Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution /

Poisoned for pennies : the economics of toxics and precaution /

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Author / Creator:	Ackerman, Frank.
Imprint:	Washington : Island Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 317 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Environmental policy -- Cost effectiveness. Environmental health -- Government policy -- Cost effectiveness. Medical policy -- Cost effectiveness. Environmental policy -- Cost effectiveness. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279397

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ISBN:	9781610911016 1610911016 9781597264006 1597264008 9781597264013 1597264016
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Ackerman, Frank. Poisoned for pennies. Washington : Island Press, ©2008 9781597264006

Table of 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.