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Information about Opasnet

Opasnet is a wiki-based website for helping decisions about human health, and environmental factors affecting it. The website collects, synthesises, and distributes people's values and scientific information. We believe that all wise decision-making is based on expressing our values about what the really important things are, and understanding how the decision actually affects those things. This is why we need both values and science.

Opasnet welcomes anyone who wants to promote science-based decision-making in any field. We are actively working on climate change, and participants are welcome. Originally, the developers of this workspace came from the environmental health, i.e. a research field that studies the impacts of environment on human health. Therefore, you can find assessments about e.g. health impacts of air pollution or persistent pollutants in fish.

Frequently asked questions about Opasnet
Basic information about the workspace: Opasnet | Open assessment | Open Assessors' Network
Ongoing projects: Climate change, cities, and emission trade (ET-CL) | Burden of disease in Finland (Seturi)
Previous workshops (including lectures): Open assessment workshop 2009 | Kuopio Risk Assessment Workshop 2008
Presentations: Open assessment and metal risks |
- Presentations in Finnish: Climate change and health - Ilmastonmuutos ja terveys | Open assessment - Avoin arviointi | Frameworks for risk assessment - Riskinarvioinnin viitekehyksiä
Information about page protection

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How can you participate?

We can only help policy-making if a large group of people participate in the work. Find your own ways to contribute and act!

NEW! Participate in our end user evaluation (it only takes a few minutes)
Get acquainted: read Welcome to Opasnet
Browse through the website and read about active assessments.
Tell about Opasnet to anyone who might use its information and guidance.
Tell about Opasnet to anyone who might contribute to it.
Collect specific information (you may even be paid!)
Participate in polls (you don't need to be logged in).
Get a user account for editing: Login and register (Please use your full name)
Give comments about any page and any content. Be bold! (You need to be logged in)
Provide original or modelled data into the Opasnet base.
Create and edit variables or whole assessments or studies.
Make a peer review of a page.
Become a moderator of a page.
Read about Opasnet technical policies