Dealing With Risk . . . : (Panel Discussion II)

August 1986

Citation:

ELR 10204

Issue

Author

Joel S. Hirschhorn, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Dan Beardsley, and Peter B. Hutt

DR. JOEL HIRSCHHORN: First, I would like to support the view that there is, in fact, a lack of public trust in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This lack of trust extends to both risk assessment and risk management.

Second, when it comes to chemical pollution in the environment, I think that the risks are underestimated. Typically, the data we are shown do not represent a board range of health effects. And we hardly ever see any data on strictly environmental effects and damage. There are many significant health effects of chemical pollution other than cancer and death, and people certainly have a right to be concerned about strictly environmental effects as well.

JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN, Ph.D., Seniro Associate, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, D.C.

ELLEN K. SILBERGELD, PhD., Chief Toxics Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

DAN BEARDSLEY, Ph.D., Staff Director, Interagency Risk Management Council, Washington, D.C.

PETER B. HUTT, Esq., Moderator, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

Dealing With Risk . . . : (Panel Discussion II)

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