Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Dangerous in the World Around YouHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002 - 485 sider An indispensable and timely guide, Risk is the authority for assessing threats to your health and safety. We continually face new risks in our world. This essential family reference will help you understand worrisome risks so you can decide how to stay safe and how to keeps risks in perspective. Expert authors David Ropeik and George Gray include information on: - 50 top hazards - your likelihood of exposure - the consequences - ways to reduce your risk They cover topics such as: - cancer - biological weapons - indoor air pollution - pesticides - radiation |
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... harmful ingredients that aren't listed on the label , it's about no choice . At it's simplest , risk is the idea that ... harm's way . So a more complete way of thinking about risk might read : Risk is the probability that exposure to a ...
... harmful ingredients that aren't listed on the label , it's about no choice . At it's simplest , risk is the idea that ... harm's way . So a more complete way of thinking about risk might read : Risk is the probability that exposure to a ...
Side 5
... harm short - term or long - term , fatal or not ? What is the probability of harm . How many people are injured or killed by the risk ? Reducing Your Risk : In this section we offer some general suggestions about what you can do to ...
... harm short - term or long - term , fatal or not ? What is the probability of harm . How many people are injured or killed by the risk ? Reducing Your Risk : In this section we offer some general suggestions about what you can do to ...
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... harm is , in general , pretty low . Lots of people are exposed , but the levels in most cases are fortunately not usually enough to cause harm . So there is ex- posure , but not to levels that present a hazard in a lot of cases . But ...
... harm is , in general , pretty low . Lots of people are exposed , but the levels in most cases are fortunately not usually enough to cause harm . So there is ex- posure , but not to levels that present a hazard in a lot of cases . But ...
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... harmful , for ex- ample , but clearly they save many more lives than they take . Some peo- ple suffer serious side effects from vaccines , but vaccination's benefits far outweigh the risks . We leave that risk a benefit accounting out ...
... harmful , for ex- ample , but clearly they save many more lives than they take . Some peo- ple suffer serious side effects from vaccines , but vaccination's benefits far outweigh the risks . We leave that risk a benefit accounting out ...
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... harm , assume that low doses might too . But sometimes the size of the dose is what's really causing the harm . Think of aspirin , for ex- ample . One or two aspirin are fine . Too many will kill you . The stan- dard toxicological ...
... harm , assume that low doses might too . But sometimes the size of the dose is what's really causing the harm . Think of aspirin , for ex- ample . One or two aspirin are fine . Too many will kill you . The stan- dard toxicological ...
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VII | 53 |
X | 64 |
XI | 70 |
XII | 76 |
XXXIII | 232 |
XXXIV | 241 |
XXXV | 247 |
XXXVI | 254 |
XXXVII | 270 |
XXXVIII | 283 |
XXXIX | 294 |
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Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really ... David Ropeik,George Gray Begrænset visning - 2002 |
Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really ... David Ropeik,George Gray Begrænset visning - 2002 |
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air pollution alcohol Americans antibiotics asbestos atoms bacteria bacterium blood body breast caffeine cause Center chapter was reviewed chemicals cholesterol contain crashes damage deaths diesel dioxin doses drinking drivers drugs effects emissions Environmental estimated exposed exposure to hazardous firearms foodborne illness hazardous levels CONSEQUENCES hazardous waste heart disease higher hormones human immune system implants incinerators individual levels indoor infection ionizing radiation killed lead levels will vary LIKELIHOOD of exposure Low Medium High lung lung cancer mammograms Medium High Population-wide mercury microwave million mobile phone molecules motor vehicle mutations National nuclear number of victims ozone particles percent pesticides plants poisoning problems public health radiation radon RANGE OF CONSEQUENCES RANGE OF EXPOSURES rays REDUCING YOUR RISK respiratory Risk Meter LIKELIHOOD safety belts skin cancer smoke studies symptoms tion tissue U.S. residents United vaccines victims Low Medium women X rays
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