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A Comment to Ragnar Lofstedt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn*
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The fast development of technology and industrial processes during the last hundred years has caused increasing expectations by the public, customers and politics concerning the safety of operations and the risks of substances and activities related to production and consumption of goods. A highly differentiated and complex system of laws and regulations exists on the regional, national, and international level. In Germany alone, manufacturers are confronted with more than 10,000 regulations. Companies that trade all over the world are obliged to comply with a multitude of laws and regulations which partially are in conflict with each other.

In addition to the legal requirements, manufacturers of products and developers of technologies face increasing demands for more information and participation from the consumers, special stakeholder groups, and the public at large. The need for risk communication has been voiced since the late 1960s. The main targets have been large technical installations such as nuclear power plants or waste incinerators.

Type
Symposium on Risk versus Hazard
Information
European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 197 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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