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Risk vs. Risk

Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment

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We see the stories in the newspaper nearly every a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air pollution are shown to generate hazardous solid waste; bans on dangerous chemicals result in the introduction of even more risky substitutes. Could our efforts to protect our health and the environment actually be making things worse? In Risk versus Risk , John D. Graham, Jonathan Baert Wiener, and their colleagues at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis marshal an impressive set of case studies which demonstrate that all too often our nation's campaign to reduce risks to our health and the environment is at war with itself.

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Risk vs. Risk, John D. Graham, Jonathan Baert Wiener, Cass R. Sunstein

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1997
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Titre
Risk vs. Risk
Sous-titre
Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment
Langue
Anglais
Publié
1997
Format
souple
Pages
352
ISBN10
0674773071
ISBN13
9780674773073
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We see the stories in the newspaper nearly every a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air pollution are shown to generate hazardous solid waste; bans on dangerous chemicals result in the introduction of even more risky substitutes. Could our efforts to protect our health and the environment actually be making things worse? In Risk versus Risk , John D. Graham, Jonathan Baert Wiener, and their colleagues at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis marshal an impressive set of case studies which demonstrate that all too often our nation's campaign to reduce risks to our health and the environment is at war with itself.