@article{ref1,
title="What is hazardous? What is safe?",
journal="Environmental health perspectives",
year="1978",
author="Healy, J. W.",
volume="27",
number="",
pages="317-321",
abstract="The definition of an acceptable risk involves many facets most of which are outside the control of the decision maker, but they must be recognized if a proper definition is to be made. Six of the principal factors are stated and discussed. (1) nothing is absolutely safe; (2) each individual or group of individuals has his own standards by which he judges risk; (3) perceptions of risk vary with the conditions at any one time in history; (4) there must be a compensatory benefit for taking any risk; (5) societal perception of a risk may be different from the actual risk; and (6) safety is only one of the many factors that must be considered in the design of a product or service.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-6765",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}