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The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman Jun 1994

The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman

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

Professor Friedman argues that, for risks to be reported accurately, journalism educators must help their students understand science, numbers and statistics.

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Review Of: Elizabeth M. Whelan, Toxic Terror: The Truth Behind The Cancer Scares, Sarah Redfield Jun 1994

Review Of: Elizabeth M. Whelan, Toxic Terror: The Truth Behind The Cancer Scares, Sarah Redfield

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

Review of: Elizabeth M. Whelan, Toxic Terror: The Truth Behind the Cancer Scares (Prometheus Books 1993). Acknowledgements, appendix, figures, foreword by Norman F. Borlaug, index, notes tables. LC 92-34154; ISBN 0-87975-788-4. [476 pp. Cloth $26.95. 59 John Glenn Drive, Buffalo NY 14228-2197.]

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Federal Black Lung Update, William S. Mattingly Apr 1994

Federal Black Lung Update, William S. Mattingly

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Coping With The Risk Of Cancer In Children Living Near Power Lines, Eileen N. Abt Jan 1994

Coping With The Risk Of Cancer In Children Living Near Power Lines, Eileen N. Abt

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

Ms. Abt briefly summarizes evidence linking power lines with a possible increase in risk of childhood cancer. She also recounts how, although many experts remain skeptical of causality, public fears, whether or not warranted, have themselves created serious problems. Finally, she proposes ways to address those problems.

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Review Of: National Research Council, Issues In Risk Assessment, Diane M. Albert Jan 1994

Review Of: National Research Council, Issues In Risk Assessment, Diane M. Albert

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

Review of: National Research Council, Issues in Risk Assessment (National Academy Press). Appendices, executive summary, figures, preface, references, tables. LC 92-61838; ISBN 0-309-04786-2. [374 pp. Paper $37.50 - S&H, $4 for first and $0.50 for each additional copy. 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20418.]

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Does Hyperthermia Have A Therapeutic Role In Hiv Disease?, Linda M. Schecterle, John St. Cyr Jan 1994

Does Hyperthermia Have A Therapeutic Role In Hiv Disease?, Linda M. Schecterle, John St. Cyr

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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Review Of: M. Stuart Madden, Toxic Torts Deskbook, Laura Marron Jan 1994

Review Of: M. Stuart Madden, Toxic Torts Deskbook, Laura Marron

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

M. Stuart Madden, Toxic Torts Deskbook (Lewis Publishers 1992). Acknowledgements, case index, general index, notes, preface. LC 91-48238; ISBN 0- 87371-508-X. [230 pp. Cloth $69.95 domestic, $84.00 elsewhere. 2000 Corporate Boulevard, NW, Boca Raton FL 33431.]Review of:

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Isolation Of Borrelia Burgdorferi From Infected Laboratory Mice, Lawrence W. Hinck, Kim Kelly Simpson, Sherlita N. Reeves Jan 1994

Isolation Of Borrelia Burgdorferi From Infected Laboratory Mice, Lawrence W. Hinck, Kim Kelly Simpson, Sherlita N. Reeves

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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Quality Wool Production At Lower Cost, Peter Metcalfe Jan 1994

Quality Wool Production At Lower Cost, Peter Metcalfe

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Low wool prices are forcing farmers to reduce their sheep management costs but, fortunately, cost cutting is not resulting in lower wool production, poorer wool quality or lessened sheep care on the best wool growing properties.

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