Hazards:

Technology and Fairness

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Publication Year:1986

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"In the burgeoning literature on technological hazards, this volume is one of the best," states Choice in a three-part approach, it addresses the moral, scientific, social, and commercial questions inherent in hazards management. Part I discusses how best to regulate ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Introduction: Emerging Issues in Hazard Management	1-6	(skim)
Part 1. Uncertainty	7-8	(skim)
Science and Its Limits: The Regulator	9-23	(skim)
Causality of a Given Cancer After Known Radiation Exposure	24-43	(skim)
Dealing With Uncertainty About Risk in Risk Management	44-59	(skim)
Scientists, Engineers, and the Burdens of Occupational Exposure: The Case . . .	60-76	(skim)
Part 2. Equity and Compensation	77-78	(skim)
Hypersusceptibility of Occupational Hazards	79-88	(skim)
The Bhopalization of American Tort Law	89-110	(skim)
Hazards Equity: A Perspective on the Compensation System	111-117	(skim)
Hazardous Waste Facility Siting: Community, Firm, and Governmental Perspectives	118-144	(skim)
Hazard Compensation and Incentive Systems: An Economic Perspective	145-164	(skim)
Part 3. Managing Technological Hazards	165-166	(skim)
Economic, Legal, and Practical Problems in Hazardous Waste Cleanup and Managemen	167-184	(skim)
Focusing Private-Sector Action on Public Hazards	185-196	(skim)
Three Mile Island and Bhopal: Lessons Learned and Not Learned	197-205	(skim)
Managing Technological Hazards: Success, Strain, and Surprise	206-220	(skim)
About the Authors	221-225	(skim)

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"In the burgeoning literature on technological hazards, this volume is one of the best," states Choice in a three-part approach, it addresses the moral, scientific, social, and commercial questions inherent in hazards management. Part I discusses how best to regulate hazards arising from chronic, low-level exposures and from low-probability events when science is unable to assign causes or estimate consequences of such hazards; Part II examines fairness in the distribution of risks and benefits of potentially hazardous technologies; and Part III presents practical lessons and cautions about managing hazardous technologies. Together, the three sections put hazard management into perspective, providing a broad spectrum of views and information.

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