Environmental Health Risks

Part I. Perception of environmental health risks and ethics 1. Environmental health risks, moral emotions, and responsible risk communication Jessica Fahlquist and Sabine Röser 2. Discourses on environment, public health and values: The case of obesity Michiel Korthals 3. Socio-economic, historical and cultural background: implications for behavior after radiation accidents and better resilience Liudmila Liutsko, Takashi Ohba, Elisabeth Cardis, Thierry Schneider, Deborah Oughton Part II. Philosophical approaches to environmental health ethics 4. How to bridge the gap between social acceptance and ethical acceptability: a Rawlsian approach Behnam Taebi 5. The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress for small farmers facing pesticides hazards Leslie London 6. The politics of hypothesis: An inquiry into the ethics of scientific assessment Gaston Meskens Part III. The role of vested Interests in environmental health research 7. Science, policy, and the transparency of values in environmental health research David Resnik 8. The role of vested interests and dominant narratives in science, risk management and risk communication Colin Soskolne 9. Tragic Failures: How the Law and Science Fail to Protect the Public Carl Cranor Part IV. Decision Making Tools for Environmental Health 10. Ethical Tools for Decision Makers in Environment and Health Peter Schröder Bäck and Joanne Vincenten 11. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness considerations in the assessment of environmental health risks – Ethical aspects Friedo Zölzer and Husseim Stuck 12. The need for consistency in dealing with individual sensitivity to workplace hazards Chris Kalman