Standards of evidence and causality in regulatory science: risk and benefit assessment

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dc.contributor.author Lujan, José Luis
dc.contributor.author Todt, Oliver
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-12T09:45:12Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-12T09:45:12Z
dc.date.issued 2024-11-12
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11201/166720
dc.description.abstract In this paper we analyze the Russo-Williamson Thesis (RWT) as a standard of evidence in regulatory science, in risk as well as benefit assessment. In our analysis we take account of the recent controversies that have taken place in regulation with respect to the evidentiary requirements necessary for regulatory decision making. RWT's main point is that not only probabilistic but also mechanistic evidence is necessary for being able to infer the existence of causal links. We ask in which way RWT could have an impact upon current decision making about subjecting to regulation (or, to the contrary, leaving them unregulated) certain chemical substances, food stuffs, health claims, and other typical objects of regulation. We show that the application of RWT resolves some of the problems posed by current standards of evidence. RWT makes it possible to determine with higher accuracy if a particular substance should be subjected to regulation or not, even though under certain circumstances RWT itself may turn into a source of regulatory error. The adequacy of RWT as a standard of evidence depends on the precise manner of its application to regulation (particularly the consideration of mechanistic evidence as a complementary or necessary requirement), as well as the assessment of its non-epistemic consequences.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof 2019, vol. 8
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject 33 - Economia ca
dc.subject 34 - Dret ca
dc.subject Filosofia
dc.subject.other Causality ca
dc.subject.other Standards of evidence ca
dc.subject.other Regulatory science ca
dc.subject.other Risk assessment ca
dc.subject.other Benefit assessment ca
dc.title Standards of evidence and causality in regulatory science: risk and benefit assessment ca
dc.type Article
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dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2019.05.005 ca


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