Title: Element of risk : the politics of radon /
Authors: Cole, Leonard A., 1933-
Publisher: AAAS Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Radon Environmental aspects; Radon Government policy United States.
Contents: 1. The Development of Radon Policy -- 2. The Science of Uncertainty -- 3. Leapers and Loopers -- 4. Lopers and Loppers -- 5. Federal Regulators and Congress -- 6. Radon in the States and the Case of New Jersey -- 7. Private and Public Interests -- 8. The Press, Science, and Radon -- 9. Radon Policies in Other Countries: Sweden and Finland -- 10. Democracy, Risk, and Reason -- Appendix A: Radioactive Decay Chain of Uranium-238 -- Appendix B: Letters -- Appendix C: The Environmental Protection Agency/Advertising Council Messages -- Appendix D: Differing Perspectives on Radon Policy by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy -- Appendix E: Radon Policies of the American Medical Association and the Health Physics Society.