Risk and Benefit in Environmental Law

Judicial review establishes whether the mandate of Congress is observed by an agency's rule-making mechanisms for setting environmental standards or other regulations. Central issues in risk assessment now include whether a risk is significant, what the burden of proof for significance is, how...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1981-12, Vol.214 (4525), p.1096-1100
Main Authors: Ricci, Paolo F., Molton, Lawrence S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative agencies
Carcinogens
Cost estimates
Economic benefits
Economic costs
Economic costs and benefits
Economic regulation
Environment
Environmental agencies
Environmental law
Environmental policy
Environmental Pollution
Government Agencies
Humans
Legislation as Topic
Risk
Statutory law
United States
United States environmental policy
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Summary:Judicial review establishes whether the mandate of Congress is observed by an agency's rule-making mechanisms for setting environmental standards or other regulations. Central issues in risk assessment now include whether a risk is significant, what the burden of proof for significance is, how to resolve the tension between the effort to reduce hazardous exposures and the goal of efficient regulation, and precisely how and in what detail the costs of regulation must be measured. Under current regulatory statutes, there are several paradigms for balancing costs and benefits.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.7302580