Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART I Perception of environmental health risks and ethics; 1 Environmental health risks, moral emotions and responsible risk communication; 2 Discourses on environment, public health and values: the case of obesity; 3 Socio-economic, historical and cultural background: implications for behaviour after radiation accidents and better resilience; PART II Philosophical approaches to environmental health ethics
4 How to bridge the gap between social acceptance and ethical acceptability: a Rawlsian approach5 The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress for small farmers facing pesticides hazards; 6 The politics of hypothesis: an inquiry into the ethics of scientific assessment; PART III The role of vested interests in environmental health research; 7 Science, policy, and the transparency of values in environmental health research; 8 The role of vested interests and dominant narratives in science, risk management and risk communication
9 Tragic failures: how the law and science fail to protect the publicPART IV Decision-making tools for environmental health; 10 Ethical tools for decision-makers in environment and health; 11 Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness considerations in the assessment of environmental health risks: ethical aspects; 12 The need for consistency in dealing with individual sensitivity to workplace hazards; Index