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- W156683285 abstract "ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT CARRY A WARNING LABEL, Our political system may be hazardous to our health. It hunts small risks ruthlessly while permitting much bigger ones to exist relatively unmolested. It invests billions, seeking unobtainable safety while failing to provide the resources necessary to protect our future. Hardly anyone is saved by the collective mania with risk; many may be harmed by what goes undone. Scientists offer little solace in the quest for safety. On the contrary, they often stoke public fears with their ever-increasing ability to detect low levels of potentially dangerous elements in commonly used products and everyday experience. The attempts to calculate the consequences of these exposures do not enlighten because they are based on contested assumptions about the actual exposures and effects of low doses on human health. Without the constraints of certain knowledge, the regulation of risk becomes intensely political. Most of the participants, locked as they are in separate contests for public support, find advantage in exaggerating potential harms. The result is an unending parade of health threats that confuse more than they guide behavior. Margarine may be better than butter, but it also has its risks. Driving without a seatbelt is dangerous, but eating apples is as well. Smoking kills, but so does nearly everything else. The question then becomes why there is continuing demand for this confusing bad news about consumer products. American society more than any other is absorbed by the pursuit of minor risks," @default.
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- W156683285 title "The Politics of Risk" @default.
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