Making better environmental decisions an alternative to risk assessment /

Main Author: O'Brien, Mary, 1945-
Other Authors: Environmental Research Foundation (Annapolis, Md.)
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, [2000]
Physical Description: xviii, 286 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
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505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Environmental risk assessment. 
650 0 |a Environmental policy  |x Decision making. 
650 6 |a Environnement  |x Évaluation du risque. 
650 6 |a Environnement  |x Politique gouvernementale  |x Prise de décision. 
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