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Summary “Public Risk Perception” (Ropeik, 2010) In the article “Public Risk Perception,” Ropeik (2010) describes a mother, Susan, trying to persuade the school to close because the school have the cancer. She think that the school should not keep her child away from the cancer. In the school, they have the chemical trichloroethylene in the air, so Susan said that the school should close even the cancer is not dangerous. In conclusion, Susan talked about her afraid of TCM, and also she faced another risk. (Ropeik,
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