Frank Ackerman

Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution

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Poisoned for Pennies shows how the misuse of cost-benefit analysis is impeding efforts to clean up and protect our environment, especially in the case of toxic chemicals. According to Ackerman, conservatives--in elected office, in state and federal regulatory agencies, and in businesses of every size--have been able to successfully argue that environmental clean-up and protection are simply too expensive. This new book, which finds Ackerman ranging from psychological research to risk analysis to the benefi ts of aggressive pesticide regulation, and from mad cow disease to lead paint, will further his reputation as a thought leader in environm… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-59726-400-6
EAN: 9781597264006
Produktnummer: 3543601
Verlag: Island Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 317 S.
Masse: H22.7 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.3 cm 599 g
Gewicht: 599

Über den Autor

Frank Ackerman is the director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and the Environment Institute at Tufts University. He is the author of Why Do We Recycle? (Island Press) and Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing (with Lisa Heinzerling). He has conducted research for many environmental groups, including Greenpeace, Riverkeeper, and the Farmworker Justice Fund.