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Cancer's Uncertainties and Public Policy

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  • William R. Havender

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Elizabeth M. Whelan

    (American Council on Science and Health)

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An unusually intractable policy problem of environmental pollution and toxic waste disposal is how to deal with the risk of chemically induced cancer. Many features of this issue make this policy task inherently complex, such that decisions must necessarily be made in the context of uncertainty and incomplete knowledge. In other words, analytically "perfect" solutions, of the sort beloved by sci- entists and engineers, cannot usually be found. Instead, one or another strategy for coping with uncertainty must be employed...

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  • William R. Havender & Elizabeth M. Whelan, 1982. "Cancer's Uncertainties and Public Policy," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 543-564, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:cto:journl:v:2:y:1982:i:2:p:543-564
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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