Environmental Health Sciences 
Risk Sciences
 
 
Communicating risks in a balanced and sound way
Is your tapwater safe to drink?
Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.
(CNN headline, Mar. 10, 2008)
Potentially harmful chemical in baby products.
Phthalates may be common in baby products;
some health experts worried
(ABC News headline, Feb 4, 2008)
Sensational headlines abound regarding public health issues resulting from human exposure to health. Finding the balance between risk/exposure and benefit/harm requires analysis and information not easily conveyed within the 10-second soundbite afforded in the day's news. Yet, the public and policymakers must make decisions about what presents a hazard and what should be regulated.
These issues are the focus of the risk science program at the Univesrity of Michigan. Through this program, graduates will benefit from:
- training that is highly relevant to practical and essential societal decisions,
- outstanding interdisciplinary expertise of the EHS faculties and of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center in all facets of risk,
- opportunities to work with the latest methods, measurements techniques, and modeling skills used in risk science.
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