m67.    Are there problems with risk analysis?

Peter Montague feels that, "The explicit aim of risk assessment is to convince people that some number of citizens must be killed each year to maintain a national lifestyle based on necessities like Saran Wrap, throw­away cameras, and lawns without dandelions." Mary O’Brien states, "Risk assessment is industry’s attempt to make the intolerable appear tolerable." [Miller, G. T. (1992). Living in the environment. Wadsworth: Belmont, CA. pp550, 552]

e10.    Why do organisms become extinct?

e20.    What are environmental hazards and risks?