Effective Risk Communication The Role and Responsibility of Governme
One of the greatest challenges facing those concerned with health and environmental risks is how to carry on a useful public dialogue on these subjects. In a democracy, it is the public that ultimately makes the key decisions on how these risks will be co
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RISK ANALYSIS Sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis Volume 1
RISK EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT Edited by Vincent T. Covello, Joshua Menkes, and Jeryl Mumpower
Volume 2
DE MINIMIS RISK Edited by Chris Whipple
Volume 3
CARCINOGEN RISK ASSESSMENT Edited by Curtis C. Travis
Volume 4
EFFECTIVE RISK COMMUNICATION: The Role and Responsibility of Government and Nongovernment Organizations Edited by Vincent T. Covello, David B. McCallum, and Maria T. Pavlova
Effective Risk Communication The Role and Responsibility of Government and Nongovernment Organizations Edited by
Vincent T. Covello Center for Risk Communication Division of Environmental Sciences School of Public Health Columbia University New York, New York
David 8. McCallum The Institute for Health Policy Analysis Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C.
and
Maria T. Pavlova U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New York, New York
Sponsored by
The Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease
Plenum Press • New York and London
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Workshop on the Role of Government in Health Risk Communication and Public Education (1987: Washington, D.C.) Effective risk communication: the role and responsibility of government and nongovernment organizations / edited by Vincent T. Covello, David B. McCallum, and Maria T. Pavlova; sponsored by the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease. p. cm. - (Contemporary issues in risk analysis; v. 4) "Proceedings of the Workshop on the Role of Government in Health Risk Communication and Public Education, held January 21-23, 1987, in Washington, D.C."-T.p. verso. Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-306-48497-1 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-1569-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-1569-8 1. Health risk communication-Congresses. I. Covello, Vincent T. H. McCallum, David B., 1943. III. Pavlova, Maria T. IV. Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease (U .S.) V. Title. VI. Series. RA423.2.W67 1987 89-30642 363.3'I-dcI9 CIP
This limited facsimile edition has been issued for the purpose of keeping this title available to the scientific community.
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Proceedings of the Workshop on the Role of Government in Health Risk Communication and Public Education, held January 21-23, 1987, in Washington, D.C. © 1989 Plenum Press, New York Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1989 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
Contributors
Office of Policy Analysis, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Frederick W. Allen Washington, D.C. 20460
Elaine Bratic Arkin The Institute for Health Polt9Y Analysis, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20007 . Center for Law and Technology, B
