SRA-E Lisbon 2017

There have long been calls for uniform risk communication strategies be it based in Government, industry or academia. Over the years there have been a multiple number of risk communication manuals arguing that the first principle has to be consistency. It is argued that uniform and consistent messaging reduces confusion and leads to better public understanding of risk. The question remains if this is indeed the case. Do government agencies, for example, put forward broadly similar risk communication messages or does it vary between agencies depending on what the agencies are regulating? This symposium addresses this issue.