TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leiss,William
AU  - Chociolko,Christina
TI  - Risk and responsibility
SN  - 9780773564671
AV  - HM256 .L47 1994eb
U1  - 363.17 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Montreal [Que.]
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Health risk assessment
KW  - Environmental risk assessment
KW  - Electromagnetic fields
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - ELF electromagnetic fields
KW  - Health Status Indicators
KW  - Risques pour la santé
KW  - Évaluation
KW  - Environnement
KW  - Évaluation du risque
KW  - Champs électromagnétiques
KW  - Aspect sanitaire
KW  - Champs électromagnétiques TBF
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Safety
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Environmental Policy
KW  - fast
KW  - Risikobewusstsein
KW  - gnd
KW  - Verantwortung
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Case studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-397) and index; 1. Introduction: The Trouble with Risk -- pt. 1. The Roots of Disagreement. 2. Managing Risks. 3. Apportioning Responsibility -- pt. 2. Obstacles to Consensus: Two Seemingly Intractable Controversies. 4. Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part One: Expert Assessment. 5. Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part Two: A Public Controversy. 6. Alar, or Who Benefits? -- pt. 3. Towards Consensus. 7. Stakeholder Negotiation. 8. Antisapstain Chemicals. 9. Useful Lessons -- Appendix 1: PF E/MF and Human Health: Basic Concepts -- Appendix 2: Antisapstain Chemicals -- Stakeholder Negotiation Documents
N2  - William Leiss and Christina Chociolko explain that controversies arise in part because many participants try to avoid assuming full responsibility for the consequences of the risk-taking they advocate. For example, one can indulge in the pleasure of nicotine addiction despite an awareness of the health risks and count on a publicly funded health care system to assume the responsibility for dealing with the resulting illnesses. They provide detailed case studies of the controversies over the effects of exposure to power frequency electric and magnetic fields and to the chemical pesticides alar and antisapstains. Shorter studies of exposure to tobacco, formaldehyde, and the pesticide alachlor are also presented. The authors address the difficulties of arriving at reliable scientific estimates of risk in such controversial areas, and the impact of this uncertainty on disagreements among different interest groups over how to manage those risks responsibly. In conclusion they attempt to delineate conditions under which consensus on the assessment and management of environmental health risks might be achieved among a wide range of interest groups. Risk and Responsibility will be of specific interest to policymakers and analysts, activists, and environmentalists, and of general interest to those working in relevant industries and members of the legal profession
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