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What is hazardous? What is safe?

Author(s) -

J.W. Healy

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.7827317

Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , hazardous waste , principal (computer security) , control (management) , risk perception , nothing , product (mathematics) , risk assessment , perception , risk management , business , actuarial science , psychology , computer science , engineering , computer security , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , finance , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , waste management , geometry

The definition of an acceptable risk involves many facets most of which are outside the control of the decision maker, but they must be recognized if a proper definition is to be made. Six of the principal factors are stated and discussed. (1) nothing is absolutely safe; (2) each individual or group of individuals has his own standards by which he judges risk; (3) perceptions of risk vary with the conditions at any one time in history; (4) there must be a compensatory benefit for taking any risk; (5) societal perception of a risk may be different from the actual risk; and (6) safety is only one of the many factors that must be considered in the design of a product or service.

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