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Author:

Harrison, Kathryn, 1958-

Title:

Risk, science, and politics : regulating toxic substances in Canada and the United States / Kathryn Harrison and George Hoberg.

Publisher:

McGill-Queen's University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xiii, 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hazardous substances--Law and legislation--Canada.
Hazardous substances--Law and legislation--United States.
Hazardous Substances--Canada--legislation.
Hazardous Substances--United States--legislation.
Health Policy--Canada--legislation.
Health policy--United States--Legislation.

Other Authors:

Hoberg, George.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-228) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion : risk, science, and public policy. Cancer risk assessment : concepts and controversies -- Between science and politics : assessing the risks of dioxin -- Forbidden fruit : regulating the pesticides alachlor and alar -- Paternalism vs consumer choice : regulation of saccharin in Canada and the United States (with Colleen Rohde) -- Political insulation : the rise and fall of urea-formaldehyde foam -- Acceptable risks? Regulating asbestos in Canada and the United States (with Gregory Hein) -- The perils of paternalism : controlling radon exposure in Canadian and U.S. homes -- Conclusion : risk, science, and public policy.

ISBN:

9780773512368 (cloth)
0773512365 (cloth)
9780773512511 (paper)
0773512519 (paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)33010585
(OCoLC)30809363

LCCN:

95188890

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)