Poisoned for Pennies
The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
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 benefits of aggressive pesticide regulation, and from mad cow disease to lead paint, will further his reputation as a thought leader in environme…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-59726-401-3
- EAN: 9781597264013
- Produktnummer: 3543602
- Verlag: Island Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.3 cm x D0.0 cm 481 g
- Gewicht: 481
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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.
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