Science, risk and public policy : OPs, GM crops, BSE and MMR : a comparative study of the use of science in policy-making in Britain

Over the past twenty years there has been much controversy and public anxiety over issues relating to environmental and health-related hazards. Many of these issues result from the modem state's enthusiasm for ever-increasing economic growth and strong support for the wealth-creating potential...

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Main Author: Patterson, Alan
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432488