Controversies over how to manage health and environmental risks are among the most bitter disagreements in contemporary society. Trying to determine what is in the public interest is at the heart of these disagreements, but the core concerns of major sectors industry, governments, and voluntary associations are also at stake. In Canada and elsewhere, defusing the controversies and finding solutions acceptable to all parties have met with little success. Risk and Responsibility attempts to explain why this is so and what might be done about it.
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- Includes bibliographical references: p.[381]-397
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- 363.17
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773564671 0773511776
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- HM256
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- L47 1994eb
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- 1 electronic text (xvi, 405 p.)
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Tables and Figures 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Preface 14
- Abbreviations 16
- 1 Introduction: The Trouble with Risk 20
- PART ONE: THE ROOTS OF DISAGREEMENT 42
- 2 Managing Risks 44
- 3 Apportioning Responsibility 68
- PART TWO: OBSTACLES TO CONSENSUS: TWO SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE CONTROVERSIES 96
- 4 Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part One: Expert Assessment 98
- 5 Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part Two: A Public Controversy 119
- 6 Alar, or Who Benefits? 171
- PART THREE: TOWARDS CONSENSUS 212
- 7 Stakeholder Negotiation 214
- 8 Antisapstain Chemicals 236
- 9 Useful Lessons 273
- Appendix 1: PF E/MF and Human Health: Basic Concepts 300
- Appendix 2: Antisapstain Chemicals – Stakeholder Negotiation Documents 320
- Notes 334
- Bibliography 398
- Index 416
- A 416
- B 416
- C 417
- D 418
- E 418
- F 418
- G 418
- H 419
- I 419
- J 419
- K 419
- L 419
- M 419
- N 420
- O 420
- P 420
- Q 420
- R 420
- S 421
- T 422
- U 422
- V 422
- W 422
- Z 422