Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the LawOxford University Press, 1993 - 252 lappuses The proliferation of chemical substances in commerce poses scientific and philosophical problems. The scientific challenge is to develop data, methodologies, and techniques for identifying and assessing toxic substances before they cause harm to human beings and the environment. The philosophical problem is how much scientific information we should demand for this task consistent with other social goals we might have. In this book, Cranor utilizes material from ethics, philosophy of law, epidemiology, tort law, regulatory law, and risk assessment, to argue that the scientific evidential standards used in tort law and administrative law to control toxics ought to be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind. Demanding too much for this purpose will slow the evaluation and lead to an excess of toxic substances left unidentified and unassessed, thus leaving the public at risk. Demanding too little may impose other costs. An appropriate balance between these social concerns must be found. Justice requires we use evidentiary standards more appropriate to the legal institutions in question and resist the temptation to demand the most intensive scientific evaluation of each substance subject to legal action. |
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Assessing Toxic Substances Through a Glass Darkly | 3 |
1 The Scientific Background | 12 |
2 Scientific Evidence in the Tort Law | 49 |
3 Joint Causation Torts and Administrative Law in Environmental Health Protections | 83 |
4 Scientific Procedures in Regulatory Agencies | 103 |
5 Epistemic and Moral Justification | 152 |
Notes | 179 |
Uncertainties in Carcinogen Risk Assessments | 221 |
Cancer Potency Estimates of CDHS and EPA | 222 |
Relative Risk as a Function of Alpha and Beta Values | 225 |
Statutes Authorizing Regulation of Carcinogens | 229 |
Derivation of TDsub50 Potency Values | 230 |
Bibliography | 231 |
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Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law Carl F. Cranor Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 1993 |
Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law Carl F. Cranor Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 1993 |
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