Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ackerman, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Cost effectiveness.
Environmental health > Government policy > Cost effectiveness.
Medical policy > Cost effectiveness.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Coût-efficacité.
Politique sanitaire > Coût-efficacité.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Environmental policy > Cost effectiveness
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pricing the priceless
  • Was environmental protection ever a good idea?
  • The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs
  • Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin
  • The economics of atrazine
  • Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation
  • Mad cows and computer models
  • Costs of preventable childhood illness
  • Phasing out a problem plastic
  • The costs of REACH
  • Impacts of REACH on developing countries
  • How should the US respond to REACH?
  • Conclusion: economics and precautionary policies.

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