The precautionary principle in the 20th century late lessons from early warnings

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Agencia Europea de Medio Ambiente (-)
Otros Autores: Harremoës, Poul (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan cop. 2002
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.