Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment: The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making

by Edited by Timothy M. Swanson , Marco Vighi

• ISBN13: 9780521593106
• ISBN10: 0521593107
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The environment has become exposed to a range of damaging contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Regulation of and legislation against offending parties has frequently been hampered because of the difficulty of co-operation between disparate disciplines in the natural, social and political sciences. This volume forms the conclusion of five years' collaboration between toxicologists, economists and lawyers in the understanding and solution of the problem of accumulative chemicals. As well as a case study of the accumulation of pesticides in groundwater in one particular region (the European Union), the book forms a general study of the value of interdisciplinary approaches in environmental policy making. The volume will be a valuable resource for a broad group of academics and researchers in the area of environmental science and environmental policy. It will also form a useful supplementary reference text for courses in environmental policy, science, economics and toxicology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix	(2)
Preface: The regulation of pesticides in Europe -- past, present and future	xi	(10)
Marco Vighi
Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti
Timothy Swanson
Acknowledgements	xxi
Introduction	1	(20)
1 Regulating chemical accumulation: an integrated approach	3	(18)
Timothy Swanson
Part I: The characteristics of accumulative chemicals	21	(52)
2 Chemical characteristics: the case of herbicides in Italy	23	(27)
Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti
Giuseppe Zanin
Paolo Ferrario
Marco Vighi
3 Valuing chemical characteristics: a hedonic approach	50	(23)
Tore Soderqvist
Part II: Estimating the costs of chemical accumulation	73	(110)
4 Environmental toxicology: the background for risk assessment	75	(26)
Marco Vighi
Richard Lloyd
Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti
5 The value of changes in health risks: a review	101	(20)
Magnus Johannesson
Per-Olav Johansson
6 On estimating the benefits of groundwater protection: a contingent valuation study in Milan	121	(62)
Jane Press
Tore Soderqvist
Part III: The analysis of market and regulatory failure	183	(44)
7 Market failure	185	(15)
Robin Mason
8 Regulatory failure	200	(27)
Robin Mason
Part IV: Policies for regulating chemical accumulation	227
9 Optimal policies for regulating persistent chemicals	229	(20)
Timothy Swanson
10 An analysis of alternative legal instruments for the regulation of pesticides	249
Michael G. Faure
Jurgen G.J. Lefevere