Of Acceptable Risk: Science and the

W. W. Lawrence, Of Acceptable Risk, Science and the Determination of Safety, William Kaufman Inc., Los Altos, Calif., 1976. 

A relatively early, and highly influential work, Of Acceptable Risk Science and The Determination of Safety, by William Lowrance (William Kaufman, Los Altos, CA, 1979) sets forth the basic issues in the determination of safety. Also widely-cited is Peter Barton Hutt s Legal considerations in risk assessment under federal regulatory statutes in Assessment and Management of Chemical Risks, (J.V. Rodricks and R.G. Tardiff, Editors, ACS Symposium Series 239, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 1984). Fred Hoerger offers an excellent perspective on the role of risk assessment in corporate decision-making in this same volume (Chapter 10). 

Lowrance W. Of acceptable risk science and the determination of safety. Los Altos W. Kaufman 1976. 

Other authors include concepts of both incident probability and severity of consequences in their definitions of risk. In Of Acceptable Risk Science and the Determination of Safety, Lowrance wrote that ... 

It has long been recognized that a zero risk level is not attainable. If a facility exists or an activity proceeds, it is not possible to realistically conceive of a situation in which there is no probability of an adverse incident or exposure occurring. William W. Lowrance was one of the most significant and influential authors on the concept of acceptable risk. Lowrence (1976) writes in his previously dted book Of Acceptable Risk Science and the Determination of Safety that ... 

Lowrance, W. 1976. Of Acceptable Risk—Science and the Determination of Safety. Los Altos, CA William Kaufmann Inc. 

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