HERNDON, Va., January 10, 2023 — At last month’s Annual Meeting SRA announced the addition of five new Council members and the rise of Katherine von Stackelberg, Sc.D., NEK Associates LTD, as the new President of its 2023 Council. Stackelberg succeeds Ragner Löfstedt, Ph.D., Kings College London, who has completed his term and will continue to serve on the Council as immediate past-president. Other officers elected include Felicia Wu, Ph.D., Michigan State University, as […]
HERNDON, Va., December 19, 2022 — The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) awarded five prestigious scholarly and service awards and named six new fellows at this year’s Annual Meeting. These awardees were recognized for their exceptional contributions to SRA and to the risk analysis community. The award recipients were nominated by their peers, selected by […]
New research shows that disruptions in exports of grains and metals from Ukraine and Russia may cost the world’s economy $2.7 billion. Some countries will fare better than others. TAMPA FL, December 6, 2022 – The Russia-Ukraine War has struck a major blow to global markets for vital commodities — particularly grains like maize and […]
NEARLY DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT RISK New research indicates that isolation from essential services like food and safe drinking water due to flooded roadways may be a bigger problem than property flooding for residents of coastal states TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – The record-breaking storm surge that swept away people and homes […]
New research finds that consumers have a higher potential of benzene exposure in the environment than by using sunscreen TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 — In early 2021, testing of several consumer products — including sunscreen and deodorants — revealed trace amounts of benzene, a known human carcinogen. Since then, the U.S. Food and Drug […]
New research shows that many consumers may not be aware that uncooked flour causes foodborne illnesses TAMPA FL, December 7, 2022 — In the last decade, raw or uncooked flour has been identified as an emerging source of food poisoning. One of the problems may be this: in a recent survey, as many as two […]
Projected flooding from storm surges, erosion, and sea-level rise may disrupt vital operations of the state’s largest airports in the coming decades TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located along the Pacific coastline, which is increasingly impacted by storm surges, sea level rise, and erosion due […]
New research on the risks of aflatoxin contamination in milk suggests that policymakers should revise regulations that hurt children and dairy farmers. TAMPA FL, December 7, 2022 — Food scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) have found that far fewer cases of liver cancer worldwide are caused by aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk and other […]
A two-year analysis of drug concentrations in wastewater indicates that cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine are the most highly used drugs TAMPA FL, December 6, 2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic helped legitimize Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE) as a less invasive, cost-efficient way to monitor public health. WBE allows scientists to detect concentrations of drugs or biomarkers in […]