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Calculating Risks?: The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy.(Review) (book review)
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Calculating Risks?: The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy. By James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. 336p. $37.50.
James Hamilton and Kip Viscusi have produced a wide-ranging, detailed examination of Superfund, the national program for cleaning up hazardous waste sites. They focus on the nature and extent of the risks posed by Superfund sites, the manner in which regulators determine risk estimates, the societal costs and benefits of site remediation decisions, and explanations for the patterns of decisions about risks, ...
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