Description |
viii, 574 pages ; illustrations ; 24cm |
Contents |
Introduction: Toward a Citizen's Understanding of Science and Technology -- 1. Were the Early Scares Justified by the Evidence? Cranberries, Dieldrin, Saccharin. I. The Cranberry Scare of 1959. II. Silent Spring and Dieldrin. III. The Saccharin Debate -- 2. PCBs and DDT: Too Much of a Good Thing? I. Which Regulations Governing PCB Residues Are Justified? II. Is DDT a Chemical of Ill Repute? -- 3. Dioxin, Agent Orange, and Times Beach -- 4. Love Canal: Was There Evidence of Harm? -- 5. Superfund's Abandoned Hazardous Waste Sites -- 6. No Runs, No Hits, All Errors: The Asbestos and Alar Scares. I. Is Asbestos in Schoolrooms Hazardous to Students' Health? II. Does Alar on Apples Cause Cancer in Children? -- 7. How Does Science Matter? I. Is Arsenic in Drinking Water Harmful to Our Health? II. Whom Can You Trust? The Nitrite Controversy -- 8. Do Rodent Studies Predict Cancer in Human Beings? -- 9. The Effects of Acid Rain on the United States (with an Excursion to Europe) |
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10. CFCs and Ozone Depletion: Are They as Bad as People Think? -- 11. Who's on First? A Global Warming Scorecard -- 12. Reporting Environmental Science --13. Citizenship in Science -- 14. Detecting Errors in Environmental and Safety Studies -- Conclusion: Rejecting the Precautionary Principle |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [449]-551 |
Subject |
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation -- Popular works.
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Environmental risk assessment -- Popular vorks
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Environmental risk assessment -- Popular works.
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LC no. |
94040407 |
ISBN |
0674089227 |
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0674089235 (paperback) |
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