Risk Communication Risk communication is the process of engaging stakeholders (all interested parties, including consumers, producers, scientists in academia, industry, and government, and various professional or advocacy organizations) in dialogues about risk, its assessment, and its management. The risk assessor might take responsibility for explaining in nontechnical terms the data, models, and results of the risk assessment. The risk manager is responsible for explaining the rationales for various alternative risk management strategies based on the risk assessment. The stakeholders also have a responsibility both to communicate their concerns and to review and understand the risk assessment and risk man- agement options. Some principles for agencies to apply in risk communications are listed in Table 3.3.