An up-to-date discussion of current issues and scientific controversies that covers five key themes that most articles on risk do not mention: 1) Hazards are as likely to come from natural as from man-made substances. 2) The linear no-threshold hypothesis is rubbish. 3) An entire industry has developed to scare us into stopping certain activities. 4) The public are quite capable of making decisions that involve complex tradeoffs. 5) There are innumerable benefits, as well as costs, from risk taking.
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An up-to-date discussion of current issues and scientific controversies that covers five key themes that most articles on risk do not mention: 1) Hazards are as likely to come from natural as from man-made substances. 2) The linear no-threshold hypothesis is rubbish. 3) An entire industry has developed to scare us into stopping certain activities. 4) The public are quite capable of making decisions that involve complex tradeoffs. 5) There are innumerable benefits, as well as costs, from risk taking.
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