The general public perceives a technology or product as a greater risk than the experts do when it
A) is relatively familiar and simple.
B) is involuntarily thrust upon the public rather than an individual choice.
C) is viewed as beneficial and necessary rather than unnecessary.
D) involves a large number of deaths spread out over a long period of time rather than from a single catastrophic accident.
E) the people affected are involved in the decision-making process.
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