Environmental Health PolicyMcGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2006 M12 1 - 283 pages This book provides a multidisciplinary window onto environmental policy and its formulation., looking at the prominent position environmental health policy occupies, on both local and global agendas as old and new challenges confront the human race. |
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Contents
Overview of the book | 1 |
Section 1 Introduction | 5 |
Section 2 Assessing environmental health risks | 25 |
Section 3 Rational action and environmental health policy | 77 |
Section 4 Beyond the rational action approach | 133 |
Section 5 Other approaches | 171 |
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action Activity adverse affect heuristic agencies Agenda 21 ALARA ALARP alternatives assessment approach associated benefits cancer carcinogens Chapter chemical comparative risk concerns consider cost-benefit analysis costs countries cultural theory described disease dose-response economic emissions environment environmental health policy environmental health risk estimate evaluation example exposure assessment extract factors Feedback Figure global groups harm health effects health impact assessment health policy makers health risk assessment human health identify important increase injury prevention interventions ionizing radiation IRGC issues measured methyl bromide millisieverts minimis nature NOAEL non-threshold ozone policy decisions political pollution population potential precautionary principle problems programmes protection public health rational reduce refers result risk analysis risk communication risk management risk reduction risk trade-offs risk-based safety sievert social social impact assessment Source Strategic environmental assessment strategies studies Table techniques threshold toxic uncertainty