TY - BOOK AU - Ackerman,Frank TI - Poisoned for pennies: : the economics of toxics and precaution SN - 9781597264013 U1 - 363.7384 PY - 2008///] CY - Washington, DC PB - Island Press KW - Environmental policy KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Environmental health KW - Government policy KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index; Pricing the priceless; Was environment protection ever a good idea?; The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs; Precaution, uncertainty, and dioxin; The economics of Atrazine; Ignoring the benefits of pesticides regulation; Mad cows and computer models; Costs of preventable childhood illness; Phasing out a problem plastic; The costs of REACH; Impacts of REACH on developing countries; How should the United States responds to REACH?; Economics and precautionary Policies ER -