| Table 1: ATTITUDES ON CHEMICAL RISK ISSUES* | ||||
| MEAN | AGREE | DISAGREE | DK | |
| Safety of Chemicals | ||||
| Chemicals cause endocrine disruption | 2.6 | 53% | 35% | 12% |
| Pesticides significant health risk | 2.6 | 55% | 43% | 2% |
| Food additives significant health risk | 2.1 | 33% | 62% | 5% |
| Cosmetics significant health risk | 2.0 | 26% | 66% | 8% |
| Any exposure level is unacceptable | 1.8 | 6% | 92% | 2% |
| Organic/natural products safer | 1.5 | 10% | 87% | 3% |
| Any level of chemical shows health risk | 1.3 | 18% | 81% | 1% |
| Animal testing not needed | 1.5 | 10% | 89% | 1% |
| Government Regulation | ||||
| Regulators balanced in explaining risk | 2.3 | 40% | 54% | 7% |
| US regulation inferior to Europe | 2.2 | 23% | 44% | 33% |
| Regulate with precautionary principle | 1.9 | 24% | 69% | 7% |
| Informing the Public | ||||
| Peer review findings before news coverage: | 3.5 | 90% | 10% | 1% |
| News of chemical risk not balanced | 3.5 | 87% | 11% | 2% |
| Restrict public statements to own expertise | 3.1 | 76% | 23% | 7% |
| Peer review system is politicized | 2.9 | 64% | 21% | 15% |
| * 1-4 scale when 1= strongly disagree and 4 = strongly agree | ||||