| Risky Business |
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| Written by Professor John Adams (1999) | |
| Friday, 26 November 1999 | |
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Governments have completely mishandled risk issues such as BSE, GM foods and mobile telephones. People's reactions to risk depends on their own view of it, not on anything they hear from the government. Trying to make people avoid risk - by wearing seatbelts, for example - can easily backfire as people seek new ways to get back to their normal risk levels. |
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