Element of Risk: The Politics of Radon - Softcover

Cole, Leonard A.

 
9780195093674: Element of Risk: The Politics of Radon
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195093674 ISBN 13: 9780195093674
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Radiation, radioactivity, radon: these are words that, since Hiroshima, the Cold War and Three Mile Island, have conjured fear and fascination for many Americans. The danger of radon - a colourless, odourless gas that could seemingly strike any home and afflict its residents with cancer, was brought home in the 1980s when whole neighbourhoods were deemed unsafe due to a perceived threat from radon. But how much of a threat does radon really pose? Is the government's aggressive policy warranted. Indeed, is their a legitimate threat at all? These are the questios Leonard A. Code asks in this provocative and fascinating new book, and his answers are ones that all homeowners will want to understand. In clear, non-technical language, Code dispells many of the myths surrounding radon as he makes recommendations for a coherent reasonable environmental policy towards what is, certainly, a dangerous gas. As he carefully traces the development of the US indoor radon policy, Code illuminates the many scientific uncertainties that lie behind it, exposes the policies of those who stand to gain from radon policy decisions made in Washington, and challenges the EPA's risk-cost assessment of radon levels. Thoughtful and timely, ELEMENT OF RISK illuminates one of the most important public policyissues of our time.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Teaches in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Rutgers University, Newark and is author of the widely acclaimed Clouds of Secrecy: The Army's Germ Warfare Tests Ovr Populated Areas

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The Politics of Radon: The Danger of radon--an odorless, potentially cancer-causing gas--struck home in the 1980s when whole neighborhoods were deemed unsafe and homeowners were forced to relocate, sometimes at great expense.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0195093674
ISBN 13 
9780195093674
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
264
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