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April 11, 2011 03:22 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OyL7NyEZris/why-fear-and-risk-ar.html
Why fear and risk are hard problems
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, a nice analysis of why people fear "chemicals" out of proportion to actual risk, and why no amount of haughty rationalization is likely to change that. (Via Deborah Blum)...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OyL7NyEZris/why-fear-and-risk-ar.html
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