environmental risk analysis chapter 6 2004 thomson learning/south-western
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3 Concept of Risk Classifying Risk: Voluntary and Involuntary Risk Voluntary risk – a risk that is deliberately assume at an individual level Involuntary risk – a risk beyond one’s control and not the result of a willful decisionTRANSCRIPT
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Environmental Risk Analysis
Chapter 6
© 2004 Thomson Learning/South-Western
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Concept of Risk Risk – the chance of something bad
happening Dealing with risk involves two tasks:
Identifying the degree Responding to it
Policymaker must use a systematic assessment of risk before devising a policy response
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Concept of Risk Classifying Risk: Voluntary and Involuntary
Risk Voluntary risk – a risk that is deliberately assume
at an individual level Involuntary risk – a risk beyond one’s control and
not the result of a willful decision
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Concept of Risk Defining Environmental Risk
Environmental risk – the probability that damage will occur due to exposure to an environmental hazard
Hazard – the source of the environmental damage Exposure – the pathways between the source of
the damage and the affected population or resource
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making Risk assessment – qualitative and
quantitative evaluation of the risk posed to health or the ecology by an environmental hazard
Hazard identification – scientific analysis to determine whether a causal relationship exists between a pollutant and any adverse effects
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision MakingFigure 6.1 Risk Assessment Process
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making
Methods of identifying environmental hazards Case clusters – study based on observation of
abnormal patters of health patterns within some population group
Animal bioassay – a study based on the comparative results of laboratory experiments on living organisms both before and after exposure to a given hazard
Epidemiology – the study of the causes and distribution of disease in human populations based on characteristics such as age, gender, occupation, and economic status
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making Dose-Response Analysis – a quantitative
relationship between doses of a contaminant and the corresponding reactions
Threshold – the level of exposure to a hazard up to which no response exists
Two types of extrapolations High-to-low dose extrapolation – adjusts for the
high exposure levels used in laboratory or other test conditions
Laboratory-to-natural extrapolation – infers how the effects observed in the laboratory would differ under conditions existing in nature
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision MakingFigure 6.2 Hypothetical Dose-Response Relationships
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Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making Exposure Analysis – characterizes the
sources of an environmental hazard, concentration levels at that point, pathways, and any sensitivities
Risk Characterization – description of risk based upon an assessment of a hazard and exposure to that hazard Quantitatively identifies magnitude of the risk and a
way to compare one risk to another Qualitatively gives context to the numerical risk
value
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Risk Management in Environmental Decision Making: Responding to Risk Risk Management – the decision-making
process of evaluating and choosing from alternative responses to environmental risk
Two major tasks: Determining what level of risk is “acceptable” to
society Evaluating and selecting the “best” policy
instrument to achieve that risk level
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Risk Management in Environmental Decision Making: Responding to Risk Tasks of Risk Management
Determining Acceptable Risk “Acceptable” risk – the amount of risk determined
to be tolerable for society De minimis risk – a negligible level of risk such that
reducing it further would not justify the costs of doing so
Evaluating and Selecting a Policy Instrument
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Risk Management in Environmental Decision Making: Responding to Risk Risk Management Strategies
Considerations in selection of risk management strategy: The level of risk established The benefits that accrue to society from adopting
the policy The associated costs of implementing the policy
Prevalent risk management strategies: Comparative risk analysis Risk-benefit analysis Benefit-cost analysis
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Risk Management in Environmental Decision Making: Responding to Risk
Comparative risk analysis – an evaluation of relative risk
Risk-benefit analysis – an assessment of risks of a hazard along with the benefits to society of not regulating that hazard
Benefit-cost analysis – a strategy that compares the MSB of a risk reduction policy to the associated MSC