Pthalates and Risk Assessment
Description: Andrew Langer interviews his father, Professor Arthur Langer, on the subject of the overblown risks associated with regulation of pthalates, a class of chemical plasticizers. The Langers discuss the CPSIA, comparative risk assessment, and the ongoing problem of risk determination from product substitution.
Professor Langer is an internationally-recognized expert on the subject of risk, and the role that comparative risk assessment has in good public policymaking. Publish Date: November 10, 2009 Explicit Advisory: no