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Phantom Risk Scientific Inference and the Law
Phantom Risk Scientific Inference and the Law, Phantom risks are risks whose very existence is unproven and perhaps unprovable, yet they raise real problems at the interface of science and the law.
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  • Phantom Risk Scientific Inference and the Law
  • Written by author Kenneth R. Foster
  • Published by MIT Press, 1993/07/05
  • Phantom risks are risks whose very existence is unproven and perhaps unprovable, yet they raise real problems at the interface of science and the law. Phantom Risk surveys a dozen scientific issues that have led to public controversy and litigation -
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Preface
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1 A Scientific Perspective 1
2 A Legal Perspective 27
I Phantom (Or Not So Phantom) Risks 45
3 Weak Magnetic Fields: A Cancer Connection? 47
4 Spermicides and Birth Defects 87
5 Bendectin and the Language of Causation 101
6 Miscarriage and Video Display Terminals: An Update 123
The Legal Context 137
II Just a Little Bit of Poison 151
7 Environmental Pollution and Cancer: Some Misconceptions 153
8 Asbestos: The Hazard, the Risk, and Public Policy 183
9 The Human Health Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls 211
10 Trichloroethylene: Toxicology and Epidemiology: A Critical Review of the Literature 229
11 Dioxin: Perceptions, Estimates, and Measures 249
12 The Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident and Public Health Consequences 279
13 The Fallout Controversy 299
14 The Saga of Fernald 319
The Legal Context 337
III Medical Controversy 357
15 Trauma and Cancer 359
16 Chemical Pollutants and "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities" 379
17 Immunologic Laboratory Tests: A Critique of the Alcolac Decision 401
The Legal Context 425
IV Conclusion: Phantom Risk - A Problem at the Interface of Science and the Law 431
Abbreviations and Acronyms 445
Index 449


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