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Risk Analysis in the Private Sector

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Chris Whipple

    1. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA

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  2. Vincent T. Covello

    1. U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 220)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Chemical Risk Management

    1. Chemical Risk Management: Introduction

      • Rae Zimmerman
      Pages 1-2

    2. A Generic Environmental Health Risk Model for Ranking the Toxic By-Products of Energy Systems

      • Thomas E. McKone, David Okrent, William E. Kastenberg
      Pages 3-14

    3. Private Sector Response Patterns to Risks from Chemicals

      • Rae Zimmerman
      Pages 15-32

    4. The Control of the Use Pattern and the Life of Metals for Risk Management: The Case of Lead

      • Kazuhiro Ueta, Tomitaro Sueishi
      Pages 33-56

    5. Acceptable Levels of Risk in Setting Chemical Standards

      • Paul S. Price
      Pages 57-66

    6. Integrated Risk Index System

      • G. R. Rosenblum, W. S. Effron, J. L. Siva, G. R. Mancini, R. N. Roth
      Pages 67-85

  3. Occupational Risk Analysis

    1. Occupational Risk Analysis: Introduction

      • P. F. Deisler Jr.
      Pages 87-92

    2. Occupational Health and Safety Risk Analysis for Oil Shale

      • Lawrence B. Gratt
      Pages 93-104

    3. Quantitative Risk Assessment for Inorganic Arsenic: Determining a Significant Risk

      • Mary M. Yuracheck, Elisa R. Braver, Edward Stein
      Pages 105-120

    4. Analysis of Agency Estimates of Risk for Carcinogenic Agents

      • John G. Cobler, Fred D. Hoerger
      Pages 121-139

    5. A Training Program on Hazardous Materials for Non-Scientists

      • Aileen T. Compton
      Pages 141-147

    6. Inorganic Arsenic: Importance of Accurate Exposure Characterization for Risk Assessment

      • Steven H. Lamm, William H. Lederer
      Pages 149-163

    7. Lower-Bound Benefits of Air Pollution Reductions in the Munich Metropolitan Area (MMA)

      • Hans W. Gottinger
      Pages 165-176

    8. Environmental Risk Assessment in the Energy Field: Issues and Application to Policy

      • Ian M. Torrens
      Pages 177-188

    9. Risk Management in Household Detergent Control

      • Tohru Morioka
      Pages 189-206

  4. Ethics and Values in Risk Analysis

    1. Ethics and Values in Risk Analysis: Introduction

      • Jeryl Mumpower
      Pages 207-208

    2. Product Liability: When does the Individual Assume the Risk?

      • William W. May
      Pages 209-215

    3. Three Types of Risk Assessment: A Methodological Analysis

      • Silvio O. Funtowicz, Jerome R. Ravetz
      Pages 217-231

    4. Legitimating Private Sector Risk Analysis: A U.S.-European Comparison

      • Sheila Jasanoff
      Pages 233-242
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About this book

The theme of this volume--risk analysis in the private sector--reflects a changing emphasis in risk analysis. Until re­ cently, attention has been focused on risk analyses conducted in support of federal regulatory decision making. Such analyses have been used to help set safety standards, to illuminate issues of regulatory concern, and to evaluate regulatory alternatives. As this volume indicates, however, risk analysis encompasses a broader set of activities. Analyses performed by private sector institutions aimed at preventing or reducing potential adverse health or environmental effects also play an important part in societal risk management. In virtually all societies, there have been strong incentives for the private sector to conduct such analyses. These incentives range from moral or altruistic norms and values to simple self-interest based on fear of monetary loss, possible civil or criminal litigation, or punitive or restrictive government action. The papers in this volume address the overall theme from a variety of perspectives. Specifically, the papers represent con­ tributions from such diverse fields as toxicology, epidemiology, chemistry, biology, engineering, statistics, decision analysis, economics, psychology, philosophy, and the law.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA

    Chris Whipple

  • U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

    Vincent T. Covello

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Risk Analysis in the Private Sector

  • Editors: Chris Whipple, Vincent T. Covello

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2465-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41924-9Due: 30 June 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9496-2Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2465-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 506

  • Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

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