This paper considers the contribution engineers can make toward the management of risk in entirely new fields of endeavour. With a few notable exceptions, the application of systematic engineering approaches is generally overlooked in the wider use of risk assessment in non-engineering disciplines. The author has extended the practice of risk management to environmental and ecological systems o...

background: repeated applications of animal manure as fertilizer are normal agricultural practices in malaysia that may release veterinary antibiotics to environment from treated animals. methods: environmental risk assessment (era) on 5 commonly used antibiotics and one hormone in malaysian broiler farm was calculated using the ratio of measured environmental concentration (mec) and predicted ...

Risk assessment is an established methodology for environmental and public health issues. However, economists' core approach to both risk assessment and risk management, benefit-cost analysis, often fails to transparently evaluate variability in a way that is a trademark of quantitative risk assessment. Concurrently, environmental advocates are proposing new management criteria based on a vague...

The use of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) has become common practice in a variety of jurisdictions since the mid 1990s. They play a crucial role in achieving privacy protection for data subjects and in supporting risk management for organisations. Many guidance documents have been published to help support organisations in performing PIAs and in achieving their intended benefits. However, th...

Background. This study describes a decision-theoretic approach to nutrient assessment based on Bayesian methods, which can be used to give accurate estimates of optimum intakes. Analysis of risk is an incomplete technique for dealing with nutrients and other substances that, by definition, have an associated benefit. Results. This paper shows that the risk analysis methods being developed by th...