Rodricks J V
ENVIRON International Corporation, Arlington, VA 22203.
Environ Health Perspect. 1994 Mar;102(3):258-64. doi: 10.1289/ehp.94102258.
Risks to human health arise from the environment in diverse ways and from many sources. Although there are many social forces to be considered when efforts are made to protect human health, it would seem that public health resources should be devoted to reducing risks arising from the environment in at least rough proportion to the toll they take on human health. Risk assessment, properly, conceived and practiced, is the appropriate tool for assigning risks their rightful order and should be a principal component of public health programs everywhere. The successful application of risk assessments to such goals depends on the developments of a broader view of its nature and content than has been customarily adopted.
人类健康面临的风险以多种方式、来自众多源头，源于环境。尽管在努力保护人类健康时需要考虑诸多社会因素，但公共卫生资源似乎应至少大致按对人类健康造成的损害比例，投入到降低源于环境的风险中。合理构思并实施的风险评估，是对风险进行合理排序的恰当工具，应成为各地公共卫生项目的主要组成部分。将风险评估成功应用于此类目标，取决于对其性质和内容形成比以往通常采用的更为宽泛的认识。
