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True warnings and false alarms

Mazur, Allan.

True warnings and false alarms evaluating fears about the health risks of technology, 1948-1971 / [electronic resource] : Allan Mazur. - Washington, D.C. : Resources for the Future, c2004. - viii, 191 p. : ill.

"An RFF Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-179) and index.

1. True warnings and false alarms -- 2. Technology as friend and sometime foe : 1900-1947 -- 3. Lawless's era : 1948-1971 -- 4. Why experts in technical controversies disagree -- 5. Evaluating the lawless warnings : true or false? -- 6. Coding the cases -- 7. Hallmarks of true and false alarms -- 8. Hindsight and foresight.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781936331093 (e-book : PDF)


Health risk assessment--History--20th century.


Electronic books.