Health and Safety.


Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Four, Fall 1992, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1992

Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Four, Fall 1992, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Book Review Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1992

Book Review Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Index to book reviews published in Volume Three (1992) of the journal Risk: Issues in Health and Safety.


Title Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1992

Title Index To Volume Three, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Title index to all articles published in Volume Three (1992) of the journal Risk: Issues in Health and Safety.


Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Three, Summer 1992, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1992

Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Three, Summer 1992, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Two, Spring 1992, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1992

Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number Two, Spring 1992, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Identifying Chemical Hazards For Regulation: The Scientific Basis And Regulatory Scope Of California's Proposition 65 List Of Carcinogens And Reproductive Toxicants, William S. Pease Mar 1992

Identifying Chemical Hazards For Regulation: The Scientific Basis And Regulatory Scope Of California's Proposition 65 List Of Carcinogens And Reproductive Toxicants, William S. Pease

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Noting that the Proposition 65 list has become an authoritative source for hazard identification, Dr. Pease examines its legislative, regulatory and scientific origins. After analyzing the California approach, he offers suggestions for better selection of future regulatory targets.


Book Review, Thomas G. Field Jr. Mar 1992

Book Review, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the following book: THOMAS GILOVICH, How WE KNOW WHAT ISN'T SO: THE FALLIABILITY OF REASON IN EVERYDAY LIFE. (The Free Press 1991) [216 pp.] Index, notes. CIP: 90-26727; ISBN: 0-02-911705-4. [Cloth $19.95. 866 Third Ave. New York, NY 10022.]


Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number One, Winter 1992, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1992

Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number One, Winter 1992, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Reply To Valverde, Paul B. Thompson Jan 1992

Reply To Valverde, Paul B. Thompson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Thompson responds to Valverde's argument, in the last issue, that his approach to Risk puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism. In doing so, he asserts, inter alia, that anchoring Risk judgments in a probabilistic framework does not go far enough in rejecting reigning Risk-analysis notions of "real Risk."