NOTICE: This volume was produced as part of a project approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the expert committee were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by the NRC and the Report Review Committee.

The project resulting in this report was supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Kellogg Endowment Fund of the National Research Council.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Policy Division.

Linking science and technology to society’s environmental goals / National Research Council, Policy Division.

p. cm. — (National forum on science and technology goals)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Environmental risk assessment—Social aspects—United States. 2. Environmental policy—United States. 3. Environmental management—Government policy—United States. I. Title. II. Series.

GE150.N38 1996

363.7—dc21 96-47176

CIP

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