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Risk Analysis in the Private Sector
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Risk Analysis in the Private Sector [electronic resource] / by Chris Whipple, Vincent T. Covello.
ISBN
9781461324652
Edition
1st ed. 1985.
Publication
New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Physical Description
1 online resource (X, 506 p.)
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Summary
The theme of this volume--risk analysis in the private sector--reflects a changing emphasis in risk analysis. Until re cently, attention has been focused on risk analyses conducted in support of federal regulatory decision making. Such analyses have been used to help set safety standards, to illuminate issues of regulatory concern, and to evaluate regulatory alternatives. As this volume indicates, however, risk analysis encompasses a broader set of activities. Analyses performed by private sector institutions aimed at preventing or reducing potential adverse health or environmental effects also play an important part in societal risk management. In virtually all societies, there have been strong incentives for the private sector to conduct such analyses. These incentives range from moral or altruistic norms and values to simple self-interest based on fear of monetary loss, possible civil or criminal litigation, or punitive or restrictive government action. The papers in this volume address the overall theme from a variety of perspectives. Specifically, the papers represent con tributions from such diverse fields as toxicology, epidemiology, chemistry, biology, engineering, statistics, decision analysis, economics, psychology, philosophy, and the law.
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Language
English
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Series
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 220
Contents
Section 1: Chemical Risk Management
Chemical Risk Management: Introduction
A Generic Environmental Health Risk Model for Ranking the Toxic By-Products of Energy Systems
Private Sector Response Patterns to Risks from Chemicals
The Control of the Use Pattern and the Life of Metals for Risk Management: The Case of Lead
Acceptable Levels of Risk in Setting Chemical Standards
Integrated Risk Index System
Section 2: Occupational Risk Analysis
Occupational Risk Analysis: Introduction
Occupational Health and Safety Risk Analysis for Oil Shale
Quantitative Risk Assessment for Inorganic Arsenic: Determining a Significant Risk
Analysis of Agency Estimates of Risk for Carcinogenic Agents
A Training Program on Hazardous Materials for Non-Scientists
Inorganic Arsenic: Importance of Accurate Exposure Characterization for Risk Assessment
Lower-Bound Benefits of Air Pollution Reductions in the Munich Metropolitan Area (MMA)
Environmental Risk Assessment in the Energy Field: Issues and Application to Policy
Risk Management in Household Detergent Control
Section 3: Ethics and Values in Risk Analysis
Ethics and Values in Risk Analysis: Introduction
Product Liability: When Does the Individual Assume the Risk?
Three Types of Risk Assessment A Methodological Analysis
Legitimating Private Sector Risk Analysis: A U.S.-European Comparison
Are Regulations Needed to Hold Experts Accountable for Contributing "Biased" Briefs of Reports That Affect Public Policies
Protecting Workers, Protecting Publics: The Ethics of Differential Protection
The Chemical Industry's View of Risk Assessment
Section 4: Risk Analysis and Risk Management: Issues, Methods, and Case Studies
Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Dietary Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens: Oxygen Radicals and Degenerative Diseases
Institutional Initiatives for Risk Management
Risk Assessment: The Reality of Uncertainty
The Statistical Correlation Model for Common Cause Failures
Turbine Rotor Reliability: A Probability Model for Brittle Fracture
A Guide for Reliability and Maintainability Data Acquisition
The Application of Risk-Based Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Assessment of Acceptable Public Safety for Nuclear Power Plants
Insurance Market Assessment of Technological Risks
The "Third Made": Technology Regulation by Insurance
Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) Insurance Risk Assessment Surveys
Risk Compensation, Behavior Choice, and the Enforcement of Drunk Driving Statutes
Cognitive Maps of Risk and Benefit Perceptions
Warning Systems and Risk Reduction
On Determining Public Acceptability of Risk.
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