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Journal of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology | Volume: 2

December 03-04, 2018 | Dubai, UAE

International Conference on

Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology & Pharmacology

Recycling & Waste Management

Joint Event

cience-centered policy is limited in dealing with complicated

environmental and health issues that embrace a wide range

of individual variability and diversity of socio-cultural as well as

physical conditions. Amongmany individuals in society, children

and infants are particularly the most vulnerable and sensitive

grouptochemicalexposuresbecausetheyareondevelopmental

stages mentally as well as physically. Nevertheless, our society

is not likely to conduct enough protection behaviors for them

since the most environmental health risk tends to have long-

term consequences and perceived as insignificant. Arguable

cases of artificial turf also require analyses of environmental

and health risk at various levels and dimensions. However,

there are always insufficiency of scientific evidence subject to

data and statistical outcomes in reflecting realistic risks linking

among stressors, exposures to receptors, and their health

impacts. Beyond scientific numbers, I argue that it is necessary

to collect and analyze dialogues associated with multifaceted

aspects of the risk to vulnerable risk receptors, in particular,

children who everyday play and often hit the ground. Such risk

dialogues presented by the media and posted on the internet

are likely to increase risk perceptions of large numbers of

population and lead them to have conduct precautionary and

protective behaviors to their children. By exploring artificial

turf risk cases and public responses to the risk in the U.S. and

South Korea, I argue the need of a receptor-oriented and

integrative risk governance model in assessing and managing

the risk. The receptor-oriented approach let decision-

makers more focus on vulnerable population. I addition, the

frame of integrative risk governance allows to involve larger

numbers of responsible risk performers who are able to

manage and communicate the risk desirably in the society.

Speaker Biography

Seohyun Park has completed her PhD in August, 2008 from State University of New

York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, USA, with the area of study,

environmental systems and risk management. She is currently working as a visiting

researcher and a lecturer in Chonbuk National University, South Korea. As to her

interdisciplinary academic background, she has made an effort to communicate

science in society, in particular, with the subjects of environmental problems and

chemical risks. She has published papers and engaged in research subjects regarding

chemical safety management and risk communication, social and cultural aspects

of environmental health and toxicology, climate change adaptation strategies

of health, Radon risk communication, and development of public response

systems in chemical emergency. She has particular attention to education and risk

communication which enhance desirable risk perceptions, appropriate decision-

making, and behaviors. This social mechanism eventually achieves social goals.

seohyun.park@gmail.com

Seohyun Park

Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Science in society: Towards receptor-oriented integrative risk governance in artificial

turf risk case

Seohyun Park

, Toxicology 2018, Recycling 2018, Volume 2

DOI: 10.4066/2630-4570-C1-001