Poisoned for pennies
Subtitle: the economics of toxics and precaution
By: by Frank Ackerman.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781597264006; 9781597264013
Subjects: Environmental policy -- Cost effectiveness; Environmental health -- Government policy -- Cost effectiveness; Medical policy -- Cost effectiveness
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pricing the priceless; title: Cost-benefit analysis of past decisions; title: The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs; title: Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin; title: The economics of atrazine; title: Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation; title: Modeling uncertainty: the US response to BSE; title: Costs of preventable childhood illness; title: Phasing out a problem plastic; title: The costs of REACH; title: Impacts of REACH on developing countries; title: How should the US respond to REACH?; title: Conclusion: economics and precautionary policies.