John D. (Hrsg.) Graham

Risk vs. Risk

Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment

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We see the stories in the newspaper nearly every day: 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 ou… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Wiener, Jonathan Baert (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-674-77307-3
EAN: 9780674773073
Produktnummer: 1718505
Verlag: Harvard University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D0.0 cm 449 g
Abbildungen: 12 computer line illustrations, 14 tables
Gewicht: 449
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

John Graham is Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences and Director, Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health. Jonathan Baert Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law, Professor of Environmental Policy & Public Policy Studies in the School of Law and the School of Environment, Duke University. He is also Director of the JD-LLM Program in International & Comparative Law, and Faculty Committee Chair, of the Nicholas Institute Cass R. Sunstein is Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University.