Mertz C K, Slovic P, Purchase I F
Central Toxicology Laboratory, Maccelesfield, Cheshire, U.K.
Risk Anal. 1998 Aug;18(4):391-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00353.x.
Nineteen Senior Managers of a major chemical company in the United Kingdom participated in a survey to determine their attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions regarding risks from chemicals. Similar surveys had previously been conducted with toxicologists and members of the general public in the United States and Canada. In general, the Senior Managers tended to judge risks to be quite small for most chemicals. Moreover, they had lower risk perceptions than did members of the British Toxicological Society and even far lower perceptions of risk than a comparison group of members of the Canadian public. The managers held views that were similar to British toxicologists working in industry and government and dissimilar to the views of toxicologists working in academia. The observed differences between views of managers, toxicologists, and the public must be recognized and understood in order to facilitate communication and constructive efforts to manage chemical risks.
英国一家大型化工公司的19名高级经理参与了一项调查，以确定他们对化学品风险的态度、信念和认知。此前在美国和加拿大对毒理学家和普通公众进行过类似的调查。总体而言，高级经理们倾向于认为大多数化学品的风险相当小。此外，他们的风险认知低于英国毒理学会的成员，甚至比加拿大公众的一个对照组的风险认知低得多。这些经理们的观点与在工业界和政府工作的英国毒理学家相似，与在学术界工作的毒理学家的观点不同。为了促进化学品风险管理方面的沟通和建设性努力，必须认识和理解经理、毒理学家和公众观点之间观察到的差异。
