The Politics of Chemical Risk: Scenarios for a Regulatory Future
All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment. The pressure to harmonize these often specialized regulatory systems is increasingly strong at the international level. Such harmonization not only...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- General introduction
- 1 The Risk Assessments/Risk Management Boundary — Myth Making and its Implications in the UK
- 2 Exposure Limits, Practicability, and Health Risks — Arguments for a Paradigm Shift
- 3 Boundary Dynamics in Dutch Standard Setting for Occupational Chemicals
- 4 Recommending Health-Based Exposure Limits in the International Arena: Personal Experience and Views
- 5 The European Union and the Politics of Chemical Risk for Workers’ Health
- 6 Integrating Sweden in the European Union: Problems Concerning Chemicals Control
- 7 Harmonization: The Politics of Reasoning Together
- 8 Risk Management of Chemical Substances in the European Union
- 9 Regulatory Science and the European Control of Agrochemicals
- 10 Standards, Science, and the Politics of Chemical Risk
- 11 Standardization as a Trust Device
- 12 The Politics of Chemical Risk: Scenarios for Regulatory Policy
- 13 Postscript on the Workshop as an Experiment
- Contributors
- Workshop Participants
- Abbreviations