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Science-policy in environmental and health risk assessment: if we cannot do without, can we do better?P F Ricci
National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, University of Queensland, Australia
Hum Exp Toxicol 25:29-43. 2006..Because many foreign jurisdictions adopt US EPA reasoning and methods of risk analysis, it may be especially valuable to incorporate decision-theoretic principles that transcend local differences among jurisdictions...
Precaution, uncertainty and causation in environmental decisionsPaolo F Ricci
University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
Environ Int 29:1-19. 2003..The framework that we propose also reduces the Balkanized views and interpretations of probabilities, possibilities, likelihood and uncertainty that exists in environmental decision-making...
Precautionary principles: a jurisdiction-free framework for decision-making under riskPaolo F Ricci
University of Queensland, Australia
Hum Exp Toxicol 23:579-600. 2004..We also show and conclude that quantitative risk assessment dominates qualitative risk assessment, supporting the extension of the set of default causal models...
Hormesis and precaution: the twain shall meetP F Ricci
University of San Francisco, Environmental Science, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
Hum Exp Toxicol 26:877-89. 2007..We demonstrate that incorporating the possibility of hormesis into regulatory decision-making is precautionary, while use of default results in policy conflicts with precaution...
Dose-response models: how might we think about linearity and nonlinearity?Pf Ricci
Holy Names University, Oakland, California, USA
Hum Exp Toxicol 28:29-38. 2009..Whether the final decision as to which model is to be used in regulatory law is a matter that goes beyond the analytical aspects of the choice and is governed by political and other aspects of governance...
A critical review of the effects of gold cyanide-bearing tailings solutions on wildlifeD B Donato
National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology EnTox, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road Coopers Plains 4108, Australia
Environ Int 33:974-84. 2007..This gap may be overcome by understanding the wildlife behaviour and habitat usage of cyanide-bearing solutions...
The protection of wildlife from mortality: hypothesis and results for risk assessmentD Donato
National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology EnTox, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road Coopers Plains 4108, Australia
Environ Int 34:727-36. 2008..These two activities, combined with a risk management plan also being developed, will provide a tool for compliance with the ICMC...
Causal regulations vs. political will: why human zoonotic infections increase despite precautionary bans on animal antibioticsLouis A Cox
Cox Associates, Denver, CO, United States
Environ Int 34:459-75. 2008....
