risk assessment

"[This book] will teach you how to prepare for disasters that might befall you--like fires, blizzards, tornados, floods, and earthquakes. [It] shares . . . lifesaving strategies to deal with threats ranging from low-risk to apocalyptic. Also includes expert tips on . . . equipment to keep on hand as well as many . . . survival stories"--Provided by publisher.

"[Examines] the real reasons behind many of the global safety rules and security regulations we obey without question, ... [concluding that these reasons] range from the surprisingly pointless to shockingly dangerous."--Provided by publisher.

Examines issues related to the pharmaceutical industry and the privatization of risk, discussing the role of the Food and Drug Administration in protecting the public, the effect of giving the private sector and markets greater responsibility and reducing public oversight, and other topics.

Explains how scientists evaluate the health hazards of environmental pollutants, presenting case histories that describe the investigation of specific dangers about which there has been controversy, including radon radiation, toxic waste dumps, air pollution, pesticides, arsenic in drinking water, and electromagnetic fields.

Discusses the risks our society faces everyday as we deal with frightening uncertainties about food, transportation, clothing, air, disease, natural disasters, and almost every area of our lives.