Risk Misconceptions

by Kevin Boehnke

Last week, a man peed into the reservoir that housed some of the municipal water supply for Portland, Oregon. In response, the  public health officials in Portland, Oregon dumped and flushed the 38 million gallon reservoir. The City Commissioner, Nick Fish, claimed he “didn’t have a choice”, since he doesn’t “have the luxury of slicing it too thin when there’s a potential …