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Author Leiss, William, 1939-

Title In the chamber of risks [electronic resource] : understanding risk controversies / William Leiss.

Imprint Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 388 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-383) and index.
Contents Risk issue management -- Frankenfoods; or, the trouble with science -- Cellular telephones -- MMT, a risk management masquerade -- Regulating nuclear power: the mismanagement of public consultation in Canada / Michael D. Mehta -- Environment's x-file: pulp mill effluent regulation -- Between expertise and bureaucracy: trapped at the interface of science and policy -- The CEPA soap opera -- Voluntary instruments / Eric Darier and Deborah VanNijnatten -- Tobacco uncontrolled -- Into the maze of moral risks -- Towards competence in risk issue management -- Appendix: providing independent expert advice to government and the public.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Canada -- Case studies.
Risk management -- Canada -- Case studies.
Environmental policy -- Canada -- Case studies.
Health risk assessment -- Canada -- Case studies.
Environmental risk assessment -- Canada -- Case studies.
Risques pour la sante -- Evaluation -- Canada -- Cas, Etudes de.
Environnement -- Evaluation du risque -- Canada -- Cas, Etudes de.
Gestion du risque -- Canada -- Cas, Etudes de.
Environnement -- Protection -- Politique gouvernementale -- Canada.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773522387 (bound)
0773522468 (pbk.)

 
    
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