Comments on: How to tell policymakers about scientific uncertainty http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/blog/2012/01/23/how-to-tell-policymakers-about-scientific-uncertainty/ Topical information for researchers, policy advisers and the public who are interested in the interaction between ecology and public policy. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:06:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/blog/2012/01/23/how-to-tell-policymakers-about-scientific-uncertainty/comment-page-1/#comment-288017 Jonathan Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:43:22 +0000 http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2383#comment-288017 This brings me back to the start of my career when I was then at the BMA. The first winner of the COPUS (then Rhone-Poulenc, then Aventis) Royal Society popular science book was back in 1988 with the book "Living with Risk" published by the BMA Board of Science... Understanding risk in a scientific way has long been an issue. What saddens me a tad today is that few seem to understand the difference between 'risk' and 'hazard'. This brings me back to the start of my career when I was then at the BMA. The first winner of the COPUS (then Rhone-Poulenc, then Aventis) Royal Society popular science book was back in 1988 with the book “Living with Risk” published by the BMA Board of Science…

Understanding risk in a scientific way has long been an issue.

What saddens me a tad today is that few seem to understand the difference between ‘risk’ and ‘hazard’.

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