Benefits of Environmental, Health, and Safety RegulationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 100 էջ |
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Էջ 29 - Service is to provide assurance to the consumer that foods are safe, wholesome, and nutritious; that they are of good quality; that they are informatively and honestly labeled; and to provide assistance to the marketing system through purchase of surplus food commodities...
Էջ 19 - To put it another way, the positive side-effects accompanying regulation need to be included in a complete assessment of the effectiveness of the regulatory agency's strategies. An example of leveraging is apparent in the observation that chemical companies are now routinely conducting short-term tests on new chemicals for possible carcinogenic activity, even though no general regulatory requirement exists. PROBLEMS IN COMPARING COSTS AND BENEFITS WITHIN A COST-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK Even if we could...
Էջ 64 - A review of sulphur oxides and particulate matter as air pollutants with particular reference to effects on health in the United Kingdom.
Էջ 44 - Ashford. I am Associate Professor of Technology and Policy and Assistant Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives at 'the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I serve as a public member and chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, which advises and monitors the actions of both the Department of Labor and the Department of Health...
Էջ 51 - University of North Carolina, Highway Safety Research Center, A Statistical Analysis of Seat Belt Effectiveness In 1973-1975 Model Cars Involved in Towaway Crashes, Final Report, Vol.
Էջ 66 - Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future. (1979).
Էջ 32 - ... occupational chemical exposures. Benefits do not occur until many years after imposition of regulation. Estimate includes medical costs plus cost to workers from lost life expectancy. Takes into account worker mobility, job tenure, exposure variations. Using the number of cases of byssinosis (brown lung) may be misleading, because it fails to differentiate between the different grades and severities of the disease. Relative risks, exposed population, may be overestimated for some substances,...
Էջ 5 - ... about one-half of these studies. Regulatory analyses and other documents were obtained from six federal regulatory agencies (Consumer Product Safety Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety and Quality Service, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration). In addition, several computerized bibliographic data bases and the Journal of Economic Literature were searched for relevant articles. Appendices...
Էջ 66 - Gibson, John G. The interpretation of property price changes for a measure of the welfare benefits of pollution control: two simple models.
Էջ 82 - Accident Cost Indicator Model to Estimate Costs to Industry and Society From Work-Related Injuries and Deaths in Underground Coal Mining, vol.