The precautionary principle in the 20th century : late lessons from early warnings /

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The precautionary principle is widely seen as fundamental to successful policies for sustainability. It has been cited in international courts and trade disputes between the USA and the EU, and invoked in a growing range of political debates. Understanding what it can and cannot achieve is therefore...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harremoës, Poul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, ©2002.
Temas:
Environmental risk assessment.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Environnement > Évaluation du risque.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Principe de précaution.
Risques sanitaires.
Pollution chimique.
Etudes de cas.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Environmental risk assessment
Sustainable development
Prävention
Umweltgefährdung
Risicoanalyse.
Economische aspecten.
Milieueffecten.
Verontreiniging.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Política ambiental.
Desenvolvimento sustentável.
Proteção ambiental.
Poluição ambiental.
Risco ambiental (medição;avaliação)
Desenvolvimento econômico (tendências)
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental economics
Risk management
Case studies
Overseas item
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Børge 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 Harremoës
  • 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.

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