In the chamber of risks understanding risk controversies /

Leiss, William, 1939-

In the chamber of risks understanding risk controversies / [electronic resource] : William Leiss. - Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001. - xv, 388 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-383) and index.

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 / 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 / Tobacco uncontrolled -- Into the maze of moral risks -- Towards competence in risk issue management -- Appendix: providing independent expert advice to government and the public. Michael D. Mehta -- Eric Darier and Deborah VanNijnatten --


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






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.
Risques pour la sante--Evaluation--Canada--Cas, Etudes de.
Environnement--Evaluation du risque--Canada--Cas, Etudes de.
Gestion du risque--Canada--Cas, Etudes de.
Environnement--Protection--Politique gouvernementale--Canada.


Electronic books.

HD30.255 / .L444 2001

363.17/2/0971