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1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fisheries : taking stock / Malcolm MacGarvin -- Radiation : early warnings, late effects / Barrie Lambert -- Benzene : an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting / Peter F. Infante -- Asbestos : from 'magic' to malevolent mineral / David Gee and Morris Greenberg -- PCBs and the precautionary principle / Janna G. Koppe and Jane Keys -- Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle / Joe Farman -- The DES story : long-term consequences of prenatal exposure / Dolores Ibarreta and Shanna H. Swan -- Antimicrobials as growth promoters : resistance to common sense / Lars-Erik Edqvist and Knud Brge Pedersen -- Sulphur dioxide : from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration / Arne Semb -- MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead / Martin Krayer von Krauss and Poul Harremoes -- Early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes / Michael Gilbertson -- Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants : a tale of ships, snails and imposex / David Santillo, Paul Johnston and William J Langston -- Hormones as growth promoters : the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? / Jim W. Bridges and Olga Bridges -- 'Mad cow disease' - 1980s-2000 : how reassurances undermined precaution / Patrick van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone -- Twelve late lessons -- Conclusions. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Environmental risk assessment.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Harremoes, Poul.
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| Added Title |
Precautionary principle in the twentieth century |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Precautionary principle in the 20th century : late lessons from early warnings. London : Earthscan Publications, 2002 xx, 268 pages ; 25 cm. 9781853838927 (DLC) 2002002436 |
| ISBN |
1853838934 (pbk.) |
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1853838926 (hard) |
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9781853838934 (pbk.) |
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9781853838927 |
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9781315071985 (electronic bk.) |
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