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Relativity of Risk

What's the risk you take getting into your car each day, or eating a fish that might have traces of mercury in it? How about flying a plane, or breathing the air, or eating French fries? If living near a port raises your risk of having cancer by .0005, what does that even mean?Guest: Baruch Fischoff, professor of Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.Guest: Nick Jewell, biostatistician, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.


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