Resources for Focus on Risk Activity 5 – Communicating Risk

Understanding risk is an integral part of the risk management process. It is critical that risk information is communicated effectively to all interested parties. This activity allows students to explore how timely and responsible communication among experts, the media, and lay people can lead to improved risk management decisions.

This is one of 11 activities that can be found in PLT’s Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk. To get the activity, attend a training and receive PLT’s Focus on Risk secondary module. Below are some supporting resources for this activity. 

STUDENT PAGES

Download the copyright-free student pages that are included with this activity:

Risk Communication Options (PDF)

Sybron Chemicals Inc. Risk Communication Response (PDF)

Sybron Chemicals Inc. Background Information (PDF)

Risk Communication Guidelines (PDF)

Radon Brochure-A (PDF)

Radon Brochure-B (PDF)

Radon Risk Chart-A (PDF)

Radon Risk Chart-B (PDF)

Radon Alert (PDF)

One Part Per Million (PDF)

Concentration Analogies (PDF)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The following tools and resources may be used to enhance the activity.

  • Death by Design Documentary

    Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. However, even the tiniest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the electronics factories in China, to the high-tech innovation labs of Silicon Valley, Death by Design tells a story of the fast-approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.