Scientist in society
Ethical considerations in public and environmental health
- Social responsibility in public health: Weed 2003
- Ethical issues in environmental health research: Sharp 2003
- Erosion of integrity in public health science -- Clapp et al 2006
Precautionary Principle
- Defined on wikipedia and by the New World Encyclopedia
- Science and Environmental Health Network pages on the precautionary principle and FAQs
- The Precautionary Principle Project pages
- Michael Pollan article in the New York Times
- European Commission Communication in February 2000
- Resnik's 2004 paper on The Precautionary Principle and Medical Decisionmaking
Communicating Risk
- Goldstein & Goldstein have published How Much Risk?, a useful book about understanding environmental health hazards. Chapter 8 discusses assessing risks from exposure to a landfill. This book is a nice example of effective risk communication to a lay audience.
Science in the popular press
- The Science Media Centre
- A collection of publications for scientists on communicating with the media
- 10 best practice guidelines for journalists reporting science and health stories
REFERENCES
Weed, Douglas L., and Robert E. McKeown. "Science and social responsibility in public health." Environmental health perspectives 111.14 (2003): 1804.
Sharp, Richard R. "Ethical issues in environmental health research."Environmental health perspectives 111.14 (2003): 1786.
Clapp, R., P. Hoppin, and D. Kriebel. "Erosion of the integrity of public health science in the USA." Occupational and environmental medicine 63.6 (2006): 367-368.
Resnik D.; The Precautionary Principle and Medical Decision Making; Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2004; 29(3):281-299
Goldstein I.; Goldsteing M.; How Much Risk? A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards, Cancer from Landfill? Oxford University Press (2001); 235-268