The precautionary principle in the 20th century : : late lessons from early warnings / / edited by Poul Harremoes [and six others].
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, Sterling, VA : : Earthscan Publications,, 2002. |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of 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 Brge 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 Harremoes
- 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.