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Environmental laws regulating chemicals: Uses of information in decision making under environmental statutes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:139553
 [1]
  1. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
Three areas are addressed in this paper: generic issues that arise simply in the process of decision-making under environmental statutes; different decision-making standards under various environmental statutes; and efforts to legislate a {open_quotes}safe{close_quotes} or {open_quotes}acceptable{close_quotes} risk from exposure to carcinogenic chemicals.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
OSTI ID:
139553
Report Number(s):
CONF-9006234--; ON: DE93013818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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