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Bse: Risk, Uncertainty, And Policy Change, Enda Cummins, Pat Grace, Kevin Mcdonnell, Shane Ward Mar 2002

Bse: Risk, Uncertainty, And Policy Change, Enda Cummins, Pat Grace, Kevin Mcdonnell, Shane Ward

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors discuss how, in our "risk society," a range of potential risks and uncertainties are associated with new technologies and new diseases, such as BSE. These risks bring with them worries about human health, while the ability to assess and manage new health scares is an essential skill for government and related industries.


Table Of Contents Volume 13, Number One, Winter 2002, Risk Editorial Mar 2002

Table Of Contents Volume 13, Number One, Winter 2002, Risk Editorial

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Review Of: Legalization And World Politics (Judith L. Goldstein Et Al. Eds.), James Pross Mar 2002

Review Of: Legalization And World Politics (Judith L. Goldstein Et Al. Eds.), James Pross

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Legalization and World Politics (Judith L. Goldstein et al., eds., MIT Press 2001). Preface, Bibliographic References. ISBN 0-262-57151-X [319 pp. $24.95. Paper, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142- 1493].


Golden Rice: A Case Study In Intellectual Property Management And International Capacity Building, Stanley P. Kowalski, R. David Kryder Mar 2002

Golden Rice: A Case Study In Intellectual Property Management And International Capacity Building, Stanley P. Kowalski, R. David Kryder

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors examine the management of risks associated with intellectual property linked to agri-biotech products, with emphasis on the international movement of agri-biotech intellectual property from industrialized to developing nations.


Environmental Risk Analysis: Problems And Perspectives In Different Countries, Bhola Ram Gurjar, Manju Mohan Mar 2002

Environmental Risk Analysis: Problems And Perspectives In Different Countries, Bhola Ram Gurjar, Manju Mohan

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors discuss various industrial accidents, which have led to growing concerns about the potential hazards and risks involved in chemical process industries.


Table Of Contents Volume 12, Number 3/4, Fall 2001, Risk Editorial Board Sep 2001

Table Of Contents Volume 12, Number 3/4, Fall 2001, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Sep 2001

Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author reviews evidence of poor worker health and safety practices in United States Department of Energy nuclear facilities in contending that less protective standards for workplace hazards constitute an environmental injustice not rectified by a hazard pay premium.


Table Of Contents Volume 12, Number 1/2, Spring 2001, Risk Editorial Board Mar 2001

Table Of Contents Volume 12, Number 1/2, Spring 2001, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Attitudes Of Risk Management Professionals Toward Disclosure Of Medical Mistakes, Kathleen Ruroede Mar 2001

Attitudes Of Risk Management Professionals Toward Disclosure Of Medical Mistakes, Kathleen Ruroede

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author reports on health care organization risk managers' attitudes toward disclosure of medical mistakes.


The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang Mar 2001

The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author argues that regulatory blunders and the litigation explosion pertaining to breast implants highlight defects in U.S. administrative and tort law systems.


Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Four, Fall 2000, Risk Editorial Board Sep 2000

Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Four, Fall 2000, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Risk Assessments For Chemical Stockpile Incinerators: Is The Supporting Guidance Adequate, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum Sep 2000

Risk Assessments For Chemical Stockpile Incinerators: Is The Supporting Guidance Adequate, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author identifies potential deficiencies in guidance used in the United States for risk assessments of chemical weapons incinerators.


Performance Indicator Analysis Of Proficiency Criteria In The Drug-Testing-Laboratory Certification Process Of The Dhhs, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum Sep 2000

Performance Indicator Analysis Of Proficiency Criteria In The Drug-Testing-Laboratory Certification Process Of The Dhhs, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors highlight and propose remedies for problems in the proficiency criteria used in certifying laboratories for drug testing federal employees in the United States.


Food Safety In The United States And The European Union: Sequel To A Case Study, Bryan Harris Sep 2000

Food Safety In The United States And The European Union: Sequel To A Case Study, Bryan Harris

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author reports on recent regulatory and legislative developments in the United States and European Union relating to toys imbedded in candy.


Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Three, Summer 2000, Risk Editorial Board Jun 2000

Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Three, Summer 2000, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Review Of: Jerry L. Anderson, Environmental Law Practice, Danielle L. Pacik Jun 2000

Review Of: Jerry L. Anderson, Environmental Law Practice, Danielle L. Pacik

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

A review of the book Environmental Law Practice: Problems and Exercises for Skills Development by Jerry L. Anderson and Dennis D. Hirsch (Carolina Academic Press 1999). Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, index. ISBN 0-89089-657-7 [275 pp. $25.00. Cloth, 700 Kent Street, Durham, NC 27701].


How To Achieve Public Participation In Nuclear Waste Decisions: Public Relations Or Transparent Adversary Science, Judy Treichel Jun 2000

How To Achieve Public Participation In Nuclear Waste Decisions: Public Relations Or Transparent Adversary Science, Judy Treichel

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

[Excerpt] "Commercial nuclear reactors in the United States have been producing electricity and highly radioactive wastes for more than forty years. Originally, reluctant utilities built reactors at the urging of Congress, acting in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act. The Act called for promotion of nuclear technology and also provided a shield of secrecy allowing for extensive power to classify information. Wiretapping and other surveillance techniques were allowable if nuclear secrets or interference with nuclear programs were involved. During this time the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) provided films and comic books, and gave speeches in a public relations campaign designed …


Pursuing Transparency Through Science Courts, Thomas G. Field Jr. Jun 2000

Pursuing Transparency Through Science Courts, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

[Excerpt] "The frequency and magnitude of risks and benefits are facts. The acceptability of risks associated with particular benefits is not. In the best of all worlds, normative choices based on facts would be made directly by persons at risk. We do not have the best of all worlds. As we move from consumer to occupational and environmental risks, political transparency increasingly must substitute for individual autonomy. When we cannot each have our way, we should be able to decide which facts are important, to have access to such facts and to be able to influence decisions based on them."


Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Two, Spring 2000, Risk Editorial Board Mar 2000

Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number Two, Spring 2000, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett Mar 2000

The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Gullet argues that environmental impact assessments are a logical vehicle for factoring the precautionary principle into large-project-approval processes.


From Discounting To Incorporating Decisions' Long-Term Impacts, Elizabeth Atherton Mar 2000

From Discounting To Incorporating Decisions' Long-Term Impacts, Elizabeth Atherton

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Ms. Atherton urges a different approach to valuing the impact of present day decisions on future generations.


Comparing The Epa Indoor Air Quality Personal Computer Model And Field Data, Arash Behravesh, Wilbur A. Spaul Mar 2000

Comparing The Epa Indoor Air Quality Personal Computer Model And Field Data, Arash Behravesh, Wilbur A. Spaul

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors recommend caution in using an EPA model for reconstructing past exposure events as well as for predicting future exposures.


Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number One, Winter 2000, Risk Editorial Board Jan 2000

Table Of Contents Volume 11, Number One, Winter 2000, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


One Solution For Managing Risks During Cutbacks In Residency Training Programs, Patrick Knott, Kathleen Ruroede Jan 2000

One Solution For Managing Risks During Cutbacks In Residency Training Programs, Patrick Knott, Kathleen Ruroede

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professors Knott and Ruroede examine the risks associated with downsizing and elimination of physician residency training programs.


Normalizing Novelty: Regulating Biotechnological Risk At The U.S. Epa, Les Levidow, Susan Carr Jan 2000

Normalizing Novelty: Regulating Biotechnological Risk At The U.S. Epa, Les Levidow, Susan Carr

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Drs. Levidow and Carr examine EPA's regulation of biotechnology in the field of genetically modified organisms.


Looking Back: Unneeded X-Rays, Allan Mazur Jan 2000

Looking Back: Unneeded X-Rays, Allan Mazur

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

From the discovery of x-rays in 1896 to the present, Dr. Mazur explores the history of risk management of radiation exposure from x-rays and nuclear fallout.


Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Four, Fall 1999, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1999

Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Four, Fall 1999, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Pesticide Residue Regulation: Analysis Of Food Quality Protection Act Implementation, Linda-Jo Schierow Sep 1999

Pesticide Residue Regulation: Analysis Of Food Quality Protection Act Implementation, Linda-Jo Schierow

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Schierow discusses the effects of a recent statute on food safety.


The Impacts Of Using A Safety Compliance Standard In Highway Design, Paul J. Ossenbruggen Sep 1999

The Impacts Of Using A Safety Compliance Standard In Highway Design, Paul J. Ossenbruggen

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Ossenbruggen introduces an algorithmic method to objectively test and evaluate safety in the highway design process.


Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Three, Summer 1999, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1999

Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Three, Summer 1999, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)