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Radiation Risks in Perspective (Paperback)
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Public misperception of radiological risk consistently directs
limited resources toward managing minimal or even phantom risks at
great cost to government and industry with no measurable benefit to
overall public health. The public's inability to comprehend small
theoretical risks arrived at through inherently uncertain formulae,
coupled with an irrational push to eliminate all risk with no
contextual understanding of overall benefit, results in a
forfeiture of valuable advances in technology in favor of an
illusion of safety. Radiation Risks in Perspective uses general
concepts underlying radiological risk as a model to illuminate the
fundamental problems in public perception, reaction, and policy
when faced with possible health risks. Presenting three distinct
themes, the author summarizes the causes for the failure of the
current system and proposes methods for correction. Beginning with
a discussion of the methods used to measure threat, the author
weighs the nebulous assessment of risk with the use of a
quantifiable assessment of hazardous dose, which uses actual
numbers that the public can readily understand and that decision
makers can confidently use to enact policy and measure success.
Secondly, the author addresses the contextual balancing of cost
versus benefit when prioritizing expenditure, specifically
emphasizing that it is inappropriate to analyze and discuss
individual risks without regard to the presence of other risks.
Finally, the author analyzes the public's tendency to push toward
zero risk tolerance, an extremist approach that leads to
unreasonable restrictions on technologies, excessive regulatory
compliance costs, and the ultimate loss of goods and services. With
detailed explanations and illustrative case studies, Radiation
Risks in Perspective offers scientists, lawyers, engineers, policy
makers, and public health professionals, the skills they need for a
rational evaluation of risk.
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