| fishing a superfund site: dissonance and risk perception of environmental hazards by fishermen in puerto rico. | risk perception studies show that individuals tend to underestimate significant risks, overestimate negligible ones, and distrust authorities. they also rely on a variety of strategies or heuristics to reach decisions regarding their risk-taking behavior. we report on a survey of fishermen and crabbers engaged in recreational and substance fishing in a puerto rican estuary (near humacao), which has been declared a "superfund site" because of suspected contamination by mercury, and at ecologicall ... | 1991 | 1876726 |