A Close Look at Risk Assessment

BURBANK - The latest issue of Environmental Health News, published by the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, is devoted to risk assessment. Editor Ellen W. Chu explores risk as a statistical probability of harm arising from exposure to a hazard as well as the internal calculus each of us uses to judge risk. The new UW Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication is announced."Reinventing risk management is a thriving research and policy industry these days, especially