Setting environmental standards : twenty-first report / Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
Date:
1998
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Setting environmental standards : twenty-first report / Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFORMATION BOXES Box 1A Forms of environmental standard Box 2A _ Toxicity definitions Box 2B Bias in epidemiological studies Box 2C Establishing cause and effect Box 2D _ Standard for a genotoxic carcinogen: benzene Box 2E _—_ Sources of error in assessing pathways and exposures Box 2F Presenting the scientific assessment of climate change Box 3A Meaning of ‘best available techniques’ Box 3B Life cycle assessment Box3C Implications of life cycle assessment: glass manufacturing Box 3D —_Unilever’s Overall Business Impact Assessment approach Box 3E _ Impossibility of zero emissions Box 3F Commercialisation-forcing standards Box 3G _ Sustainable use of chemicals: the report of the Swedish Chemicals Policy Committee Box 4A International expressions of the precautionary principle Box 5A _ Treasury definitions of some economic terms Box5B Economic appraisal of air quality standards Box5C Methods for putting a money value on environmental damage Box5D Existence value: the River Kennet Box5E = Options for household waste management Box 6A Campaigns to influence the general public Box 6B Certification of Green Claims: forest products Box6C Negotiated agreements in the Netherlands Box6D Legislation intended to change attitudes Box 7A Methods for articulating values Box 7B Consensus Conference on Plant Biotechnology Box 7C Citizens’ Jury on Genetic Testing for Common Disorders Box C Treaty of Amsterdam TABLES Page 18 18 Zz) 23 OZ 38 4] 42 43 45 46 48 By) 64 66 68 73 74 OM) 93 96 of 107 108 109 181 30 13 20 4] 118