Re: Risk vs. Perception Study

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@MEDIAONE.NET>]

Title: Re: Risk vs. Perception Study

Do you want this in PDF?


Note that Slovic is DOE's chief fear-monger, since the mid-late '70s. "The first thing you must do in 'risk communication' is to tell them there is risk." He's now on NCRP - imagine such a joke for a supposedly "scientific" body :-(


Regards, Jim

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> Tosh,
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> Only for you my friend....  I dug through some VERY dusty/mouldy files and found a copy of "Science" 17 April 1987, Vol. 236 - Pages 233-364, that I had saved because it contained some EXCELLENT articles on "risk".  The "Risk Assessment Issue" starts on Page 267 - Risk Assessment and Comparisons: An Introduction: R. Wilson and E.A.C. Crouch.  Page 271 - Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards: B.N. Ames, R Magaw, L.S. Gold.  Page 280 - Perception of Risk: P. Clovic.  Page 286 - Risk Assessment in Environmental Policy-Making: M. Russell and M Gruber.  Page 291 - Health and Safety Risk Analyses: Information for Better Decisions:" L.B. Lave. Page 296 The Safety Goals of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: D. Okrent.
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> The table which I believe that you're looking for is in the Risk Assessment and Comparisons: An Introduction article.
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> Hope this helps...
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> Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
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> SSC-SD  (The Navy in San Diego)...
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> At 10:47 AM 8/16/2001 -0700, Tosh Ushino wrote:
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> > Greetings RADSAFERS,
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> > I am looking for the table that illustrates public risk perception vs.
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> > actrual risk. I think this was published in a scientific journal
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> > (Scientific American?) many (+20 years?) years ago. I also know that this
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> > was discussed more than once on RADSAFE but my search of RADSAFE Archive
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> > was not fruitful.
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> > Can anyone email me the table (in a text format, PDF, or image file), or
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> > let know where I can find it?
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> > Thank you in advance.
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> > Tosh Ushino
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