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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495956403321

Autore

Morone Joseph G

Titolo

Averting catastrophe : strategies for regulating risky technologies / / Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 1986

ISBN

0-585-30855-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 215 p. ) : ill. ;

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodhouseEdward J

Disciplina

304.2/

Soggetti

Risk

Technology assessment

Environmental protection

Technology - Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 177-202.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. The potential for catastrophe -- 2. Toxic chemicals -- 3. Nuclear power -- 4. Recombinant DNA research -- 5. Threats to the ozone layer -- 6. The greenhouse threat -- 7. A system fro averting catastrophe -- 8. Can we do better? -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Love Canal are symbols of the potentially catastrophic risks that go hand in hand with much modern technology. This volume is a non-partisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. ... Publisher description.