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Is a little pollution good for you? : incorporating societal values in environmental research / Kevin C. Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Kevin Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Environmental ethics and science policy.
- Environmental ethics and science policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental ethics.
- Environmental responsibility.
- Pollution--Case studies.
- Pollution.
- Social values--Case studies.
- Social values.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Incorporating societal values in environmental research
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Could low-level exposure to polluting chemicals be analogous to exercise - a beneficial source of stress that strengthens the body? Some scientists studying the phenomenon of hormesis claim that that this may be the case. This text critically examines the current evidence for hormesis.
- Contents:
- Introduction : societal values and environmental research
- The Hormesis case
- An argument for societal values in policy-relevant research
- Lesson #1 : safeguarding science
- Lesson #2 : diagnosing deliberation
- Lesson #3 : ethics for experts
- The MCS and ED cases.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 16, 2010).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045413-X
- 0-19-937406-6
- 1-282-91651-3
- 9786612916519
- 0-19-982655-2
- OCLC:
- 694087541
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