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Title The precautionary principle in the 20th century : late lessons from early warnings / edited by Poul Harremoës [and others].

Publication Info. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 268 pages) : illustrations
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fisheries : taking stock / Malcolm MacGarvin -- Radiation : early warnings, late effects / Barrie Lambert -- Benzene : an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting / Peter F. Infante -- Asbestos : from 'magic' to malevolent mineral / David Gee and Morris Greenberg -- PCBs and the precautionary principle / Janna G. Koppe and Jane Keys -- Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle / Joe Farman -- The DES story : long-term consequences of prenatal exposure / Dolores Ibarreta and Shanna H. Swan -- Antimicrobials as growth promoters : resistance to common sense / Lars-Erik Edqvist and Knud Børge Pedersen -- Sulphur dioxide : from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration / Arne Semb -- MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead / Martin Krayer von Krauss and Poul Harremoës -- Early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes / Michael Gilbertson -- Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants : a tale of ships, snails and imposex / David Santillo, Paul Johnston and William J Langston -- Hormones as growth promoters : the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? / Jim W. Bridges and Olga Bridges -- 'Mad cow disease' -- 1980s-2000 : how reassurances undermined precaution / Patrick van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone -- Twelve late lessons -- Conclusions.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Environmental risk assessment.
Environmental risk assessment.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Harremoës, Poul.
Added Title Precautionary principle in the twentieth century
Other Form: Print version: Precautionary principle in the 20th century. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, ©2002 1853838934 1853838926 (DLC) 2002002436 (OCoLC)49031132
ISBN 1417522542 (electronic book)
9781417522545 (electronic book)
9781315071985
1315071983
1853838934 (paperback)
9781853838934 (paperback)
1853838926 (hardcover)
9781853838927 (hardcover)