Document Type
Article
Publication Title
AEA Papers and Proceedings
Publication Date
1995
ISSN
0002-8282
Page Number
50
Keywords
carcinogens, risk assessment
Disciplines
Health Law and Policy | Law
Abstract
In this paper, I will explore the decision to regulate natural and synthetic chemicals. To what extent are regulatory decisions driven by the severity of the risk as opposed to the character of the risk exposure? The striking result is that the risk severity plays a very small role. Instead.it is whether the chemical is synthetic or natural that is the driving force behind regulatory decisions.
Recommended Citation
W. Kip Viscusi,
Carcinogen Regulation: Risk Characteristics and the Synthetic Risk Bias, 85 AEA Papers and Proceedings. 50
(1995)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/60