Book Review

Review of the following: ELAINE DRAPER, Risky BUSINESS: GENETIC TESTING AND EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES IN THE HAZARDOUS WORKPLACE. (Cambridge University Press 1991) [315 pp.] Index of names and subjects, glossary, notes, references. LC 90-28112; ISBN 0-521-37027-2 (cloth $49.50); ISBN 0-42248-5 (paper$15.95). [40 W. 20th St., New York NY 10011.

Perceived Risks Versus Actual Risks: Managing Hazards through Negotiation

The author describes what she calls the Expert-Judgment Strategy , finding that, because it discounts lay perceptions of Risk, it interferes with the acceptance of important but Risky technologies

Evaluating the Expertise of Experts

Professor Shrader-Frechette maintains that a rigid distinction between risk assessment and risk management is unwise. Concerned about procedural fairness, she argues that the public should have a voice in both

Academy Recommendations on the Proposed Yucca Mountain Waste Repository: Overview and Criticisms

Offers alternative criticism of the NAS report

Environmental Racism and Biased Methods of Risk Assessment

Based on analysis of a risk assessment for a proposed Louisiana uranium enrichment facility, the authors argue that environmental injustice occurs when assessors\u27 scientific methods cause de facto discrimination

Book Review of Deborah G. Mayo, Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge (University of Chicago Press 1996)

Review of the book: Deborah G. Mayo, Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge (University of Chicago Press 1996). Figures, index, preface, references. ISBN 0-226-51197-9 [493 pp. $74.00 Cloth;$29.95 Paper. 5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.

Book Review

Review of the following: ROGER COOKE, EXPERTS IN UNCERTAINTY: OPINION AND SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY IN SCIENCE. (Oxford University Press 1991) [321 pp.] Index of names, index of subjects, tables. LC 90-22493; ISBN 0-19-506465-8 (cloth $65.00). [200 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016