Section 15: Intuitive Toxicology and Risk Communication
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Learning Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe aspects of Intuitive Toxicology.
- Describe aspects of Risk Communication.
Section 15: Key Points
What We've Covered
This section made the following main points:
- Intuitive toxicology:
- Combines the intuitive elements of expert and public risk judgments involved with exposure assessment, toxicology, and risk assessment.
- Asks if toxicologists agree or disagree that an animal's reactions to a chemical reliably predict human reactions.
- Asks if a chemical found in a scientific study to cause cancer in animals can be reasonably assumed to cause cancer in humans.
- When communicating risk, one needs to:
- Accept and involve the public as a legitimate partner.
- Listen to the public’s specific concerns.
- Be honest, frank, and open.
- Coordinate and collaborate with other credible sources.
- Meet the needs of the media.
- Speak clearly and with compassion.
- Plan carefully and evaluate your efforts.
- Acknowledge and describe uncertainty, such as any data gaps or issues relating to methodology.