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This article provides a framework for considering ethical issues in the use of science in the regulatory process. The science in question includes both the assessment of technological risk — from chemicals, consumer products, energy sources, transportation technology, etc. — and the assessment of technological options to reduce those risks, such as hazard control technology, product substitution, and industrial process redesign.
From Natural Resources and the Environment, American Bar Association, 2(2) (Fall 1986), pp. 13–16, 55–57.
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Ashford, N.A., Gregory, K.A. (1986). Ethical Problems in Using Science in the Regulatory Process. In: Tauber, A.I. (eds) Science and the Quest for Reality. Main Trends of the Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25249-7_13
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