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Environmental policymaking has become more dependent on the use of formal, quantitative risk-benefit analysis as a basis for establishing regulations. This is largely because of increasing emphasis on the prevention of adverse human health effects attributable to exposures to toxic chemicals. For example, risk assessment helps to set priorities for the regulation of the very large number of chemicals which are of potential concern by ranking those chemicals in terms of their possible carcinogenic or other health hazards (see Ames et al., 1987). Moreover, when linked to benefit-cost studies, risk assessment can help direct limited societal resources to prevent or mitigate the most significant risks (see also Chapters 4 and 5 of this volume; Rycroft et al., forthcoming; Russell and Gruber, 1987; Lave, 1987).
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Regens, J.L. (1989). Attitudes Toward Risk-Benefit Analysis for Managing Effects of Chemical Exposures. In: Seip, H.M., Heiberg, A.B. (eds) Risk Management of Chemicals in the Environment. NATO · Challenges of Modern Society, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5604-2_6
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