Upholding science in health, safety and environmental risk assessments and regulations
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A public appeal has been advanced by a large group of scientists, concerned that science has been misused in attempting to quantify and regulate unmeasurable hazards and risks.(1) The appeal recalls that science is unable to evaluate hazards that cannot be measured, and that science in such cases should not be invoked to justify risk assessments in health, safety and environmental regulations.
Date Issued
2016-09-14
Date Acceptance
2016-09-01
Citation
Toxicology, 2016, 371, pp.12-16
ISSN
1879-3185
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
12
End Page
16
Journal / Book Title
Toxicology
Volume
371
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Animal bioassays
Hazard assessment
Regulation
Regulatory ethics
Regulatory policy
Risk assessment
Scientific evidence
Toxicology
1115 Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences
Publication Status
Published