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Balance safety to protect freedom, says RoSPA
December 1st 2008

The Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has said people need to be given the correct information so that they can decide for themselves what risks they want to take.

A quest for "absolute safety" was not feasible and would come at a cost to freedom, Tom Mullarkey said in his report to RoSPA's annual meeting.

Striking the right balance was the key challenge for health and safety experts if they wanted to win the fight against "nanny state" accusations. "The application of common sense and balance is much more reasonable than the seeking of mindless increments towards 'absolute safety', a destination which is neither feasible nor, in all probability, desirable, since it would come at such cost to our freedoms," he said.

"Accident prevention involves so many technical, legal and ethical issues, ultimately defining life and death, that there is no simple shorthand for explaining how the whole thing works for the benefit of the 60 million people who rely on it."

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