The Toxic Substances Dilemma
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The Toxic Substances Dilemma
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Toxic Substances Dilemma written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Carcinogens categories.
The Dilemma Of Toxic Substance Regulation
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Author : John M. Mendeloff
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1988
The Dilemma Of Toxic Substance Regulation written by John M. Mendeloff and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Business & Economics categories.
In this provocative study, John Mendeloff shows that federal programs which set standards for toxic substances have twin dilemmas. The new standards that they establish are usually too strict and costly to justify the benefits they confer. But, at the same time, the slow pace of standard-setting means that many serious hazards are never addressed at all. Mendeloff argues that more extensive, but less strict, rulemaking could make both industry and workers better off and that changes in legislation are required to break the current stalemate. Mendeloff looks at workplace risks regulated, and not regulated, by OSHA. He discusses the thorny issue of how much our society should value the prevention of occupational disease deaths. His innovative investigation of "underregulation" brings together diverse data to show that moderate reductions in current exposure levels would often be beneficial. Regulating Toxic Substancesmakes a major contribution to our understanding of how regulation works by demonstrating that the strictness with which standards are set is a major cause of the slow pace. Administrative rulemaking procedures offer opportunities for those concerned about the reasonableness of standards - judges and other public officials, as well as the affected industries - to try to block or delay them. An important implication is that less strict standards would not necessarily reduce overall protection and might increase it. In a major discussion of regulatory reform, Mendeloff analyzes such alternatives to standard-setting as information and liability strategies and such generic changes in regulatory procedures as regulatory budget and regulatory negotiation. Finding that neither provides a sufficient response to the overregulation-underregulation problem, he proposes a three-step legislative package that could be applied at OSHA and other standard-setting agencies. John Mendeloff is a policy analyst affiliated with the Program in Science, Technology, and Public Affairs at the University of California, San Diego. This book is seventeenth in the series Regulation of Economic Activity, edited by Richard Schmalensee.
Administration Of The Toxic Substances Control Act
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Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Administration Of The Toxic Substances Control Act written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Administration Of The Toxic Substances Control Act Annual Report
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Administration Of The Toxic Substances Control Act Annual Report written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Poisons categories.
Citizens Guide To Toxic Substances Information
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Citizens Guide To Toxic Substances Information written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Environmental protection categories.
Review Of The Environmental Protection Agency S Implementation Of The Toxic Substances Control Act Tsca
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Review Of The Environmental Protection Agency S Implementation Of The Toxic Substances Control Act Tsca written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Chemical industry categories.
Hazardous Chemicals
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Author : Ernst Homburg
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-08-01
Hazardous Chemicals written by Ernst Homburg and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Science categories.
Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded.
Exploring The Domain Of Accident Law
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Author : Don DeWees
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-01-04
Exploring The Domain Of Accident Law written by Don DeWees and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-04 with Law categories.
In the mid 1980s, there was a crisis in the availability, affordability, and adequacy of liability insurance in the United States and Canada. Mass tort claims such as the asbestos, DES, and Agent Orange litigation generated widespread public attention, and the tort system came to assume a heightened prominence in American life. While some scholars debate whether or not any such crisis still exists, there has been an increasing political, judicial and academic questioning of the goals and future of the tort system. Exploring the Domain of Tort Law reviews the evidence on the efficacy of the tort system and its alternatives. By looking at empirical evidence in five major categories of accidents--automobile, medical malpractice, product-related accidents, environmental injuries, and workplace injuries--the authors evaluate the degree to which the tort system conforms to three normative goals: deterrence, corrective justice, and distributive justice. In each case, the authors review the deterrence and compensatory properties of the tort system, and then review parallel bodies of evidence on regulatory, penal, and compensatory alternatives. Most of the academic literature on the tort system has traditionally been doctrinal or, in recent years, highly theoretical. Very little of this literature provides an in-depth consideration of how the system works, and whether or not there are any feasible alternatives. Exploring the Domain of Tort Law contributes valuable new evidence to the tort law reform debate. It will be of interest to academic lawyers and economists, policy analysts, policy professionals in government and research organizations, and all those affected by tort law reform.
Whose Backyard Whose Risk
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Author : Michael B. Gerrard
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1996
Whose Backyard Whose Risk written by Michael B. Gerrard and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nature categories.
In Whose Backyard, Whose Risk, environmental lawyer, professor, and commentator Michael B. Gerrard tackles the thorny issue of how and where to dispose of hazardous and radioactive waste. In Whose Backyard, Whose Risk, environmental lawyer, professor, and commentator Michael B. Gerrard tackles the thorny issue of how and where to dispose of hazardous and radioactive waste. Gerrard, who has represented dozens of municipalities and community groups that have fought landfills and incinerators, as well as companies seeking permits, clearly and succinctly analyzes a problem that has generated a tremendous amount of political conflict, emotional anguish, and transaction costs. He proposes a new system of waste disposal that involves local control, state responsibility, and national allocation to deal comprehensively with multiple waste streams. Gerrard draws on the literature of law, economics, political science, and other disciplines to analyze the domestic and international origins of wastes and their disposal patterns. Based on a study of the many failures and few successes of past siting efforts, he identifies the mistaken assumptions and policy blunders that have helped doom siting efforts. Gerrard first describes the different kinds of nonradioactive and radioactive wastes and how each is generated and disposed of. He explains historical and current siting decisions and considers the effects of the current mechanisms for making those decisions (including the hidden economics and psychology of the siting process). A typology of permit rules reveals the divergence between what underlies most siting disputes and what environmental laws actually protect. Gerrard then looks at proposals for dealing with the siting dilemma and examines the successes and failures of each. He outlines a new alternative for facility siting that combines a political solution and a legal framework for implementation. A hypothetical example of how a siting decision might be made in a particular case is presented in an epilogue.
Environmental Dilemmas And Policy Design
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Author : Huib Pellikaan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-08-22
Environmental Dilemmas And Policy Design written by Huib Pellikaan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-22 with Business & Economics categories.
According to the logic of collective action, mere awareness of the causes of environmental degradation will not motivate rational agents to reduce pollution. Yet some government policies aim to enlist citizens in schemes of voluntary cooperation, drawing on an ethos of collective responsibility. Are such policies doomed to failure? This book provides a novel application of rational choice theory to a large-scale survey of environmental attitudes in The Netherlands. Its main findings are that rational citizens are motivated to cooperate towards a less polluted environment to a large extent, but that their willingness to assume responsibility depends on the social context of the collective action problem they face. This empirical study is an important volume in the development of a more consistent foundation for rational choice theory in policy analysis, which seeks to clarify major theoretical issues concerning the role of moral commitment, self-interest and reciprocity in environmental behaviour.