Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution, by Frank Ackerman

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Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution, by Frank Ackerman

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the economics of toxics and precaution

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by Frank Ackerman

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• Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution

Publication

• Washington, Island Press, ©2008

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index

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volume

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nc

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rdacarrier

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txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Pricing the priceless -- Was environmental protection ever a good idea? -- The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs -- Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin -- The economics of atrazine -- Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation -- Mad cows and computer models -- Costs of preventable childhood illness -- Phasing out a problem plastic -- The costs of REACH -- Impacts of REACH on developing countries -- How should the US respond to REACH? -- Conclusion: economics and precautionary policies

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173748825

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24 cm

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xxvii, 317 pages

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9781597264006

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(cloth : alk. paper)

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2007040654

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n

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illustrations

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.b64305016

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(OCoLC)173748825