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The Precautionary Principle And Radiation Protection, Kenneth L. Mossman, Gary E. Marchant
The Precautionary Principle And Radiation Protection, Kenneth L. Mossman, Gary E. Marchant
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors examine the application of the precautionary principle through a case study of ionizing radiation control and suggest a reevaluation of current radiation safety standards and practices.
Review Of: Peter Hoffman, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, And The Prospects For A Cleaner Planet, William H. Shaw Iii
Review Of: Peter Hoffman, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, And The Prospects For A Cleaner Planet, William H. Shaw Iii
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Peter Hoffman, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet (MIT Press 2001). Illustrations, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Notes, Index. ISBN 0-262-08295-0 [289 pp. $32.95. Cloth, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142- 1493].
Internet Media In Technological Risk Amplification: Plutonium On Board The Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft, Christine M. Rodrigue
Internet Media In Technological Risk Amplification: Plutonium On Board The Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft, Christine M. Rodrigue
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author discusses how the Cassini controversy demonstrates the power of the Internet, particularly listservs and Usenet groups, and how this resource offers political activists an opportunity to affect the agendas of risk management policy decision-makers.
Review Of: Social Trust And The Management Of Risk (George Cvetkovich & Ragnar E. Loftstedt, Eds.), Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Review Of: Social Trust And The Management Of Risk (George Cvetkovich & Ragnar E. Loftstedt, Eds.), Mahua Roy Chowdhury
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Social Trust and the Management of Risk (George Cvetkovich & Ragnar E. Löfstedt, eds., Earthscan Publications Ltd. 1999). Tables, Figures, and Boxes, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Forward, Preface, Introduction, References, Index. ISBN 1-85383-604-4 [196 pp. $25.00. Paperback, 120 Pentonville Road, London, NI 9JN UK].
Review Of: Eckard Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk In Organisations: The Case Of German Waste Management, Jeremy S. Cleverly
Review Of: Eckard Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk In Organisations: The Case Of German Waste Management, Jeremy S. Cleverly
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Eckard K-Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk in Organisations: The Case of German Waste Management (Ashgate Publishing Co. 2000). Preface, Acknowledgements, Bibliography. ISBN 0-7546-1434-4 [183 pp. $69.95. Hardbound, 131 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401- 5600].
Contrasting Treatments Of Recall Bias In Two Epidemiological Settings, Daniel Barry
Contrasting Treatments Of Recall Bias In Two Epidemiological Settings, Daniel Barry
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author contrasts the treatment of recall bias in the literature on induced abortions and breast cancer, and on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer.
Risk Assessments For Chemical Stockpile Incinerators: Is The Supporting Guidance Adequate, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum
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.
U.S Peak And Non-Peak Hyperthermia: Who Is At Risk, Susan M. Macey
U.S Peak And Non-Peak Hyperthermia: Who Is At Risk, Susan M. Macey
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author examines hyperthermia death rates in the United States from 1979 to 1996 to determine the relative risk for different demographic groups during peak years for heat-related deaths and for nonpeak years.
Who Are The Stakeholders In Environmental Risk Decisions - How Should They Be Involved, Mary R. English
Who Are The Stakeholders In Environmental Risk Decisions - How Should They Be Involved, Mary R. English
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
[Excerpt] "In the United States, as in other countries, public participation in environmental policy decisions has come a long way. In its infancy, it was limited to public hearings concerning decisions that were, for all practical purposes, "done deals." Overturning public agency decisions could be accomplished only through expensive, often protracted, usually futile court cases, and then only if the issue was justiciable and the plaintiff had the funds and standing to sue. In recent decades - especially since the 1960s - opportunities for public participation in the U.S. have been overhauled. Access to documents has been assured through federal …
Review Of: Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, And Technological Problem Solving, Christopher Verni
Review Of: Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, And Technological Problem Solving, Christopher Verni
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
A review of the book Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving by Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, (Princeton University Press 1999). Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, index. ISBN: 0-691-00426-9 [404 pp. $39.50. Cloth, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540].
How To Achieve Public Participation In Nuclear Waste Decisions: Public Relations Or Transparent Adversary Science, Judy Treichel
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 …
Perceived Control, Voluntariness And Emotional Reactions In Relocated Areas Of Russia, Ukraine And Belarus, Carol Jeniffer Figueiredo, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
Perceived Control, Voluntariness And Emotional Reactions In Relocated Areas Of Russia, Ukraine And Belarus, Carol Jeniffer Figueiredo, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
[Excerpt] "The Chernobyl accident occurred at a time of considerable social and economic changes in the former Soviet Union. The contamination due to the accident still covers parts of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Some areas were considered too contaminated to suit long-term human settlement and a considerable number of people were therefore moved from their homes and resettled in other areas. Resettlement policies often differed between the states. Some variations in state policy included the duration before implementation of the decision to resettle people from certain areas, the swiftness of the transition, and the acceptance of personal initiatives in the …
Expert And Public Evaluations Of Technological Risks: Searching For Common Ground, James Flynn, Paul Slovic
Expert And Public Evaluations Of Technological Risks: Searching For Common Ground, James Flynn, Paul Slovic
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Drs. Flynn and Slovic compare and evaluate the ways in which the public and experts perceive technological risks.
The Impacts Of Using A Safety Compliance Standard In Highway Design, Paul J. Ossenbruggen
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.
Risk And Recreation: Differences Due To Gender, Age And Education, Joanna Burger
Risk And Recreation: Differences Due To Gender, Age And Education, Joanna Burger
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Burger explores the differences in risk perception due to gender, age and education with regard to recreation activities on former U.S. Government weapons test sites.
Looking Back: Cyclamate, Allan Mazur, Kevin Jacobson
Looking Back: Cyclamate, Allan Mazur, Kevin Jacobson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The second in a series re-evaluating hazards identified in the 1950s and 60s.
The Role Of Trust In The North Blackforest: An Evaluation Of A Citizen Panel Project, Ragnar E. Löfstedt
The Role Of Trust In The North Blackforest: An Evaluation Of A Citizen Panel Project, Ragnar E. Löfstedt
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Löfstedt explores the effectiveness of a public participation project conducted in Germany, designed to involve citizens in the siting of municipal waste disposal plants.
Review Of: Federal Judge's Desk Reference To Environmental Economics (John A. Baden, Ed.; Pacific Research Institute 1998), Edward J. Hendrick Jr.
Review Of: Federal Judge's Desk Reference To Environmental Economics (John A. Baden, Ed.; Pacific Research Institute 1998), Edward J. Hendrick Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Federal Judge's Desk Reference to Environmental Economics (John A. Baden, ed.; Pacific Research Institute 1998). Dedication, forward, glossary, section introductions. LC 98-9206; ISBN 0-936488-84-0. [324 pp. paper. 755 Sansone Street, Ste. 450, San Francisco, CA. 94111. http:// www.pacificserch.org].
Public Perception Of Risk Management In Environmental Controversies: A U.K. Case Study, Maria Simosi, Peter T. Allen
Public Perception Of Risk Management In Environmental Controversies: A U.K. Case Study, Maria Simosi, Peter T. Allen
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Drs. Simosi and Allen focus on issues arising from an environmental dispute in the U.K. Their case study findings are discussed in the context of existing environmental decision-making procedures in the U.K.
Public Participation In Resolving Environmental Disputes And The Problem Of Representativeness, Peter T. Allen
Public Participation In Resolving Environmental Disputes And The Problem Of Representativeness, Peter T. Allen
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Allen, the symposium organizer, reviews recent .efforts to increase public involvement in environmental disputes.
Implementing Structured Participation For Regional Level Waste Management Planning, Elke Schneider, Bettina Oppermann, Ortwin Renn
Implementing Structured Participation For Regional Level Waste Management Planning, Elke Schneider, Bettina Oppermann, Ortwin Renn
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors present a case study example of a well-structured public participation project that was incorporated into the formal decision-making process in Germany.
Nuclear Waste And Native America: The Mrs Siting Exercise, M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Doug Easterling
Nuclear Waste And Native America: The Mrs Siting Exercise, M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Doug Easterling
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Drs. Gowda & Easterling provide cross-cultural perspectives on issues of risk perception, equity and policy as they affect nuclear waste storage on Native American sites.
The Importance Of Cost And Effectiveness For Attitudes Towards Lifesaving Interventions, Joakim Ramsberg, Lennart Sjöberg
The Importance Of Cost And Effectiveness For Attitudes Towards Lifesaving Interventions, Joakim Ramsberg, Lennart Sjöberg
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Drs. Ramsberg & Sjöberg present the results of a study that evaluates Swedish attitudes about risks and corresponding lifesaving interventions.
Risk Regulation And The Faces Of Uncertainty, Vern R. Walker
Risk Regulation And The Faces Of Uncertainty, Vern R. Walker
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Walker addresses the difficulty of regulators' working with potentially inaccurate information and clarifies related aspects of decision making by presenting a taxonomy for the kinds of uncertainty inherent in necessarily incomplete data.
Monte Carlo Simulation In Environmental Risk Assessment--Science, Policy And Legal Issues, Susan R. Poulter
Monte Carlo Simulation In Environmental Risk Assessment--Science, Policy And Legal Issues, Susan R. Poulter
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Poulter notes that agencies should anticipate judicial requirements for justification of Monte Carlo simulations and, meanwhile, should consider, e.g., whether their use will make risk assessment policy choices more opaque or apparent.
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors report the results of a pilot study of environmental risk and sources of environmental information in three socio-economically and culturally distinct communities in Texas.
Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Although not definitive, the authors' study suggests potential benefits from having a general public better informed about global climate change. They find, e.g., that accurate information appears to increase willingness to accept personal sacrifice.
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Mehta examines two dominant approaches for managing health and environmental risks and suggests that they would better serve if integrated.
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
With an eye to a specific application in New Zealand, Ms. Gough explores the use of risk management approaches for environmental decision making at strategic, policy, management and operational levels.
The Moral Dilemma In The Social Management Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
The Moral Dilemma In The Social Management Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Fritzsche offers data seen as demonstrating that irrational fears can lead to grotesque imbalances in social efforts devoted to preventing fatalities.