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This treatise on the legal assessment of risks regarding toxic chemicals addresses the standards of evidence in legal proceedings and the regulatory decisions covering these chemicals
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monografia Rebiun36378302 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36378302 m o d | cr -n--------- 170921t19931993nyua ob 001 0 eng d 91047046 1-280-47380-0 0-19-534491-X 1-60256-617-8 CBUC 991010360405206709 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng n-us--- 344.7304622 344.7304622347.30446.22 347.3044622 Cranor, Carl F. author Regulating toxic substances a philosophy of science and the law Carl F. Cranor New York Oxford Oxford University Press 1993 New York Oxford New York Oxford Oxford University Press 1 online resource (273 p.) 1 online resource (273 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; Introduction: Assessing Toxic Substances Through a Glass Darkly; 1. The Scientific Background; 2. Scientific Evidence in the Tort Law; 3. Joint Causation, Torts, and Administrative Law in Environmental Health Protections; 4. Scientific Procedures in Regulatory Agencies; 5. Epistemic and Moral Justification; Notes; Appendix A: Uncertainties in Carcinogen Risk Assessments; Appendix B: Cancer Potency Estimates of CDHS and EPA; Appendix C: Relative Risk as a Function of Alpha and Beta Values; Appendix D: Statutes Authorizing Regulation of Carcinogens Appendix E: Derivation of TD[sub(50)] Potency ValuesBibliography; Index This treatise on the legal assessment of risks regarding toxic chemicals addresses the standards of evidence in legal proceedings and the regulatory decisions covering these chemicals English Hazardous substances- Law and legislation- United States Chemicals- Law and legislation- United States Industrial safety- Law and legislation- United States 0-19-985293-6 0-19-507436-X Environmental ethics, values, and policy