Phantom risk : scientific inference and the law / edited by Kenneth R. Foster, David E. Bernstein, Peter W. Huber.

Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1993], ©1993.

x, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Weak magnetic fields : a cancer connection? / Kenneth R. Foster -- Spermicides and birth defects / James L. Mills -- Bendectin and the language of causation / Louis Lasagna and Sheila R. Shulman -- Miscarriage and video display terminals : an update / Kenneth R. Foster -- Environmental pollution and cancer : some misconceptions / Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold -- Asbestos : the hazard, the risk, and public policy / Ralph D'Agostino, Jr., and Richard Wilson -- The human health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls / Renate D. Kimbrough -- Trichloroethylene : toxicology and epidemiology : a critical review of the literature / Rudolph J. Jaeger and Arlene L. Weiss -- Dioxin : perceptions, estimates, and measures / Michael Gough -- The Three Mile Island nuclear accident and public health consequences / George K. Tokuhata

The fallout controversy / Ralph E. Lapp -- The saga of Fernald / Bernard L. Cohen -- Trauma and cancer / Marvin M. Romsdahl -- Chemical pollutants and "multiple chemical sensitivities" / Michael I. Luster, Gary J. Rosenthal, and Dori R. Germolec -- Immunological laboratory tests : a critique of the Alcolac decision / Richard S. Cornfeld and Stuart F. Schlossman.