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How reassuring are risk comparisons to pollution standards and emission limits?
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Johnson, Branden B. ‌
How reassuring are risk comparisons to pollution standards and emission limits? / Branden B. Johnson and Caron Chess
Government and industry officials often justify a given level of pollutant emissions or ambient concentration by referent to a permit limit or public health standard, on the assumption that this comparison is appropriate to reassure audiences about belowbenchmark levels. The pilot study reported here explores that assumption
En: Risk analysis : an international journal. - New York and London : Society for Risk Analysis. - Vol. 23, nº 5, October, 2003 ; p. 999-1007
1. Comunicación del riesgo ‌. 2. Valores Límite Ambientales ‌. 3. Análisis de riesgos ‌. 4. Reaseguro ‌. 5. Contaminación ambiental ‌. 6. Contaminación industrial ‌. 7. Emisiones ‌. I. Chess, Caron ‌. II. Title.