Valuing Health Risks, Costs, and Benefits for Environmental Decision Making:

Report of a Conference

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Size: 244 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1990

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P.Brett Hammond and Rob Coppock, Editors, Commitssion on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-2	(skim)
1. Introduction	3-14	(skim)
2. The Making of Cruel Choices	15-22	(skim)
3. The Politics of Benefit-Cost Analysis	23-54	(skim)
4. Benefit-Cost Analysis as a Source of Information About Welfare	55-82	(skim)
5. Comparing Values in Environmental Policies: Moral Issues and Moral Arguments	83-106	(skim)
6. Environmental Policy Making: Act Now or Wait for More Information?	107-133	(skim)
7. Choice Under Uncertainty: Problems Solved and Unsolved	134-188	(skim)
8. Conclusions	189-208	(skim)
Appendix: Setting National Standards for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Primary Copper Shelters	209-232	(skim)

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Report of a Conference

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