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Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution
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Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution / by Frank Ackerman.
ISBN
9781597264006 (cloth : alk. paper)
1597264008 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597264013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597264016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington : Island Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xxvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.
Contents
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.
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