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Author:

Ropeik, David.

Title:

Risk : a practical guide for deciding what's really safe and what's really dangerous in the world around you / David Ropeik and George Gray.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

485 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Risk assessment.
Environmental risk assessment.
Health risk assessment.
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects--Popular Works.
Risk Assessment--Popular Works.
Accidents--Popular Works.
Reference Values--Popular Works.
Risk Reduction Behavior--Popular Works.

Other Authors:

Gray, George (George M.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

HOME, TRANSPORTATION, WORK -- Accidents -- Air Bags -- Alcohol -- Artificial Sweeteners -- Bad Backs, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Other Repetitive Task Injuries -- Caffeine -- Cellular Telephones and Driving -- Cellular Telephones and Radiation -- Electrical and Magnetic Fields -- Firearms -- Foodborne Illness -- Food Irradiation -- Genetically Modified Food -- Mad Cow Disease -- Microwave Ovens -- Motor Vehicles -- School Buses -- Tobacco -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- Air Pollution (Indoor) -- Air Pollution (Outdoor) -- Asbestos -- Biological Weapons -- Carbon Monoxide -- DDT -- Diesel Emissions -- Environmental Hormones -- Hazardous Waste -- Incinerators -- Lead -- Mercury -- Nuclear Power -- Ozone Depletion -- Pesticides -- Radiation -- Radon -- Solar Radiation -- Water Pollution -- MEDICINE -- Antibiotic Resistance -- Breast Implants -- Cancer -- Heart Disease -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Mammography -- Medical Errors -- Overweight and Obesity -- Sexually Transmitted Disease -- Vaccines -- X Rays -- Various Annual and Lifetime Risks -- The Risk Meters.

ISBN:

9780618143726
0618143726

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50124858

LCCN:

2002075934

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)