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Risk assessment in the federal government

Author
various authors
Date
1994
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-054487)
Publisher | Place of publication
New York University Environmental Law Journal | New York, NY, USA
Pages
591 p.
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Risk assessment/management
Abstract

Contents: 1. Beyond the vicious circle 2. Societal risk reduction: Promise and pitfalls 3. A second opinion on environmental misdiagnosis: The risky prescriptions 4. The risk not reduced 5. The risk of comparing risks 6. Equivalent frames of reference for judging risk regulation policies 7. An environmental justice critique of risk assessment 8. Standards and uncertainty in risk assessment 9. New Chapter 9: An analysis of the proposed sentencing guidelines for organizational environmental offenders and the historic evolution of a compliance nightmare