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Advantages of the Commission’s Risk Management Framework

Traditionally, risk management has relied on command-and-control approaches that often require environmental protection standards to be met using specific technologies. Risk management has generally focused on controlling single hazards in single environmental media. Many risk management failures can be traced to not including stakeholders in decision-making at the earliest possible time and not considering risks in their broader contexts. In contrast, the Commission’s Risk Management Framework is intended to:

• Provide an integrated, holistic approach to solving public health and environmental problems in context.

• Ensure that decisions about the use of risk assessment and economic analysis rely on the best scientific evidence and are made in the context of risk management alternatives.

• Emphasize the importance of collaboration, communication, and negotiation among stakeholders so that public values can influence risk management strategies.

• Produce risk management decisions that are more likely to be successful than decisions made without adequate and early stakeholder involvement.

• Accommodate critical new information that may emerge at any stage of the process.

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