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Pages 214-216

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... Deliberation in which participation from across the spectrum of interested and affected parties, by policy makers, and by specialists in risk analysis is sufficiently diverse to ensure that the important, decision-relevant knowledge enters the process, that the important perspectives are considered, and that the parties' legitimate concerns about the inclusiveness and openness of the process are addressed. Such deliberation involves the participation or at least the representation of the relevant range of interests and values as well as of scientific and technical expertise.
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... In the process leading to risk characterization, deliberation may involve various combinations of scientific and technical specialists, public officials, and interested and affected parties, and may be formalized (as in mediation) or occur in informal settings.
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... Although risk analysis is sometimes conceived to be relevant only to gathering, interpreting, and summarizing information about certain possible consequences of a hazard, analysis has other uses in risk characterization. .Risk characterization .
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