Technological Risk: What Are the Real Dangers, If Any, of Toxic Chemicals, the Greenhouse Effect, Microwave Radiation, Nuclear Power, Air
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Book Overview
Risks seem to abound in our everyday lives, especially the risks flowing from the explosion of our modern technology, with its pesticides, pollution, nuclear power, microwave radiation and chemical trace elements in food of all kinds. Two questions face all of us: how real are these risks and, if real, how do we manage our lives in order to avoid personal damage from them? The book examines these questions, delving into the nature and true seriousness of risk (as opposed to how bad the risk seems to be), into how we measure risk and how we regulate it. Lewis includes the latest scientific information on carcinogens and the greenhouse effect as well as detailed discussion of road safety, the risk of air travel, nuclear power and acid rain.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393308294
ISBN13:9780393308297
Release Date:March 1992
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:368 Pages
Weight:3.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent book on risks, and managing risks of, technology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
An excellent book on the risks associated with modern technology. Looks at the risks of car and plane travel, food additives, nuclear power, and other controversial topics. Lots of interesting examples. Did you know, for example, that the US government measures incoming wine for radiation, and rejects it if it's not radioactive enough
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