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Although special in many ways, the EDB (ethyl dibromide) case illustrates the problems that regulatory agencies have when they must take regulatory action and assure the public that the risks in question have been dealt with adequately. It also illustrates issues that the press faces. Above all, it illustrates the barriers to communication presented by the different perspectives of regulatory agencies and individuals as well as the type of information each are most interested in.
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Sharlin, H.I. (1987). Macro-Risks, Micro-Risks, and the Media: The EDB Case. In: Johnson, B.B., Covello, V.T. (eds) The Social and Cultural Construction of Risk. Technology, Risk, and Society, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3395-8_7
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