The essential handbook for effectively communicating environmental, safety, and health risks, fully revised and updated in its sixth edition, Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks by Regina E. Lundgren is a vital resource for professionals tasked with understanding the most current approaches to care, consensus, and crisis communication. This edition updates the text with fresh examples, lessons learned, and recent research, providing advice and guidelines for communicating risk information in both the United States and other countries.

Authors Regina E. Lundgren offer insights into basic theories and practices of risk communication, guiding readers on how to plan an effective strategy and put it into action. The book also delves into evaluating risk communication efforts and explores strategies for communicating risk during and after emergencies. Bringing together proven scientific research with practical, hands-on guidance from experienced practitioners, this guide:

• Includes new examples of communication plans in government and industry
• Highlights the use of social media in risk communication
• Addresses how to deal with “fake news”
• Explores new digital tools for stakeholder involvement and crisis communications

Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks is an indispensable tool for anyone working in environmental, safety, or health risk communication.