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100 1 $aHansson, Sven Ove,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032909
245 10 $aSetting the limit :$boccupational health standards and the limits of science /$cSven Ove Hansson.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
300 $aix, 166 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tRegulating the Unknown.$tClinical medicine and the science of health.$tScience and occupational health.$tTwo types of error.$tEpistemic asymmetry.$tExposure limits --$g2.$tThe Most Influential Values.$tThe ACGIH and its TLVs.$tHealth-based, realistic, or both?$tHarmful effects below the TLVs.$tThe use of corporate information.$tUnorthodox toxicology --$g3.$tPurely Health-based Values?$tIn what sense health-based?$tIrritation and worse.$tThe protection of subpopulations.$tProtecting the unborn.$tMargins of safety and unsafety.$tHuman effect levels.$tAnimal no-effect levels.$tAnimal effect levels.$tOn not learning from experience.$tStandards of evidence.$tQuestionable reporting --$g4.$tThe Lowest Values.$tThe development of Swedish exposure limits.$tThe impact of consensus reports.$tCritical effects.$tIrritation effects.$tRespiratory diseases.$tEffects on the nervous system.$tOther nonmalignant critical effects.$tCancer.$tThe quality of no-effect levels --$g5.$tSetting Better Standards.
505 80 $tAn impossible task?$tHealth-based exposure limits.$tLevels of aggregation.$tA residual exposure limit.$tInterpretative conservativity.$tStatistical evaluations.$tThe role of science in standard setting.$gApp.$tHow to Compare Exposure Limits.
520 $aOccupational exposure limits exemplify the practical application of moral values in medical science. But are they really effective in protecting workers from chemical hazards? In order to answer this question on the basis of sound empirical evidence, this book presents an unusually detailed and comprehensive analysis of three lists of exposure limits from the United States, Germany and Sweden.
520 8 $aHansson analyzes the nature of toxicological knowledge and discusses how the standards of proof required in a regulatory context differ from those appropriate in pure science. In his view, decision-makers must deal not only with the known risks but also with the uncertainties that arise as a consequence of the incompleteness of toxicological information. With this in mind, he proposes new ways to organize exposure limits and to evaluate toxicological data for regulatory purposes.
520 8 $aSetting the Limit is a thorough, detailed study of the application of ethical principles in an important area of public health practice. It is intended for occupational health professionals and risk analysts, as well as philosophers and sociologists of science.
650 0 $aThreshold limit values (Industrial toxicology)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135047
650 0 $aIndustrial hygiene.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065884
650 0 $aIndustrial toxicology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065953
650 2 $aMaximum Allowable Concentration.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008452
650 2 $aOccupational Health.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016272
852 00 $boff,hsl$hRA1229.5$i.H36 1998