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Review Of: Dorothy J. Howell, Scientific Literacy And Environmental Policy- The Missing Prerequisite For Sound Decision Making (Quorum Books 1992), Diane M. Albert Mar 1995

Review Of: Dorothy J. Howell, Scientific Literacy And Environmental Policy- The Missing Prerequisite For Sound Decision Making (Quorum Books 1992), Diane M. Albert

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

Review of: Dorothy J. Howell, Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy- The Missing Prerequisite for Sound Decision Making (Quorum Books 1992). Acknowledgements, bibliography, epilogue, index, introduction. LC 91- 36028; ISBN 0-89930-616-0. [181 pp. Cloth $45.00. One Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010.1


Review Of: Organizations, Uncertainties, And Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke Eds.), Mehdi Sheikerz Jan 1995

Review Of: Organizations, Uncertainties, And Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke Eds.), Mehdi Sheikerz

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

Review of: Organizations, Uncertainties, and Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke eds., Westview Press 1992) Acknowledgements, contributor biographies, author and subject indices, foreword, references. ISBN: 0-8133-8562-8. [383 pp. Cloth $52.50. 500 Central Ave., Boulder CO 80301-2847.]


Procedural Choices In Regulatory Science, Sheila Jasanoff Mar 1993

Procedural Choices In Regulatory Science, Sheila Jasanoff

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

This paper compares four approaches to using science in regulatory decision making - one very similar to the Science Court proposal. Professor Jasanoff argues generally that that proposal would be less useful than procedures more sensitive to the distinctive characteristics of regulatory science.


Consensus Development At Nih: What Went Wrong, Itzhak Jacoby Mar 1993

Consensus Development At Nih: What Went Wrong, Itzhak Jacoby

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

A close observer identifies the Science Court concept as inspiring consensus development conferences at the National Institutes of Health and describes the extent to which they have followed the model. Professor Jacoby also argues that, if the model were more closely followed, conference objectives would be better realized.


Public Participation In Risk Regulation, Thomas O. Mcgarity Mar 1990

Public Participation In Risk Regulation, Thomas O. Mcgarity

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

After discussing the increasing recognition of different kinds of claims for public participation in Risk regulation, this paper discusses a spectrum of approaches and examines six points along its range.