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Mad cows and mother's milk : the perils of poor risk communication

Title
Mad cows and mother's milk : the perils of poor risk communication / Douglas Powell and William Leiss.
Author
Powell, Douglas Alan, 1962-
Publication
Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.

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Leiss, William, 1939-
Summary
  • Communicating the nature and consequences of environmental and health risks is one of the most problematic areas of public policy in western democracies. Given the perceived risks associated with the food we eat, chemicals in the environment, and modern technologies, consumers need clear and timely explanations of the nature of those risks - but rarely get them.
  • Using a series of case studies, Douglas Powell and William Leiss outline the crucial role of risk management in dealing with public controversies and analyse risk communication practice and malpractice to provide a set of lessons for risk managers and communicators.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-303) and index.
Contents
1. Mad Cows or Crazy Communications? -- 2. A Diagnostic for Risk Communication Failures -- 3. Dioxins, or Chemical Stigmata -- 4. Hamburger Hell -- 5. Silicone Breasts -- 6. Lost in Regulatory Space: rBST -- 7. Gene Escape -- 8. Mother's Milk -- 9. Ten Lessons.
ISBN
  • 0773516190 (pbk.) :
  • 0773516182 (bound) :
LCCN
cn 97900722
OCLC
  • 37371176
  • ocm37371176
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries