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Scientific literacy and environmental policy : the missing prerequisite for sound decision making / Dorothy J. Howell.
Lippincott Library HC110.E5 H688 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, Dorothy J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--United States--Decision making.
- Environmental policy.
- New products.
- United States.
- Decision making.
- Environmental policy--United States--Citizen participation.
- Political participation.
- Science--Study and teaching--United States.
- Science.
- Science--Study and teaching.
- New products--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 181 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Quorum Books, 1992.
- Summary:
- Existing environmental policy formulation demonstrates disenfranchisement of the public by vested and parochial interests. Howell explores the dilemmas through the contexts of pharmaceutical innovation and environmental threats posed by biotechnology which represent scientific innovation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0899306160
- OCLC:
- 24590290
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