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Phantom Risk: Scientific Inference and the Law.
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Environmental LawRisk AnalysisResearch EthicsScientific PerspectiveLegal PerspectiveEnvironmental Risk FactorsEnvironmental HealthRisk ManagementManagementToxicologyToxicological AspectPublic HealthStatisticsClinical ToxicologyChemical HazardEnvironmental PollutionRiskPhantom RiskPoisoningEcotoxicologyEnvironmental Risk AssessmentRisk GovernanceOccupational ToxicologyForensic ToxicologyEnvironmental DiseaseEnvironmental ToxicologyMedicine
A scientific perspective a legal perspective. Part 1 Phantom (or not so phantom) risks: weak magnetic fields - a cancer connection?, Kenneth R. Foster spermicides and birth defects, James L. Mills Benedictin and the language of causation, Louis Lasagna and Sheila R. Shulman miscarriage and video display terminals - an update, Kenneth R. Foster the legal context. Part 2 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, Jr. 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. Tokuhata the fallout controversy, Ralph E. Lapp the saga of Fernald, Bernard L. Cohen the legal context. Part 3 Medical controversy: trauma and cancer, Marvin M. Romsdahl chemical pollutants and multiple chemical sensitivities, Michael I. Luster et al immunologic laboratory tests - a critique of the Alcolac decision, Richard S. Cornfeld and Stuart F. Schlossman the legal context. Part 4 Conclusion - phantom risk - a problem at the interface of science and the law.