Hazards Technology and Fairness (1986) / Chapter Skim
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And it is magnificently ironic to discover that tort immunities are needed for those who clean up hazardous waste dumps or oil spills, or who manufacture certain types of valuable drugs. Lawyers tend to react to liability-limiting initiatives with disgruntlement, recognizing perhaps that liability limits cut off lawyers' livelihoods.
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In contrast, regulatory agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can ground their assessment of public risks on a comparison of the hazards of the alternative drug, pesticide, or power plant already on the market. Even in the agencies, comparative risk regulation is not all what it should be.
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