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Communicating about health/safety risks is a critical skill in many disciplines, including toxicology, food safety, insurance, medicine, and environmental science. In this presentation, you'll benefit from the lessons learned at the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), which has operated at Oregon State University for 30 years. For example, how are the concepts of "safety" and "risk" perceived differently by different groups? You'll learn about some drivers of risk perception that have nothing to do with the probability of harm and integrate those concepts into a checklist for your risk-communication content.
Communicating about health/safety risks is a critical skill in many disciplines, including toxicology, food safety, insurance, medicine, and environmental science. In this presentation, you'll benefit from the lessons learned at the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), which has operated at Oregon State University for 30 years. For example, how are the concepts of "safety" and "risk" perceived differently by different groups? You'll learn about some drivers of risk perception that have nothing to do with the probability of harm and integrate those concepts into a checklist for your risk-communication content.
