| Main Title |
Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution / |
| Author |
Ackerman, Frank.
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| Publisher |
Island Press, |
| Year Published |
2008 |
| OCLC Number |
173748825 |
| ISBN |
9781597264006 (cloth : alk. paper); 1597264008 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781597264013 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1597264016 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Environmental policy--Cost effectiveness ;
Environmental health--Government policy--Cost effectiveness ;
Medical policy--Cost effectiveness
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| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
HC79.E5A268 2008 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
09/07/2010 |
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| Collation |
xxvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. |
