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Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle /

Other Authors: Raffensperger, Carolyn.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : Island Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences > Decision making.
Environmental policy > Government policy.
Risk assessment.
Health risk assessment.
Environmental Health > legislation & jurisprudence.
Environmental Pollution > adverse effects.
Environmental Pollution > prevention & control.
Policy Making.
Risk Assessment.
Environmental health.
Sciences de l'environnement > Prise de décision.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Évaluation du risque.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Milieubeleid.
Risicoanalyse.
Politieke besluitvorming.
Juridische aspecten.
Politique de l'environnement.
Principe de précaution.
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Table of Contents:
  • Establishing a general duty of precaution in environmental protection policies in the United States / Ken Geiser
  • The precautionary principle in contemporary environmental policy and politics / Andrew Jordan and Timothy O'Riordan
  • The precautionary principle in practice : a mandate for anticipatory preventative action / David Santillo, Paul Johnston, and Ruth Stringer
  • The precautionary approach to chemicals management : a Swedish perspective / Bo Wahlström
  • Asymmetric information, the precautionary principle, and burdens of proof / Carl F. Cranor
  • The precautionary principle as a screening device / David Ozonoff
  • Precautionary science / Katherine Barrett and Carolyn Raffensperger
  • The political economy of precaution / R. Michael M'Gonigle
  • Precaution and respect / Anita Bernstein
  • A map toward precautionary decision making / Joel A. Tickner
  • Applying the precautionary principle in practice : natural heritage conservation in Scotland / Scottish Natural Heritage
  • A conceptual framework for the use of the precautionary principle in law / Nicholas A. Ashford
  • Alternatives assessment : part of operationalizing and institutionalizing the precautionary principle / Mary O'Brien
  • Environmental bonds : implementing the precautionary principle in environmental policy / Laura Cornwell and Robert Costanza
  • The precautionary principle and corporate disclosure / Sanford Lewis
  • Practicing the principle / Richard D. Sclove and Madeleine L. Scammell
  • How much information do we need before exercising precaution? / Gordon K. Durnil
  • Can we say "yes" to agriculture using the precautionary principle : a farmer's perspective / Frederick Kirschenmann
  • Precautionary action not taken : corporate structure and the case study of tetraethyl lead in the United States / Peter Montague
  • Manganese in gasoline : a case study of the need for precautionary action / Ted Schettler
  • Cleaner production and the precautionary principle / Ken Geiser
  • The precautionary principle : application to policies regarding endocrine-disrupting chemicals / Peter L. deFur
  • Why the precautionary principle? A meditation on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the breasts of mothers / Sandra Steingraber.

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