Safe or Not Safe

Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food

By: Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Allan Watt

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Hardcover | 12 May 2011

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Based on an EU workshop at the end of 2005, the book discusses risk and our food supply. The introductory chapter will discuss all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management. Following a discussion of risk, the authors will present three different case studies that will emphasize the following issues:

â¢ What do we want as individuals, as a society
â¢ What is the political context of the risk discussion
â¢ When do we act and what are the costs of not acting/acting
â¢ International trade and legal issues
â¢ Moral dimensions of decision making
â¢ How do we deal with the disproportionate "power" of the various stakeholders
â¢ Rationality/emotive aspects of argumentation (connection between perception /live experiences, knowledge)
â¢ What are facts- and do they change with time
â¢ Psychological aspects: rapture of trust; the need for certainty; connection between danger, fear and risk

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"An additional subtitle to this excellent book should be 'risk management.' ... This book will be useful for a wide audience, especially students, faculty, and researchers in environmental, food, risk management, political science, legal, and communication disciplines, as well as politicians and the concerned public. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (R. E. Buntrock, Choice, Vol. 49 (2), October, 2011)

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Risks	p. 1
Why Are We Writing About This Topic?	p. 1
Risk as a Science Topic and Expected Impact on the Society	p. 2
What Is Risk?	p. 2
Varying Concepts of Risk	p. 4
Basic Components of Risk	p. 5
Characteristics of Risks in the Modern World: New Challenges to Risk Governance	p. 7
The Integration of Perceptions and Social Concerns	p. 10
Analysis of the Risk Issues Involved	p. 12
How to Deal with Systemic Risks?	p. 12
The "Traditional" Understanding of Risk Governance	p. 13
The Need for an Integrated Framework of Risk Governance	p. 18
Risk Management Styles According to Different Regulatory Styles of Risk Governance	p. 23
Stakeholder and Public Involvement	p. 23
Stakeholder Involvement and the Synthesis of Conflicting Perspectives	p. 23
Coping with the Plurality of Knowledge and Values	p. 26
International Challenges When Dealing with Transboundary Risks	p. 29
Premises for Successful Risk Governance	p. 31
Organizational Capacity to Deal with Risks	p. 31
Prerequisites of Good Governance	p. 32
Principles of the Governance of Systemic Risks	p. 33
Chapter Summary	p. 35
Glossary	p. 36
References	p. 37
Biodiversity at Risk	p. 41
Why Are We Writing About This Topic?	p. 41
Why Is Biodiversity Important for the World and for Everyday Life?	p. 44
Science and Background	p. 46
Simple Risks to Biodiversity	p. 47
Complex Risks to Biodiversity	p. 49
Uncertain Risks to Biodiversity	p. 51
Ambiguous Risks to Biodiversity	p. 53
What Do We Do with What We Know?	p. 54
Risk Assessment	p. 54
Risk Management	p. 59
Risk Communication	p. 66
Future Perspectives	p. 68
Chapter Summary	p. 70
Glossary	p. 71
References	p. 73
Chemical Contaminants in Food	p. 79
Why Are We Writing About This Book	p. 79
Chemical Contaminants and Expected Impact	p. 80
Why Is the Study of Health Effects Caused by Contaminants Important?	p. 80
Dloxin: Description and Origin	p. 81
Detecting and Assessing the Effects of Dioxins	p. 82
Dioxin: Impact on Humans/Animals	p. 84
Dioxin Effects in Humans	p. 85
Sources of Dioxin Exposure	p. 87
Pollution/Accidents	p. 88
General Pollution	p. 88
Food-Related Accidents	p. 89
The Baltic Sea	p. 90
Routes of Dioxin Exposure	p. 90
Food: Baby/Adult	p. 91
Mechanisms of Action of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Chemicals	p. 92
Mechanism of Action of AhR	p. 93
Managing Risk	p. 94
The Toxic Equivalent Factors	p. 94
Future Perspectives	p. 96
Chapter Summary	p. 97
Glossary	p. 97
References	p. 97
The Food Choices We Make	p. 101
Why Am I Writing About This Topic?	p. 101
Why Have Genetically Modified Food? Why Is It Important for the World?	p. 102
History: The Big Picture	p. 102
GM Crops and Food	p. 103
When First Grown?	p. 103
How Much Is Being Grown and Where?	p. 104
Why Grow Them?	p. 104
What Is Different About Creating GM Crops from New Conventional Crops?	p. 105
How Safe?	p. 106
How Genetic Engineering Works	p. 107
Understanding the Principles of Genetics	p. 107
The Role of DNA, RNA, and Proteins	p. 107
Enzymes and DNA Manipulation	p. 107
Living Cells: Plant Regeneration from Single Cells	p. 108
DNA Delivery into Plant Cells	p. 108
Development of Verification Methodologies	p. 109
Detection and Identification of GMO	p. 109
Risk Governance: What Do We Do to Make Sure GM Crops Are Safe?	p. 110
Risk Assessment	p. 111
What Happens If Risk Assessment Does Not Lead to Clear Answers?	p. 113
Risk Management	p. 113
Risk Management in the Face of Uncertainty: The Use of the Precautionary Principle	p. 114
Political Dimension of the Precautionary Principle	p. 115
Why Should Precautionary Principle Be Applied to GM Crops and Their Products?	p. 115
When Should the Precautionary Principle Be Triggered?	p. 115
What Happens When Precautionary Principle Is Invoked?	p. 116
Application of the Precautionary Principle to GM Crops in Europe	p. 118
Precautionary Principle Impact on Innovation and as a Tool for Reaching International Trade Agreements	p. 119
Concluding Comments	p. 122
Communicating GMO Issues	p. 123
The Challenge of Communicating Risk Issues	p. 123
Attitudes to Risks Concerning GM Crops and Products	p. 124
Why Communicate GMO Issues	p. 126
Who should Do the Communicating and Where Should It Take Place?	p. 127
What should Be Communicated	p. 127
Addressing Potential Risks of GM Crops: Case Study of Germany	p. 128
Public Opinion and Media	p. 129
Politics	p. 130
Regulations	p. 132
Risk Assessment, Politics, and Decision Making	p. 134
Future Prospects	p. 135
Chapter Summary	p. 136
Glossary	p. 137
References - Key Resources	p. 141
Internet-Based References	p. 142
Index	p. 143
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