Chapter 12. Money, Motive, and Risk
Published Online: 28 OCT 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470463710.ch12
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest-Running Political Melodrama
Additional Information
How to Cite
Freeze, R. A. and Lehr, J. H. (2008) Money, Motive, and Risk, in The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest-Running Political Melodrama, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470463710.ch12
Publication History
- Published Online: 28 OCT 2008
- Published Print: 1 APR 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470448335
Online ISBN: 9780470463710
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Keywords:
- money, motive, and risk - uneasy science of risk–cost–benefit analysis;
- wrangle over benefits - climbing on fluoridation bandwagon, the path of least resistance;
- engineered systems and human error and concept of acceptable risk
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Uneasy Science of Risk–Cost–Benefit Analysis
The Cost of Fluoridation
The Wrangle Over Benefits
The Ultimate Battleground
Engineered Systems and Human Error
The Concept of Acceptable Risk
The Precursors
Public Health or Home Remedy?
The Bottom Line on the Economics of Fluoridation
References