"This volume is the result of an international conference entitled Public control of environmental health hazards, held 28-30 June, 1978 by The New York Academy of Sciences as part of its science week program"--Page [5], first sequence. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The consequences of environmental hazards to human health -- Part II. The scientific basis for estimating risk -- Part III. Social responses to estimated risks of environmental disease -- Part IV. Approaches to public control of environmental health hazards -- Part V. Experiences in controlling exposures to important carcinogens in the U.S. -- Part VI. Constraints in the rationalization of social response to environmental hazards -- Part VII. Media priorities and responsibilities -- Part VIII. Resolution of controversy -- Part IX. Environmental disease control : prospects -- Part X. Two debates.