Table 12: Developing Comparisons for Risks due to Carbon Tetrachloride Exposure - Voluntary Risks
Risk | Outrage (1) | Health Study Appropriateness (2) | |
Sources of Exposure | Alcohol | no | 4 |
Steroid Abuse | no | 5 | |
Barbiturates | no | 4 | |
Household chemicals | no | 4 | |
Causes of Death or Cancer |
Airplane Crash | no | 5 |
Motorcycling | no | 5 | |
Driving a car | no | 5 | |
Boating | no | 5 | |
Swimming | no | 5 | |
Scuba Diving | no | 5 | |
Hunting | no | 5 | |
Saccharin | no | 4 | |
Smoking | no | 4 |
- For ‘Outrage’ a judgment was made as to whether or not the risk causes public anger, fear, defensiveness, frustration or suspicion.
- Risks were rated from Most Appropriate Comparisons (1) to Least Appropriate (5).
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