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Does Risk Aversion Make A Case For Conservatism, Ralph M. Perhac Jr. Sep 1996

Does Risk Aversion Make A Case For Conservatism, Ralph M. Perhac Jr.

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

Dr. Perhac argues that risk aversion, alone, and assuming it is justifiable, does not support the prefer ability of overstating, as opposed to understating, mean risk.


Comparing Risks Thoughtfully, Adam M. Finkel Sep 1996

Comparing Risks Thoughtfully, Adam M. Finkel

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

Dr. Finkel argues that comparing risks is neither impossible nor immoral - but is nonetheless very difficult. He then discusses two major pitfalls of making such comparisons, one commonly cited and one routinely ignored, before sketching a framework for improving them.


Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff Sep 1996

Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff

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

Review of the book: Peter K. LaGoy, Risk Assessment: Principles and Applications for Hazardous Waste and Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994). Appendices, figures, index, notes, preface, references, tables. LC 94-2510; ISBN 0-8155-1349-6. [260 pp. Cloth $48.00. 120 Mill Road, Park Ridge NJ 07656.]


Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Four, Fall 1996, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1996

Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Four, Fall 1996, Risk Editorial Board

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

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673). Includes announcement for the First Biennial International Meeting of the Risk Assessment & Policy Association (RAPA) held in Alexandria, Virginia.


Review Of: Science Advice To The President (William T. Golden, Ed. Aaas Press 2d Ed. 1993)., Timothy Van Dyke Sep 1996

Review Of: Science Advice To The President (William T. Golden, Ed. Aaas Press 2d Ed. 1993)., Timothy Van Dyke

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

Review of: Science Advice to the President (William T. Golden, ed. AAAS Press 2d Ed. 1993). Acknowledgments, index of names, introductions, notes, tables. ISBN 0-87168-509-4 [340 pp. $29.95 paper. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H St. NW, Washington DC 20701.]


Promoting And Managing Genome Innovation, Suzanne A. Sprunger, Gianna Julian-Arnold Jun 1996

Promoting And Managing Genome Innovation, Suzanne A. Sprunger, Gianna Julian-Arnold

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

An introduction to the symposium, Promoting and Managing Genome Innovation held October 1995. The conference was organized by Professor Thomas G. Field, Jr. and Gianna Julian-Arnold. The conference was funded in part by the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues component of the D.O.E. Human Genome Program; Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle L.L.P., Rochester, N.Y.; and Human Genome Sciences.


Genome Research And Traditional Intellectual Property Protection -- A Bad Fit?, Kate H. Murashige Jun 1996

Genome Research And Traditional Intellectual Property Protection -- A Bad Fit?, Kate H. Murashige

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

Dr. Murashige addresses the need for a patent system more closely tailored to the needs of biotechnology. For example, the obviousness requirement may interfere with using patents to recoup high costs of work when it could arguably be done by researchers of ordinary skill.


Impact Of The Human Genome Project At The Interface Between Patent And Fda Laws, Brian C. Cunningham Jun 1996

Impact Of The Human Genome Project At The Interface Between Patent And Fda Laws, Brian C. Cunningham

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

Mr. Cunningham stresses the broad scope of biotechnological innovations. Besides endorsing the need for a new oversight commission to deal with potential social issues, he suggests, for example, that some products should be treated like biologics rather than new drugs.


Social Issues Of Genome Innovation And Intellectual Property, Elaine Alma Draper Jun 1996

Social Issues Of Genome Innovation And Intellectual Property, Elaine Alma Draper

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

Dr. Draper's focus is the use of personal information derived from genome research. She identifies several potential problems, including access to and control of genetic information, employment discrimination and social stratification. She also recommends possible solutions.


Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Three, Summer 1996, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1996

Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Three, Summer 1996, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


Development Of Vaccines To Meet Public Health Needs: Incentives And Obstacles, Phillip K. Russell Jun 1996

Development Of Vaccines To Meet Public Health Needs: Incentives And Obstacles, Phillip K. Russell

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

Dr. Russell explains how such matters as high 'costs of regulation, lack of an effective plan for delivery (particularly abroad) and politics can interfere with providing globally needed vaccines.


Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Two, Spring 1996, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1996

Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Two, Spring 1996, Risk Editorial Board

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

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


Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number One, Winter 1996, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1996

Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number One, Winter 1996, Risk Editorial Board

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

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