Rethinking risk and the precautionary principle. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julian Morris.
• Other Names: Morris, Julian
• Contents: Introduction -- Biographies -- Defining the precautionary principle / Julian Morris -- Trial and error versus trial without error / Aaron Wildavsky -- The precautionary principle and our obligations to future generations / Wilfred Beckerman -- Precaution, GM crops and farmland birds / Tony Gilland -- Genetically modified fear and the international regulation of biotechnology / Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko -- Asteroid collisions and precautionary thinking / Charles T. Rubin -- Child protection and the precautionary principle / Helene Guldberg -- Plastic panics : European risk regulation in the aftermath of BSE / Bill Durodié -- The precautionary principle as a force for global political centralization : a case-study of the Kyoto Protocol / Bruce Yandle -- Applying the precautionary principle in a broader context / Indur M. Goklany -- A Richter scale for risk? / John Adams -- Facts versus factions: the use and abuse of subjectivity in scientific research / Robert A.J. Matthews.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (294 pages)
• Subjects: 362.1; Health risk assessment; Environmental risk assessment; Environmental health -- Government policy -- Decision making; Environmental policy -- Decision making; Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects; Risk Assessment -- standards; Environmental Health -- legislation & jurisprudence; Policy Making; Risques pour la santé -- Évaluation; Environnement -- Évaluation du risque; Hygiène du milieu -- Politique gouvernementale -- Prise de décision; Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Prise de décision; Environmental health -- Government policy -- Decision making; Environmental policy -- Decision making; Environmental risk assessment; Health risk assessment; Risicoanalyse; Milieubeleid; Veiligheid; Salud -- Riesgo mínimo; Saneamiento ambiental -- Política gubernamental -- Toma de decisiones; Política ambiental -- Toma de decisiones
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080516233; 0080516238
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.