Is health risk assessment unethical
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
For persons who have followed the environmental movement in the US and in other countries, it comes as no revelation that the general public has been, and remains, quite concerned about environmental hazards. This concern has in turn led to national and local legislation that is intended to protect the environment and public health. In a parallel way, transnational public concerns have fostered international agreements on controlling such environmental hazards as shipments of hazardous wastes and ocean pollution. Over time, as governments have attempted to come to grips with controlling various environmental hazards, the development and use of health risk assessment has become a well-favored practice by government and some private sector agencies. Because health risk assessment is used to ultimately manage environmental hazards that impact the well-being of people, it seems timely to raise the questions of to what extent are ethical considerations incorporated into health risk assessments and risk management actions.
- OSTI ID:
- 6674668
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review; (United States), Vol. 14:5-6; ISSN 0195-9255
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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