Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around YouHarperCollins, 28. okt. 2002 - 496 sider An indispensable and timely guide, Risk is the authority for assessing threats to your health and safety. We continually face new risks in our world. This essential family reference will help you understand worrisome risks so you can decide how to stay safe and how to keeps risks in perspective. Expert authors David Ropeik and George Gray include information on: - 50 top hazards - your likelihood of exposure - the consequences - ways to reduce your risk They cover topics such as: - cancer - biological weapons - indoor air pollution - pesticides - radiation |
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... higher or lower for youthan it might be for the next person. Ultimately, howyouperceive a given risk is a decision for youtomakein thecontext ofyourown life. We simply hope that you are more able to make more informed choices after ...
... higher or lower for youthan it might be for the next person. Ultimately, howyouperceive a given risk is a decision for youtomakein thecontext ofyourown life. We simply hope that you are more able to make more informed choices after ...
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... higher in Europe, where more people smoke, thaninthe United States. Firearms risks arehigher for U.S.residents than citizensofany other country. Atthe time of this writing, mad cow disease isa higher risk in some nations than others.So ...
... higher in Europe, where more people smoke, thaninthe United States. Firearms risks arehigher for U.S.residents than citizensofany other country. Atthe time of this writing, mad cow disease isa higher risk in some nations than others.So ...
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... higher levels cause worse effects and lowerlevelscause weaker effects,andbelow a certain level the hazard mightnotcause an effectat all. So they subject thetest animals tovarying doses to find the lowest one at whichan effectoccurs ...
... higher levels cause worse effects and lowerlevelscause weaker effects,andbelow a certain level the hazard mightnotcause an effectat all. So they subject thetest animals tovarying doses to find the lowest one at whichan effectoccurs ...
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... higher-than-expected number of cases of childhood leukemia showed up in just afew years inasmall neighborhood. Epidemiologists investigatedtofind out what sources ofexposuretopotential hazards the neighbors shared.Theydiscovered that ...
... higher-than-expected number of cases of childhood leukemia showed up in just afew years inasmall neighborhood. Epidemiologists investigatedtofind out what sources ofexposuretopotential hazards the neighbors shared.Theydiscovered that ...
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... higher orlower forthe demographic groups to which you belong. But even risk numbers that define the categories as narrowly as possible still can't calculate the risk foreach uniqueindividual. In sum, thesciences that supplythefacts ...
... higher orlower forthe demographic groups to which you belong. But even risk numbers that define the categories as narrowly as possible still can't calculate the risk foreach uniqueindividual. In sum, thesciences that supplythefacts ...
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Bad Backs | |
Caffeine | |
Cellular Telephones | |
Ozone | |
Pesticides | |
Radiation | |
Radon | |
Solar | |
Water | |
Antibiotic | |
Breast | |
Electrical and MagneticFields | |
Foodborne Illness 12 Food Irradiation | |
CowDisease 15 Microwave Ovens | |
School Buses | |
Carbon | |
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Diesel 29 Lead | |
Mercury | |
Nuclear Power | |
Cancer | |
Heart Disease | |
Human PART II THE ENVIRONMENT 19 Air Pollution Indoor 20 Air Pollution Outdoor 21 Asbestos 22 Biological Weapons Monoxide Emissions ... | |
Mammography | |
Medical Errors 45 Overweight and Obesity | |
Sexually Transmitted Disease | |
Vaccines | |
Acknowledgments Copyright | |
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