List members may be interested in the following lecture:
Tuesday 23 March 2004 at 6.00pm
Croonian Lecture at the Royal Society
Risk: food, fact and fantasy
By Sir John Krebs FRS
Chairman, Food Standards Agency and University of Oxford
We all take risks, but most of the time we don't notice it. We are generally bad at judging the risks we take, and in the end for some of us this will prove fatal.
Eating, like everything else in life, isn't risk free. Is that next mouthful pure pleasure or will it give you food poisoning? Will it clog up your arteries as well as filling your stomach? In this lecture Sir John will explore how food risks are assessed and managed by government, and the boundaries between responsibility of the individual and the regulator.
In doing this he will draw on the science of risk assessment as well as our attitudes to risk, in relation to issues such as diet, organic food and BSE.
This lecture is FREE. No tickets or advance booking necesary.
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
www.royalsoc.ac.uk/events
Hannah Jemmett
Events Officer
tel: +44 (0)207 451 2575
fax: +44 (0)207 451 2693
web: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk
The Royal Society
6-9 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
Registered Charity No 207043
The Royal Society - excellence in science
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