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BL
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| Record Number
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694705
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b516894
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| Main Entry
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Ackerman, Frank
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| Title & Author
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Poisoned for pennies : : the economics of toxics and precaution /\ by Frank Ackerman
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| Publication Statement
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Washington :: Island Press,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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xxvii, 317 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1597264008 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1597264016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781597264006 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781597264013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index
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| Contents
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Pricing the priceless -- Was environmental protection ever a good idea? -- The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs -- Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin -- The economics of atrazine -- Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation -- Mad cows and computer models -- Costs of preventable childhood illness -- Phasing out a problem plastic -- The costs of REACH -- Impacts of REACH on developing countries -- How should the US respond to REACH? -- Conclusion: economics and precautionary policies
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| Subject
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Environmental health-- Government policy-- Cost effectiveness
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Environmental policy-- Cost effectiveness
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Medical policy-- Cost effectiveness
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| Dewey Classification
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363.738/4
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| LC Classification
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HC79.E5A268 2008
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HC79.E5A268 2008
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