What's the Risk? is an interactive web-based educational tutorial developed at Cornell University to enable students and concerned citizens better evaluate potential risks in their environments. Users explore basic concepts and methods of risk analysis, applying new understanding about 'hazards,' 'variability,' 'uncertainties,' and 'exposure' to familiar decision-making scenarios.

In What's the Risk: Pesticides in Homes & Communities users apply principles of risk analysis to grapple with questions such as: "Should we use insect repellents?" "What do we think about the pesticides being used near our homes to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes?" "How can we compare risks from pesticides to risks of contracting insect-borne diseases (such as West Nile virus, Lyme disease or malaria)?" In working through these questions, users learn about the risk assessment paradigm, epidemiology and the role of values and the media in reaching decisions and developing policies involving environmental risks.

System Requirements:

What's the Risk? is cross-platform and cross-browser compatible, but we recommend you use Internet Explorer (4.0 or above) or Netscape (4.0 or above).