Phantom risk : scientific inference and the law / edited by Kenneth R. Foster, David E. Bernstein, Peter W. Huber
- Published
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1993]
- Copyright Date
- ©1993
- Physical Description
- x, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Foster, Kenneth R., Bernstein, David E., and Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-
- Contents
- A Scientific perspective -- A Legal perspective -- Phantom (or not so phantom) risks: Weak magnetic fields : a cancer connection? / Kenneth R. Foster. Spermicides and birth defects / James L. Mills. Benedectin and the language of causation / Louis Lasagna and Sheila R. Shulman. Miscarriage and video display terminals : an update / Kenneth R. Foster -- The Legal context., Just a little bit of poison: / Environmental pollution and cancer : some misconceptions / Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold. Asbestos : the hazard, the risk, and public policy / Ralph D'Agostino and Richard Wilson. The Human health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls / Renate D. Kimbrough. Trichloroethylene : toxicology and epidemiology : a critical review of the literature / Rudolph J. Jaeger and Arlene L. Weiss. Dioxin : perceptions, estimates, and measures / Michael Gough. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident and public health consequences / George K. Toluhata. The Fallout controversy / Ralph E. Lapp. The Saga of Fernald / Bernard L. Cohen -- The Legal context., and Medical controversy: Trauma and cancer / Marvin M. Romsdahl. Chemical pollutants and "multiple chemical sensitivities" / Michael I. Luster, Gary J. Rosenthal, and Dori R. Germolec. Immunologic laboratory tests : a critique of the alcolac decision / Richard S. Cornfeld and Stuart F. Schlossman -- The Legal context -- Conclusion : phantom risk : a problem at the interface of science and the law.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0262061562
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographies and index.
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