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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.


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.


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)

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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)

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


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)

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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

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

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


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)


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.


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.


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)


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

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

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


Looking Back: Cyclamate, Allan Mazur, Kevin Jacobson Mar 1999

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.


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

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

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


Genetic Monitoring In The Workplace: A Tool Not A Solution, Lillian Trettin, Catherine Musham, Richard Jablonski Jan 1999

Genetic Monitoring In The Workplace: A Tool Not A Solution, Lillian Trettin, Catherine Musham, Richard Jablonski

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

The authors differentiate between genetic monitoring and screening, and discuss the potential risks and benefits of predictive testing technologies.


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)

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


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)

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


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

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

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


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.


Managing The Iatrogenic Risks Of Risk Management, Jonathan Baert Wiener Jan 1998

Managing The Iatrogenic Risks Of Risk Management, Jonathan Baert Wiener

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

Analogizing to concerns that led the practice of medicine to shift from a specialist to a team-based approach, Dr. Wiener suggests that public and environmental health objectives would be better served if, e.g., regulatory jurisdiction were less atomized.


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.