What are several differences between public risk perception and scientific risk assessment?
What will be an ideal response?
Public risk perception is driven by emotion and people's concern about particular hazards. Sometimes the emotion is well founded and sometimes not. Scientific risk assessment is immune the such emotional bias because science requires data to support conclusions.
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What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false