Risk, science, and politics : regulating toxic substances in Canada and the United States /
"Government regulation of toxic substances varies dramatically between the United States and Canada. In Risk, Science, and Politics Kathryn Harrison and George Hoberg analyse these differences and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of two very different regulatory styles." "The Can...
| Основен автор: | Harrison, Kathryn, 1958- |
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| Други автори: | Hoberg, George, 1958- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
℗♭1994.
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Print version::
Risk, science, and politics. |
Съдържание:
- Policy making amid scientific uncertainty
- Cancer risk assessment : concepts and controversies
- Between science and politics : assessing the risks of dioxin
- Forbidden fruit : regulating the pesticides alachlor and alar
- Paternalism vs consumer choice : regulation of saccharin in Canada and the United States (with Colleen Rohde)
- Political insulation : the rise and fall of urea-formaldehyde foam
- Acceptable risks? Regulating asbestos in Canada and the United States (with Gregory Hein)
- The perils of paternalism : controlling radon exposure in Canadian and U.S. homes
- Conclusion : risk, science, and public policy.