Young people today grow up in a world where the media bombard them with information about the effect of various factors on their health, the safety of everything from household items to nuclear waste, and the risks associated with them. These ideas of health, safety and risk are often poorly understood. This resource has been produced in order to help teachers bring about a better understanding of these concepts in their students and so that, as young people growing up in a scientific and technological society, they can be properly aware of the risks associated with the world they live in, and of attempts to minimise them. All the material and activities have been compiled by Dorothy Warren, the Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellow 1999-2000 and have been trailled in schools, where they have worked in a classroom setting.