Perceptions of risk, dilemmas of policy: Nuclear fallout in Swedish Lapland
This paper concerns risk perceptions of Swedish Saami reindeer herders in conjunction with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Focus is also placed upon their experiences of damage and their efforts to deal with these problems. Data relating to these social aspects of the Chernobyl event come from inter...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:socmed:v:30:y:1990:i:6:p:729-738 2024-04-14T08:18:49+00:00 Perceptions of risk, dilemmas of policy: Nuclear fallout in Swedish Lapland Beach, Hugh http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0277-9536(88)90259-6 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0277-9536(88)90259-6 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:29:19Z This paper concerns risk perceptions of Swedish Saami reindeer herders in conjunction with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Focus is also placed upon their experiences of damage and their efforts to deal with these problems. Data relating to these social aspects of the Chernobyl event come from interviews with members of Saami herding families. The initial governmental policy of establishing a simple contamination limit for the marketability of all foodstuffs was beset with shortcomings. I propose that all contaminated foods should be labeled with contamination specifications along a fully graded scale. In addition, there should be consumer education and recommendations for the entire population, not just one segment. An absolutely necessary step in the construction of valid policies is the health calibration of low-dose radiation. Without such knowledge, any marketability limit is suspect. With such knowledge, policy can be firmly based on human health. Chernobyl Saami reindeer meat cesium Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Lapland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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This paper concerns risk perceptions of Swedish Saami reindeer herders in conjunction with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Focus is also placed upon their experiences of damage and their efforts to deal with these problems. Data relating to these social aspects of the Chernobyl event come from interviews with members of Saami herding families. The initial governmental policy of establishing a simple contamination limit for the marketability of all foodstuffs was beset with shortcomings. I propose that all contaminated foods should be labeled with contamination specifications along a fully graded scale. In addition, there should be consumer education and recommendations for the entire population, not just one segment. An absolutely necessary step in the construction of valid policies is the health calibration of low-dose radiation. Without such knowledge, any marketability limit is suspect. With such knowledge, policy can be firmly based on human health. Chernobyl Saami reindeer meat cesium |
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Perceptions of risk, dilemmas of policy: Nuclear fallout in Swedish Lapland |
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Perceptions of risk, dilemmas of policy: Nuclear fallout in Swedish Lapland |
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Perceptions of risk, dilemmas of policy: Nuclear fallout in Swedish Lapland |
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