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Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ackerman, Frank
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Environmental policy > Cost effectiveness.
Environmental health > Government policy > Cost effectiveness.
Medical policy > Cost effectiveness.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pricing the priceless
  • Was environmental protection ever a good idea?
  • The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs
  • Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin
  • The economics of atrazine
  • Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation
  • Mad cows and computer models
  • Costs of preventable childhood illness
  • Phasing out a problem plastic
  • The costs of REACH
  • Impacts of REACH on developing countries
  • How should the US respond to REACH?
  • Conclusion: economics and precautionary policies.