Informing the public about modern technologies and their potential risks
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 08:31
in Health & Medicine
In democratic societies, it is considered an obligation of researchers and politicians to inform the public about modern technologies and their potential risks. Researchers of KIT and the University of Wollongong, Australia, recently found that information about technologies and their risks may have undesired side effects. It may also cause worries where they do not seem appropriate, as is reported in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.