Should scientists communicate uncertainty to the public in health controversies? The case of endocrine disrupters' effects on male fertility
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1 juin 2012
- handle: 10670/1.l95rmx
- isbn: 1478152346
- hal: hal-00701749
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Natural science Sciences Science of science Fecundity Communication, Primitive Mass communication Disrupters, Endocrine Environmental endocrine disruptors Hormone disruptors Environmental endocrine disrupters Disruptors, Endocrine EDCs (Endocrine disrupting chemicals) Disrupting chemicals, Endocrine Endocrine disruptors Endocrine disrupting compounds Environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals Endocrine disruptersCiter ce document
Laura Maxim et al., « Should scientists communicate uncertainty to the public in health controversies? The case of endocrine disrupters' effects on male fertility », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'information, de la communication et des bibliothèques, ID : 10670/1.l95rmx
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Uncertain knowledge must be communicated to the public, as environmental problems can potentially reach many people. Uncertainty communication is assumed by some to increase public trust in science and policy-makers, by others to produce public panic. We have used focus groups for getting insights about this assumption and more generally about peoples' attitudes following uncertainty communication, for the controversy on the effects of endocrine disrupters (EDs) on human male fertility.