title: Little risks and big fears.
abstract: Various aspects of regulatory decisions involving the concepts of "unacceptably hazardous" and "acceptably safe" as related to the growing emphasis on the legal terminology of de minimis are outlined. It is concluded that with rare exceptions a proper public policy for risk evaluations is far from implementation.
mesh_terms: D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug / Q000639:trends*; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States