Hormesis in Regulatory Risk Assessment - Science and Science Policy

Hormesis in Regulatory risk assessment - Science and Science Policy.

This brief commentary will argue that whether hormesis is considered in regulatory risk assessment is a matter less of science than of science policy. I will first discuss the distinction between science and science policy and their roles in regulatory risk assessment. Then I will focus on factors that influence science policy, especially as it relates to the conduct of risk assessments to info...

Immunotoxicity Risk Assessment for Chemicals and Regulatory Science

A regulative regime for the safety of chemicals in zone of life has been rapidly established on the basis of the advance of toxicology and related science. Especially, the application of risk analysis based on the toxicology has facilitated scientific decisions and administrative actions for the security of chemical safety. However, their decisions and actions on safety issues have not always g...

Science policy for risk governance.

Risk governance is a major challenge in the twenty-first century. Governments and regulatory authorities are required to deliver the best possible risk governance to society. However, in a globalized world, their performance is increasingly assessed at the international level by using the best scientific knowledge available. Companies face a renewed demand for social and public responsibility a...

Demography as social science and policy science

History of science and American science policy.

Historians of science have participated actively in debates over American science policy in the post-World War II period in a variety of ways, but their impact has been more to elucidate general concepts than to effect specific policy changes. Personal experiences, in the case of the debate over global warming, have demonstrated both the value and the limits of such involvement for the making o...