| Description |
viii, 574 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-551) and index. |
| Contents |
Were the early scares justified by the evidence? Cranberries, dieldrin, saccharin -- PCBs and DDT : too much of a good thing? -- Dioxin, Agent Orange, and Times Beach -- Love Canal : was there evidence of harm? -- Superfund's abandoned hazardous waste sites -- No runs, no hits, all errors : the asbestos and alar scares -- How does science matter? -- Do rodent studies predict cancer in human beings? -- The effects of acid rain on the United States (with an excursion to Europe) -- CFCs and ozone depletion: are they as bad as people think? -- Who's on first? A global warming scorecard -- Reporting environmental science -- Citizenship in science -- Detecting errors in environmental and safety studies. |
| Subject |
Environmental risk assessment -- Popular works.
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Environmental policy -- Citizen participation -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0674089227 |
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