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Mad Cows and Mother's Milk, Second Edition : The Perils of Poor Risk Communication.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (471 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773572409
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mad Cows and Mother's Milk, Second EditionDDC classification:
  • 362.1
LOC classification:
  • T10.68 .P69 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- PART ONE: WAITING FOR THE SCIENCE -- 1 Mad Cows or Crazy Communications? -- 2 A Diagnostic for Risk Communication Failures -- 3 Dioxins, or Chemical Stigmata -- 4 Hamburger Hell -- 5 Silicone Breasts -- PART TWO: WAITING FOR THE REGULATORS -- 6 Lost in Regulatory Space: rBST -- 7 Gene Escape -- 8 Mother's Milk -- 9 Ten Lessons -- PART THREE: NEW PERILS FOR RISK MANAGERS -- 10 Two Stinking Cows: The Mismanagement of BSE Risk in North America -- 11 A Night at the Climate Casino: Canada and the Kyoto Quagmire -- 12 Life in the Fast Lane: An Introduction to Genomics Risks -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: An evaluation of the crucial role of risk communication in dealing with public controversies.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- PART ONE: WAITING FOR THE SCIENCE -- 1 Mad Cows or Crazy Communications? -- 2 A Diagnostic for Risk Communication Failures -- 3 Dioxins, or Chemical Stigmata -- 4 Hamburger Hell -- 5 Silicone Breasts -- PART TWO: WAITING FOR THE REGULATORS -- 6 Lost in Regulatory Space: rBST -- 7 Gene Escape -- 8 Mother's Milk -- 9 Ten Lessons -- PART THREE: NEW PERILS FOR RISK MANAGERS -- 10 Two Stinking Cows: The Mismanagement of BSE Risk in North America -- 11 A Night at the Climate Casino: Canada and the Kyoto Quagmire -- 12 Life in the Fast Lane: An Introduction to Genomics Risks -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

An evaluation of the crucial role of risk communication in dealing with public controversies.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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