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Tag Archives: risk
Visiting Chernobyl, Day One, The Most Dangerous Part of the Trip: Kyiv
I finally found time to write about my visit to Chernobyl. I hope to do justice to the tremendous impression left by the people I got to meet, including locals living in the area, former clean-up workers, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in energy, environment, nuclear
Tagged air pollution, Chernobyl, radiation, risk
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The Risks of Failed Risk Assessments On Natural vs Unfamiliar Sources of Energy
German society Nuklearia kindly invited me to write about risk perceptions on the topic of energy on their blog, where this piece originally appeared in German. You can read it in English below. Humans are naturally bad at assessing complex … Continue reading
What Level of Risk Justifies Denying People Their Homes? A Look at Fukushima vs Pollution in Big Cities
I was very moved after hearing the heartfelt testimonies of teacher Yoshiko Aoki, high-school student Moe Harada, and a group of students dialling in from Fukushima to the OECD NEA risk communication workshop in Paris. I previously shared with you … Continue reading
Posted in energy, environment, health, nuclear, psychology, society
Tagged Fukushima, radiation, risk, WHO
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Stories from Tomioka Town, Fukushima
I want to share with you the touching testimonies of a teacher and students of Tomioka town in Fukushima prefecture, whom I had the privilege of listening to while I attended a radiological risk communication workshop at OECD Nuclear Energy … Continue reading
Chemical Exposures: The Good, the Bad, and the Tiny
I have often written about the lack of perspective on chemical scares, which is why I was happy to find out that Swedish Professor Emeritus in toxicology, Lennart Dencker, has written a book on this topic called “Not as dangerous … Continue reading
Posted in biology, chemistry, environment, health, nutrition, science communication
Tagged cancer, pesticides, risk, Sweden
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Radiation Exposures at a Glance
Inspired by a risk conference I attended, I decided to try my hand at visual demonstrations of toxicological safety limits and pesticide exposures. It struck me that the same kind of visualisation might work well for a demonstrating radiation dosages. I … Continue reading
Toward More Intuitive Toxicology Information
Last week I had the privilege to attend a conference on risk science in New Orleans, and hold a roundtable together with neuroscientist Alison Bernstein from SciMoms. We were kindly invited to talk about our approach to risk communication by Center … Continue reading
Do we fear the right things?
I had the privilege of giving a public presentation at a large Finnish political discussion and debate fair Suomi Areena for the Finnish Ecomodernist Society in Pori a few days ago. (Finnish readers can view the presentation here – skip over to … Continue reading
Measures of Toxicity
This article is co-written by biologist Iida Ruishalme (yours truly at Thoughtscapism) and neuroscientist Alison Bernstein, aka Mommy PhD from SciMoms. We live amidst a mind-bogglingly rich sea of molecules. Nowadays, we also have astonishingly sophisticated methods of chemical detection … Continue reading
Posted in biology, chemistry, health, methods, science communication
Tagged pesticides, poison, risk
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Risk In Perspective: Population Risk Does Not Equal Individual Risk
This series is a collaboration between neuroscientist Alison Bernstein and biologist Iida Ruishalme. Errors in risk perception are at the core of so many issues in science communication that we think this is a critical topic to explore in detail. … Continue reading