What Do We Know About Making Risk Comparisons

摘要: The risks of unfamiliar technologies are often evaluated by comparing them with the more familiar ones. Such risk comparisons have been criticized for neglecting critical dimensions risky decisions. In a guide written Chemical Manufacturers Association, Covello et al.(1) summarized these critiques and developed taxonomy that characterizes possible in terms their acceptability (or objectionableness). We asked four diverse groups subjects to judge 14 statements produced al. as examples categories. found no correlation between judgments our those predicted al..