The National Academy of Science's National Research Council Committee on Risk Assessment has recommended further study into improving communication about risk because of skepticism among experts and citizens that risk management decisions are adequately grounded in scientific knowledge. There is a public paranoia about some components of our food supply. He says, let the people decide what they want, and whom to listen to. Public information may be presented by organizations with their own axes to grind. That is the American way of doing things.
American society is built on a series of checks and balances.
But we need a level playing field. I urge everyone to stand up and say so when they see something that is scientifically absurd. Scientists have a moral responsibility to try to understand the situation and attempt to explain it to others. There are few certainties in life. We calculate risk in two major ways, with hard data or with soft data.