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Five-Hundred Life-Saving Interventions And Their Misuse In The Debate Over Regulatory Reform, Lisa Heinzerling Mar 2002

Five-Hundred Life-Saving Interventions And Their Misuse In The Debate Over Regulatory Reform, Lisa Heinzerling

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

The author argues that John D. Graham, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, holds strong anti-environmental biases and has perpetuated and encouraged a misrepresentation of his own research, which has largely influenced health, safety, and environmental regulation.


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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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Media Coverage Of Epa's Draft Dioxin Reassessment Report, Sharon M. Friedman, Megan A. Fitzpatrick, Brenda P. Egolf Jun 1999

Media Coverage Of Epa's Draft Dioxin Reassessment Report, Sharon M. Friedman, Megan A. Fitzpatrick, Brenda P. Egolf

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

Using content analysis, the authors examine the utility of news media in democratic decision making.


Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Two, Spring 1999, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1999

Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Two, Spring 1999, Risk Editorial Board

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Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number One, Winter 1999, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1999

Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number One, Winter 1999, Risk Editorial Board

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Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Four, Fall 1998, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1998

Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Four, Fall 1998, Risk Editorial Board

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

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Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Three, Summer 1998, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1998

Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Three, Summer 1998, Risk Editorial Board

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

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Review Of: Allan Mazur, A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect At Love Canal, Thomas G. Field Jr. Jun 1998

Review Of: Allan Mazur, A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect At Love Canal, Thomas G. Field Jr.

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

Review of: Allan Mazur, A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal (Harvard University Press 1998). Abbreviations,, appendices: Chron- ology and The Basics of Toxicology, bibliography, chronology, figures, index, photos, references. LC 97-44639; ISBN 0-674-74833-6 [255+xiv pp. $26.00 Cloth, 79 Garden Street; Cambridge MA 02138.]


Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Two, Spring 1998, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1998

Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Two, Spring 1998, Risk Editorial Board

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The Value Of Preventing Cryptosporidium Contamination, Patricia Kocagil, Nadia Demarteau, Ann Fisher, James S. Shortle Mar 1998

The Value Of Preventing Cryptosporidium Contamination, Patricia Kocagil, Nadia Demarteau, Ann Fisher, James S. Shortle

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

The authors evaluate the need for preventing illnesses and fatalities caused by Cryptospiridium contamination of water supplies based on the impacts of recent and likely future outbreaks.


Pigford, Shrader-Frechette & The Nrc Report On Yucca Mountain: Comment, David Okrent Jan 1998

Pigford, Shrader-Frechette & The Nrc Report On Yucca Mountain: Comment, David Okrent

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

Dr. Okrent raises several questions related to, e.g., the uneven application of the goal of intergenerational equity.


Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number One, Winter 1998, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1998

Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number One, Winter 1998, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


A Method Of Identifying Hazardous Highway Locations Using The Principle Of Individual Lifetime Risk, Paul J. Ossenbruggen Jan 1998

A Method Of Identifying Hazardous Highway Locations Using The Principle Of Individual Lifetime Risk, Paul J. Ossenbruggen

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

Dr. Ossenbruggen presents a scientific framework for identifying hazardous highway locations that may be more easily understood by non-scientists and has potential for comparing highway with other risks to health.


Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1997

Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr. Jun 1997

Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.

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

Professor Field takes exception to a recent Science editorial.


Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1997

Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor Mar 1997

The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor

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

Dr. Cranor argues that appreciating risk assessment to be permeated with normative presuppositions, in contrast with being primarily objective, opens up unforeseen possibilities for risk management.


Book Review Of Jeffrey W. Vincoli, Risk Management For Hazardous Chemicals (1996) And Andre R. Cooper, Sr., Cooper's Toxic Exposures Desk Reference (1997), Thomas G. Field Jr. Mar 1997

Book Review Of Jeffrey W. Vincoli, Risk Management For Hazardous Chemicals (1996) And Andre R. Cooper, Sr., Cooper's Toxic Exposures Desk Reference (1997), Thomas G. Field Jr.

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

Book reviews for the following: Jeffrey W. Vincoli, Risk Management for Hazardous Chemicals (2 vols. CRC Lewis Publishers 1996). Acknowledgments, author, Chemical Abstracts Number index, chemical name index, introduction, preface, references, structure diagrams, tables. LC 96-35282, ISBN 1-56670-200-3 [3040+ pp. Cloth $297.00, $9.95 shipping. 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W. Boca Raton, FL 33431.] Andr6 R. Cooper, Sr., Cooper's Toxic Exposures Desk Reference (CRC Lewis Publishers 1997). Chemical Abstracts Number index, chemical name index, introduction, synonyms and trade name index, tables. LC 96-35221, ISBN 1-56670-220-8 [2006+ pp. Cloth $199.00, $9.95 shipping.]


How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Jan 1997

How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette

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

The author responds to recent characterizations of her work.


Book Review Of Bruce M. Owen Et Al., The Economics Of A Disaster - The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, William C. Shaw Ii Jan 1997

Book Review Of Bruce M. Owen Et Al., The Economics Of A Disaster - The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, William C. Shaw Ii

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

Review of Bruce M. Owen, David A. Argue, Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth, Gloria J. Hurdle & Gale Mosteller, The Economics of a Disaster - The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Quorum Books 1995). Acknowledgments, appendices, author index, figures, selected bibliography, subject index, tables. LC 95- 3782; ISBN 0-89930-987-9. [200 pp. Cloth $55.00. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]


Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1997

Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


Book Review Of Amer Ei-Ahraf & William V. Willis, Management Of Animal Waste - Environmental Health Problems And Technological Solutions, Penny Dean Jan 1997

Book Review Of Amer Ei-Ahraf & William V. Willis, Management Of Animal Waste - Environmental Health Problems And Technological Solutions, Penny Dean

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

Review of Amer El-Ahraf & William V. Willis, Management of Animal Waste - Environmental Health Problems and Technological Solutions (Praeger Publishers 1996). About the authors, bibliography, index, introduction, tables. LC 95-654; ISBN 0-275-93529-9 [185 pp. Cloth $65.00. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]