This book surveys a dozen scientific issues that have led to public controversy and litigation.

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Public misperception of radiological risk consistently directs limited resources toward managing minimal or even phantom risks at great cost to government and i

The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, expla

Health risks from infrastructure failures are not well understood, despite the potential widespread introduction of chemical, microbial, and physical contaminan