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Author Hamilton, James, 1961-

Title Calculating risks? : the spatial and political dimensions of hazardous waste policy / James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi
Published Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource
Series Regulation of economic activity ; 21
Regulation of economic activity ; 21.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring Individual Risks -- 3. Assessing Conservatism in Individual Risk Estimates / P. Christen Dockins -- 4. Populations at Risk -- 5. Costs of Conservatism: Cost-Effectiveness of Site Remediations -- 6. Are Risk Regulators "Rational"? -- 7. Environmental Equity at Superfund Sites -- 8. Market Reactions to Site Risks / Ted Gayer -- 9. Implementing Risk Reforms in Site Remediations -- App. A. Assessing Human Health Risks and Remediation Costs
Summary Annotation Hazardous wastes often head the public's list of environmental concerns. Exaggerated estimates of cancer epidemics arising from waste sites generate a sense of alarm, but little is known about the real extent of the health threats. In this book James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi present the first comprehensive analysis of the magnitude of hazardous waste risks and of the efficacy of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program. By matching agency decision data to detailed census information using geographic information systems (GIS) technology, the authors show that most hazardous waste sites do not pose sufficient risk to merit the most stringent cleanup options. Those sites that do pose considerable risk to exposed populations often receive inadequate attention, because government decisions to target cleanups are based more on political factors than on actual risks. The authors propose policy reforms that could significantly reduce cleanup costs without sacrificing the protection of human health. Beyond its analysis of a particular risk policy, the book serves as a general model for comprehensive risk analysis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
SUBJECT United States. Environmental Protection Agency fast
Subject Hazardous wastes -- Government policy -- United States
Hazardous waste site remediation -- Government policy -- United States
Environmental policy -- United States
Hazardous waste sites -- Law and legislation -- United States
Risk -- United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
Environmental policy
Hazardous waste site remediation -- Government policy
Hazardous waste sites -- Law and legislation
Hazardous wastes -- Government policy
Risk
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Viscusi, W. Kip
LC no. 99017964
ISBN 0585078556
9780585078557
0262274817
9780262274814