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The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang
The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author argues that regulatory blunders and the litigation explosion pertaining to breast implants highlight defects in U.S. administrative and tort law systems.
Book Review, Scott D. Rothenberger
Book Review, Scott D. Rothenberger
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of: FRED BLOSSER, PRIMER ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 1992) [374 pp.] Appendices (e.g., forms, OSHA Inspection Procedures, OSHA/EPA Memorandum of Understanding, statute), glossary, index, preface, table of cases. LC 91-43769; ISBN 0-87179-741-0. [$46.00 paper. 1250 23d Street, NW, Ste. 300B; Washington DC 20037.]
The Supreme Court As Risk Manager: An Analysis Of Skinner, Todd F. Volyn, James F. Mogan, Lisa M. White
The Supreme Court As Risk Manager: An Analysis Of Skinner, Todd F. Volyn, James F. Mogan, Lisa M. White
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Examining a recent case in which the U.S. Supreme Court approved the collection of blood and urine samples from railroad employees, the authors conclude that, in attempting to improve railroad safety, both majority and minority opinions reflected undue emphasis on technical issues and inadequate attention to the intangible social values underlying traditional Constitutional rights to privacy.
Risk And Value Judgments: A Case Study Of The Poison Prevention Packaging Act, William E. Hilton
Risk And Value Judgments: A Case Study Of The Poison Prevention Packaging Act, William E. Hilton
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Mr. Hilton attempts to show why important choices presented in current proposals to amend child-resistant packaging regulations are fundamentally normative. He then argues that these choices should not be obscured by the technical issues.