Natural scientists, engineers, economists, political scientists, and policy analysts tend to perceive the process of health, safety, and environmental standard setting in radically different ways. Each of these five perspectives has some validity and value: the standard-setting process is so multi-faceted that, like sculpture, it can best be understood when viewd from several vantage points. In this report, I first view the standard setting process from the angels of analytical vision of natural scientists, engineers, economists, political scientists, and policy analysts, in turn.