03053nam 2200613Ia 450 991077817610332120200520144314.00-674-03787-110.4159/9780674037878(CKB)1000000000787135(EBL)3300288(OCoLC)923110355(SSID)ssj0000238670(PQKBManifestationID)11924903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238670(PQKBWorkID)10234327(PQKB)11038518(Au-PeEL)EBL3300288(CaPaEBR)ebr10314300(DE-B1597)574449(DE-B1597)9780674037878(MiAaPQ)EBC3300288(EXLCZ)99100000000078713519950307d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk versus risk[electronic resource] tradeoffs in protecting health and the environment /edited John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert WienerCambridge, MA Harvard University Press19951 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-77304-7 0-674-77307-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-317) and indexes.Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Confronting Risk Tradeoffs; 2 Estrogen Therapy for Menopause; 3 Clozapine Therapy for Schizophrenia; 4 Licensing the Elderly Driver; 5 Saving Gasoline and Lives; 6 Eating Fish; 7 Seeking Safe Drinking Water; 8 Recycling Lead; 9 Regulating Pesticides; 10 Protecting the Global Environment; 11 Resolving Risk Tradeoffs; References; Contributors; Author Index; Subject IndexWe see the stories in the newspaper nearly every day: a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air pollution are shown to generate hazardous solid waste; bans on dangerous chemicals result in the introduction of even more risky substitutes. Could our efforts to protect our health and the environment actually be making things worse? In Risk versus Risk, John D. Graham, Jonathan Baert Wiener, and their colleagues at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis marshal an impressive set of case studies which demonstrate that all too often our nation's campaign to reduce risks to our health and the environment is at war with itself.Health risk assessmentHealth behaviorDecision makingEnvironmental healthDecision makingHealth risk assessment.Health behaviorDecision making.Environmental healthDecision making.362.1/042Graham John D(John David),1956-935295Wiener Jonathan Baert1962-1494686MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778176103321Risk versus risk3718383UNINA