Risk Versus Hazard; EU Requires a Fundamental Rethink of Risk Policy

Opinion Article by Ragnar Lofstedt PhD, Professor and Director, Kings Centre for Risk Management Department of Geography, King’s College, London.   Since the early 1970s with the formation of environmental regulatory agencies in many European states, there has been growing debate about how best to regulate chemicals including metals, food additives and preservatives.   The debate has centred on whether regulations should be based on a hazard classification (that is the potential for a substance, activity or process to cause harm or adverse...

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