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Researchers find multiple potential threats to water sources posed by hydraulic fracturing as the jobs-producing practice expands.

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An analysis of the costs and benefits associated with implementing a distributed generation system to improve security and reduce a regional blackout’s impacts finds key advantages.

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Two analyses highlight the growing polarization of public attitudes toward climate change, as well as the role “psychological distance” plays in levels of concern.

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Chinese scientists employ risk assessment tools in urban planning efforts to analyze and quantify major industrial hazards in entire cities.

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A risk communication study reveals how cultural differences trigger varying responses to individual versus company blame in crisis messages.

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Recent research reveals that despite major reductions, levels of ozone and particulates in the air continue to raise health concerns, especially in urban areas.

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High levels of Internet connectivity in South Korea underlie amplified public attention to ecological risks of a major new high-speed railway tunnel project forcing it onto the national agenda.

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The rapid emergence and adoption of nanotechnology has provided an opportunity to examine the formation of public opinion on the risks and benefits of a largely unregulated, new and unique technology.

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Society for Risk Analysis Meeting set for Charleston, South Carolina, December 4-7, 2011, will include speeches by the Incident Commander of the BP Oil Spill Admiral Thad Allen and extreme weather expert Margaret Davidson of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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A sophisticated and innovative survey challenges the approach typically used to value the benefits of food safety regulations, detailing how much the public is willing to pay to reduce related risks.

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A study focused on a new multiple-pollutant, risk-based approach doubles the health benefits achieved by conventional single contaminant approaches with improved outcomes for the susceptible and vulnerable.

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A survivor survey of the World Trade Center attacks shows anticipating people stopping for information and the seeking out of others in crises are critical factors in emergency planning.

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Siting centralized nuclear storage facilities often draws intense opposition, but in New Mexico, a 25-year review process eventually led to public acceptance, offering support for nuclear energy advocates at a sensitive time.

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Emergency responders, insurers, communicators must factor overconfidence into disaster preparations.

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Improved training exercises, materials recommended.

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Developing coping strategies helps young people navigate culture of safety in schools.

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Upcoming conference on risk issues to be held December 5-8 in Salt Lake City, UT.

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UC Berkeley researcher finds potential adverse health effects merit caution.

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Colorado State University finds adverse health effects in second/third trimesters.

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Using Washington, D.C. As a model, study urges sheltering option as saving tens of thousands of lives versus evacuation.

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Study Provides Tools to Better Predict, Assess, and Manage Disposal Decisions

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Study provides tools to better predict, assess, and manage natural and man-made catastrophes.

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The inclusion of activists and members of the general public on teams of technical experts can, in some cases, beneficially expand the focus of food risk reviews, according to a new study by food experts in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The results are important to government agencies and policymakers interested in including more public input and enhancing public trust of expert recommendations on food safety.

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First comprehensive review of Katrina releases of petroleum and hazardous materials.

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Study reviews more exposure pathways than previous surveys, also concludes additional research needed on production processes for canned soup, canned meat.

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Survey of African-Americans' risk perceptions finds patterns unlike those of white counterparts. Research calls for more study of minorities’ views of risks to improve communication efforts.

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New approaches that account for the flexibility of attackers could improve security threat assessments.

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Society for Risk Analysis convenes in Baltimore, Maryland on December 7-9.

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Sickness from the bacteria may occur at lower exposure levels than previously believed.

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As the hurricane season shifts into fall a new study presents an improved analytical tool for predicting potential power outages and helping utility companies deploy repair crews in advance of hurricanes and other storm events.

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New research on flu exposure.

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A new study has found that 67% of the fatalities in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005 resulted from direct impacts of the flooding that occurred when the levees collapsed.