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London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2002

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9781315071985 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1853838926 (hard)

ISBN 1853838934 (pbk.)

ISBN 9781853838927

ISBN 9781853838934 (pbk.)

Print version: Precautionary principle in the 20th century : late lessons from early warnings. London : Earthscan Publications, 2002 xx, 268 pages ; 25 cm. ISBN 9781853838927

Includes bibliographical references and index

Fisheries : taking stock / Malcolm MacGarvin -- Radiation : early warnings, late effects / Barrie Lambert -- Benzene : an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting / Peter F. Infante -- Asbestos : from ’magic’ to malevolent mineral / David Gee and Morris Greenberg -- PCBs and the precautionary principle / Janna G. Koppe and Jane Keys -- Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle / Joe Farman -- The DES story : long-term consequences of prenatal exposure / Dolores Ibarreta and Shanna H. Swan -- Antimicrobials as growth promoters : resistance to common sense / Lars-Erik Edqvist and Knud Brge Pedersen -- Sulphur dioxide : from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration / Arne Semb -- MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead / Martin Krayer von Krauss and Poul Harremoes -- Early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes / Michael Gilbertson -- Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants : a tale of ships, snails and imposex / David Santillo, Paul Johnston and William J Langston -- Hormones as growth promoters : the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? / Jim W. Bridges and Olga Bridges -- ’Mad cow disease’ - 1980s-2000 : how reassurances undermined precaution / Patrick van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone -- Twelve late lessons -- Conclusions.

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(OCoLC)870591250