EESA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Risk Assessment, Summary Statistics, Risk Management
7 Oct 2014
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Risk in context: good risk management requires good risk assessment. A set of safety factors" is then applied: quantitative regression modeling tools; more commonly used for carcinogens, now in the norm for risk assessment of many other adverse responses. These regression-based approaches fit a mathematical model to the data and are used to estimate the dose associated with a specified level of response. In practice, the level of risk that triggers an intervention may differ between different exposure settings: exposure levels are set at levels deemed to provide an acceptable trade-off between societal benefits and risks. It is meant to enable and encourage precautionary actions that serve underlying values and that are based on what is known, while also taking into account what is not known. It encourages close scrutiny of all aspects of science for potential impacts on the earth and its inhabitants. It is based on underlying values and on the following core elements:
