How Much Risk? A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards |
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| Author:
| Goldstein, Inge F.
Goldstein, Martin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-513994-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2002 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $91.77AUD $131.95 |
Book Description:
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This book from a husband-and-wife team of experienced popular science writers provides a good critical analysis and scientific assessment of the nature and actual level of risk to the public from the leading popularly perceived environmental health hazards. They assess the risks of radiation from nuclear testing, nuclear power plants, radon in the home, electromagnetic fields and cancer (an illusory hazard), environmental factors in asthma, breast cancer clusters, and risks from toxic...
More DescriptionThis book from a husband-and-wife team of experienced popular science writers provides a good critical analysis and scientific assessment of the nature and actual level of risk to the public from the leading popularly perceived environmental health hazards. They assess the risks of radiation from nuclear testing, nuclear power plants, radon in the home, electromagnetic fields and cancer (an illusory hazard), environmental factors in asthma, breast cancer clusters, and risks from toxic waste dumps.