Specific contributions of politics, economics, and toxicology in setting socially consensual limit values

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-515

  Dieter, H H ^a   Grohmann, A ^a   Thompson, D ^b  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse effect threshold; Avoidable exposure; Benefit threshold; Environmental hygiene; Legal limit values; Social acceptance; Social tolerability; Tolerance threshold

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; POLITICS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXICOLOGY;

CONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY;

TOXICOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EXPOSURE LIMIT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION; PUBLIC PROCEDURE; TOXIC EXPOSURE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0030613437     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900046     Document Type: Review

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