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If the risk resulting from an event, including an event involving exposure to a defined chemical substance, is known and characterized, measures preventing the event or mitigating the damage (including ill-health) can be set up. These may include land use and emergency planning and restrictions on use, including the ultimate restriction, which is prohibition. Such measures can have major socioeconomic impacts. In a democratically organized society, these measures must be acceptable to the public as a whole; thus, effective multidirectional communication between stakeholders (interested parties) is essential.
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Hertel, R., Schwenk, M., Illing, H.P.A. (2021). Purpose and Methods of Risk Management in Regulatory Toxicology. In: Reichl, FX., Schwenk, M. (eds) Regulatory Toxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36206-4_79-2
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