Toxics Backgrounders & Briefs
04/01/2010
Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman, and Rachel Massey. Georgetown Law Journal. April 2010.
“Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis to Past Decisions: Was Environmental Protection Ever a Good Idea?” challenges the reigning dogma of cost-benefit analysis by asking two simple questions. “If this analytical device had been applied in the 1970s and earlier, would it have endorsed the early successes of health and environmental regulation? Or would it have resulted in negative judgments wherever and whenever it was applied?”
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08/01/2002
Frank Ackerman and Rachel Massey. Tufts University. August 2002.
If we understand that “an activity poses threats of serious, irreversible harm to human health or the environment, we should act to prevent that damage—even if science has not fully worked out the details of the relevant cause and effect relationships.”
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03/20/2000
Jamie Lincoln Kitman. The Nation. March 20, 2000.
Taking up an entire issue of the Nation magazine, “The Secret History of Lead” is a stunningly detailed article that reveals the whole sad history of leaded gasoline.
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