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Making better environmental decisions : an alternative to risk assessment / Mary O'Brien.

O'Brien, Mary, 1945- (Author). Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.) (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0262150514
  • ISBN: 9780262150514
  • ISBN: 0262650533
  • ISBN: 9780262650533
  • Physical Description: xviii, 286 pages : maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, ©2000.

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General Note:
"Published in association with the Environmental Research Foundation."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Goal : replace risk assessment with alternatives assessment -- How does risk assessment actually work? -- What are we defending with risk assessment? -- When scientists shut their eyes : pretending that the safety of hazardous activities can be estimated -- When decision makers become compromised : pronouncing unnecessary hazardous activities "acceptable" -- When a society isn't serious about environmental health : assessing a narrow range of options -- Who loves, uses, or cooperates with risk assessment? -- Unnecessary societal triage : comparative risk assessment -- Alternatives assessment : the case of bovine growth hormone and rotational grazing -- Alternatives assessment vs. cost-benefit analysis : there is more to life than money -- We already know how to do alternatives assessment -- We know how to push for alternatives assessments -- The essential features of an alternatives assessment -- A society that assesses it alternatives -- Alternatives assessment : more information, fewer pages -- Getting started -- Barriers to alternatives assessment -- Forces for alternatives assessment.

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Environmental risk assessment.
Environmental policy > Decision making.

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