http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/26437728

Risk communication as a regulatory alternative for protecting health, safety and environment

The purpose of this study is to evaluate these recent federal programs which rely on industrial risk communication as an enforceable policy instrument to protect workers, community residents, and product users from specified hazards; and to develop findings and recommendations for improving the design and administration of federal risk communication programs. To achieve these goals, three major federal programs have been evaluated: OSHA's "Hazard Communication Standard" (HCS) or "Worker Right to Know" Rule, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) implemented by EPA; and FDA's Patient Package Insert Program (PPI), which was terminated after a brief experiment. The resultant findings and recommendations are divided into two categories: Those which apply to existing risk communication programs, and others which are of generic applicability to future federal use of risk communication as a regulatory alternative.

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