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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v36.i01.records.utf8:14736340:1692
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01692cam a22003138a 4500
001 2007040654
003 DLC
005 20080103100634.0
008 071004s2008 dcu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007040654
020 $a9781597264006 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a1597264008 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781597264013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1597264016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHC79.E5$bA268 2008
082 00 $a363.738/4$222
100 1 $aAckerman, Frank.
245 10 $aPoisoned for pennies :$bthe economics of toxics and precaution /$cby Frank Ackerman.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bIsland Press,$cc2008.
263 $a0805
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aPricing the priceless -- Cost-benefit analysis of past decisions -- The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs -- Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin -- The economics of atrazine -- Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation -- Modeling uncertainty: the US response to BSE -- 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.
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy$xCost effectiveness.
650 0 $aEnvironmental health$xGovernment policy$xCost effectiveness.
650 0 $aMedical policy$xCost effectiveness.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007040654-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007040654-d.html