In the chamber of risks understanding risk controversies

In the chamber of risks : understanding risk controversies / William Leiss.

Author/creator	Leiss, William, 1939-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Description	xv, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Industrial management--Environmental aspects --Canada --Case studies. Risk management--Canada --Case studies. Environmental policy--Canada --Case studies. Health risk assessment--Canada --Case studies. Environmental risk assessment--Canada --Case studies. Risk Assessment--organization & administration --Canada. Risk Management--organization & administration --Canada. Conservation of Natural Resources--Canada. Risques pour la santé--Évaluation --Canada --Cas, Études de. Environnement--Évaluation du risque --Canada --Cas, Études de. Gestion du risque--Canada --Cas, Études de. Environnement--Protection --Politique gouvernementale --Canada.

Contents	Risk issue management -- Frankenfoods; or, the trouble with science -- Cellular telephones -- MMT, a risk management masquerade -- Regulating nuclear power: the mismanagement of public consultation in Canada / Michael D. Mehta -- Environment's x-file: pulp mill effluent regulation -- Between expertise and bureaucracy: trapped at the interface of science and policy -- The CEPA soap opera -- Voluntary instruments / Éric Darier and Deborah VanNijnatten -- Tobacco uncontrolled -- Into the maze of moral risks -- Towards competence in risk issue management -- Appendix: providing independent expert advice to government and the public.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-383) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004401201
ISBN	0773522387 (bound)
ISBN	0773522468 (pbk.)

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