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The concept of ‘acceptable risk’ and the doctrine of ‘do no avoidable harm’

The concept of ‘acceptable risk’ and the doctrine of ‘do no avoidable harm’

The concept of acceptable risk is not particularly easy to define. It is essentially a measure of the risk of harm, injury or disease arising from a chemical or process that will be tolerated by a person or group. Think China’s insistence to continue using coal-fired plants because the economy is said to be unable to afford non-coal power generation. Whether [...]