The essential problem is the failure to recognize that controversies over risks are "normal events" in modern society and as such will be with us for the foreseeable future. Three key propositions define these events: risk management decisions are inherently disputable; public perceptions of risk are legitimate and should be treated as such; the public needs to be intensively involved in the processes of risk evaluation and management. Leiss and his collaborators chronicle these organizational risks in a set of detailed case studies on genetically modified foods, cellular telephones, the notorious fuel additive MMT, pulp mill effluent, nuclear power, toxic substances legislation, tobacco, and the new type of "moral risks" associated with genetics technologies such as cloning. Contributors include Debora L. Van Nijnatten (Sir Wilfred Laurier University), Michael D. Mehta (University of Saskatchewan), Stephen Hill (University of Calgary), Eric Darier (Greenpeace), Greg Paoli (Decisionalysis Risk Consultants, Inc.), and Peter V. Hodson (Queen's University).
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An incisive look at how governments and industry must both protect the public by managing risks effectively and engage responsibly with citizens in controversies about risks and risk management
Figures ix Tables x Preface and Acknowledgments xi PART ONE BUSINESS IN THE LABYRINTH 1(164) Risk Issue Management 3(13) Frankenfoods; or, The Trouble with Science 16(25) Cellular Telephones 41(24) MMT, a Risk Management Masquerade 65(37) Regulating Nuclear Power: The Mismanagement of Public Consultation in Canada 102(23) Michael D. Mehta Environments x-File: Pulp Mill Effluent Regulation in Canada 125(40) PART TWO GOVERNMENTS IN THE LABYRINTH 165(128) Between Expertise and Bureaucracy: Trapped at the Interface of Science and Policy 167(26) The CEPA Soap Opera 193(28) Voluntary Instruments 221(21) Eric Darier Debora VanNijnatten Tobacco Uncontrolled 242(17) Into the Maze of Moral Risks 259(19) Towards Competence in Risk Issue Management 278(15) Appendix: Providing Independent Expert Advice to Government and the Public 293(8) Notes 301(62) References 363(22) Index 385
William Leiss, a fellow and past-president of the Royal Society of Canada, is author or senior co-author of ten books including In the Chamber of Risks and, with Douglas Powell, Mad Cows and Mother's Milk, now in its second edition.
