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May 29, 2018

What’s the difference between hazard and Risk?

May 29, 2018

The Risk Song – With Hat Tip to Lehrer’s Elements Song

Select CC for the words and sing along! One hundred and eight hazards in 80 seconds – The Risk Song, with a hat tip to Tom Lehrer (and, of course, Gilbert and Sullivan!). Lyrics available at http://www.riskscience.umich.edu Singalong version (with subtitles) at http://youtu.be/MQU-B_awofM Karaoke version (just the backing track and subtitles): http://youtu.be/kb0popJmFhI Created by: Andrew Maynard (@2020science) Backing: Clare Maynard Covers and parodies encouraged – just send us the link so we can enjoy them! Risk Bites is supported by: University of Michigan Risk Science Center. http://riskscience.umich.edu University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/ Help us caption & translate […]
May 29, 2018

What does “Probably Cause Cancer” actually mean?

May 29, 2018

Risk, hazard, and making sense of dose and response

http://youtube.com/riskbites How do you get from hazard to risk? If you want to put a number on the probability of something bad happening, dose-response comes in handy. This week’s Risk Bites is the first in a series that look at what dose response is, and how it helps go from the possibility of something causing harm, to estimating the probability of that harm occurring. This week’s Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff) Risk Bites is supported by: University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Risk Science Center. http://umriskcenter.org Help us […]
May 29, 2018

What is the Precautionary Principle, and is it Good or Bad?

http://youtube.com/riskbites Plenty of people have an opinion on whether the precautionary principle is good or bad, but what exactly is it? RESOURCES The Precautionary Principle website: http://www.precautionaryprinciple.eu/ UNESCO — The Precautionary Principle (2005) — PDF http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013… Communication from the European Commission on the Precautionary Principle (2000) — PDF http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consum… The Precautionary Principle and European Union Legislation: http://europa.eu/legislation_summarie… The Paralyzing Principle (2002) — by Cass Sunstein, in case you are interested in an alternative perspective — PDF http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org… The Risk Bites Team: Producer: Andrew Maynard Research Director: David Faulkner Risk Bites is supported by: University of Michigan School of Public Health. […]